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Safeguards, activity identity, and attribution

Safeguards

has_human_oversight

Level: activity

has_transparency_notice

Level: activity

has_data_classification

Level: activity

has_risk_assessment

Level: activity

These four fields take the same values

yes
The page states the safeguard applies to this activity (for a governance activity: the rule requires it).
no
The page states it does not apply.
unclear
The page mentions the safeguard but it cannot be settled whether it applies to this activity.

Missing answers

not_documented
The page is silent.

Activity identity

activity_relation_within_page

Level: activity

Values

same_activity
The two passages describe the same activity: the same action by the same actor on the same tool or instrument.
component_of_program
The first passage's activity is a named component of the program described in the second. Both stay separate activities, linked.
has_component
The first passage describes a program, and the second passage's activity is one of its named components. Both stay separate activities, linked.
shared_participation
The two passages describe one joint action in which several bodies take part. They are one activity: the two passages are merged. The link needs at least two bodies, each named on the page as taking part, with a quote.
governs
The first passage's activity is a policy or other governance instrument that sets rules for the activity in the second (for example a policy and a tool it approves). When a pair fits both this link and a component link, this link is used.
governed_by
The second passage's activity is a policy or other governance instrument that sets rules for the activity in the first. When a pair fits both this link and a component link, this link is used.
distinct_action
The two passages describe different activities, and none of the other links applies.
unresolved
The page does not settle whether the two passages describe the same activity or different ones. They are kept separate.
not_an_activity
The passage does not describe an activity as the activity rule defines one. In a pair of passages, it is used when either passage is not an activity; no other link is coded for that pair.

activity_relation

Level: activity

Values

same_activity
The two activity records describe the same activity: the same action by the same actor on the same tool or instrument. Only records joined by this link are merged.
component_of_program
The first record's activity is a named component of the program in the second. Both stay separate activities, linked.
has_component
The first record describes a program, and the second record's activity is one of its named components. Both stay separate activities, linked.
shared_participation
The two records describe one joint action in which several bodies take part. They are one activity: the two records are merged. The link needs at least two bodies, each named as taking part, with a quote.
governs
The first record's activity is a policy or other governance instrument that sets rules for the activity in the second. When a pair fits both this link and a component link, this link is used.
governed_by
The second record's activity is a policy or other governance instrument that sets rules for the activity in the first. When a pair fits both this link and a component link, this link is used.
distinct_action
The two records describe different activities, and none of the other links applies. The value is stored with a rule note.
unresolved
The sources do not settle whether the two records describe the same activity. They are never merged.

Attribution

observed_actor_relationship

Level: activity

Part relationship

this_institution
The page names the searched institution itself, not one of its units, as carrying out or adopting the activity.
unit_of_institution
The page names an organisational unit of the searched institution (a department, office or service) as carrying out the activity; it counts for the institution. Choose this, not the institution itself, whenever the page names the unit.
joint_participant
The activity is a joint one, and the page names the searched institution as a participant.
other
The activity belongs to another body: a parent, sibling or neighbouring body, a separate court, board or authority, a similarly named organisation, or a vendor. The searched institution's role is still asked.
unresolved
The page does not settle whose activity this is. The role of the searched institution is not asked.

Part searched_institution_role

contracting_authority
The searched institution buys or contracts for the tool or service in its own name.
beneficiary
Another body runs or buys the activity for the searched institution, and the page names the searched institution as benefiting.
central_purchasing_body
The searched institution buys or sets up a contract or framework on behalf of other bodies.
unit
The searched institution is itself a unit (a department, office or school) of a larger body that carries out the activity. Not for an activity that a unit of the searched institution carries out.
joint
The searched institution takes part as one of several joint participants.

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