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Area Study Source Geography Vintage

Associate a supplied source with explicit geography and boundary vintage without harmonizing regions.

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Description

Associate a supplied source with explicit geography and boundary vintage.

Regional sources preserve geographic scope, language coverage, boundary vintages, archive identifiers and historical wording. A statistic year can differ from its boundary year, and a source-access label does not grant reuse rights. Literal names and transliterations require their own documentary context.

Associate a supplied source with explicit geography and boundary vintage.

When to use this tool

Use Area Study Source Geography Vintage when you already have sourceId, geographyId, vintageText and need to associate a supplied source with explicit geography and boundary vintage.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter sourceId, geographyId, vintageText. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read token. Use the output convention below.

Enter sourceId, geographyId, vintageText using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
sourceIdSource IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
geographyIdGeography IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
vintageTextVintage TextRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenTokenRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "sourceId": "S17",
    "geographyId": "G4",
    "vintageText": "1990 boundaries"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"S17\",\"G4\",\"1990 boundaries\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The result records supplied values without harmonizing regions. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Consult original datasets, maps, archives and language sources. Verify geography, period, translation and permissions before using local identifiers or labels to support historical, political or statistical interpretations.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: area-studies/area-study-source-geography-vintage — tool.io

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