Documentation for individual data value

Behind the Vision of Britain web site is a true data library, a collection of individual statistics each with its own metadata to tell users what it means. These metadata also control how the system visualises statistical data through graphs and maps. This is what we know about the particular data value you selected:

Attribute	Value	Meaning
Identifier	17323201	This number locates the particular value within the data table; it is like an accession number in a conventional library.
Value	3,268	This is the data value itself.
Date(s) covered	1961	We store dates within a date object, which can hold anything from a simple year value, for a census, to a period defined by two calendar dates.
Administrative area covered	10107362	Gloucestershire AdmC
Meaning (DDS cell reference)	AGCEN_SHEEP_1960:over_1_rams	Cell within nCube N_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960: Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census. Dimension Variable Category 1 Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70 One year & over: Rams kept for service Universe: All Sheep
Source	AgStat	Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,
Credits	DEFRA_farm	Contributor(s): Department of the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Farming Statistics Team). Role: creator. Restrictions on use: the material may be re-used free of charge in any format or medium. You must re-use it accurately and not in a misleading context. You must acknowledge the material as Crown copyright and give the title of the document/publication.
Status	P	Public. Visible in both graphics and tables.
Precision	E	Exact
Created by	agcen_cnty	This is the name of our script which inserted this data value into the main data table. For non-derived values, this is usually done by copying data values across from our more conventional GBHDB database, and the scripts are usually named after the table in GBHDB they copy data from.

This table lists, in its "value" column, a single row from our data table. The values are mostly identifiers and codes which are given meaning by our main sub-systems, and the "meaning" column reaches into these to tell you more.