Output Key for IDEA Events Data
distributed by the Harvard-MIT Virtual Data Center
ID -- A unique identification number assigned to each news report.
XID -- An extra identification number used to uniquely identify each event record when used in combination with the ID.
Place -- Identifies the news bureau or office where the report originated. Please refer to the "place" table distributed with the data for the place codes.
ReportDate -- The date the report was published.
EventDate -- The date of the reported event, which may be earlier or later than the report date.
EventForm -- The IDEA event form reported. The event forms follow from those posted on the web, but do not include revisions made since May 2001. Please refer to the "events" table distributed with the data for the event form codes.
SrcName -- The country associated with the source actor. Please refer to the "names" table distributed with the data for the actual source names.
SrcSector -- The sector associated with the source actor. Please refer to the "sectors" table distributed with the data for the source sector codes.
SrcLevel -- The level associated with the source actor. Please refer to the "levels" table distributed with the data for the source level codes.
TgtName -- The country associated with the target actor. Please refer to the "names" table distributed with the data for the actual target names.
TgtSector -- The sector associated with the target actor. Please refer to the "sectors" table distributed with the data for the target sector codes.
TgtLevel -- The level associated with the target actor. Please refer to the "levels" table distributed with the data for the target level codes.