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--- ch:ia:question-info [2026-02-01 09:10] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ ch:ia:question-info [2026-02-03 13:45] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Specification common to all question structures =====
-  * [[ch:fields:QID]] mandatory global question ID: could e.g. be a 32-bit (or longer) integer
+  * [[ch:fields:QID]] mandatory global question ID: could e.g. be a 32-bit (or longer) integer. There could be some attempt to put some meaning into this ID, but it is probably easier simply to assign a random number to it, only ensuring that there are no duplicates.
-  * List of enabling answers, optional.\\ The point here is that some questions only make sense given certain prior answers. Here we need to specify just what those answers are, which will not be language-dependent.
+  * List of enabling answers, optional.\\ The point here is that some questions only make sense given certain prior answers. Here we need to specify just what those answers are, which will not be language-dependent. The enabling answers are determined by the enabled question, not by the enabling question.
   * [[ch:fields:Language]]-dependent fields: for each language formulated for this question:
     * [[ch:fields:Lang]]: the natural language (1st listed is the default)
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     * [[ch:fields:QDesc]] optional question description:\\ a longer text field aiming at explaining any vague terms and clarifying any ambiguity (optional)
   * [[ch:fields:QRelB]]: Boolean, mandatory, whether or not the question is [[ch:t:relational]] or a [[ch:t:property]].
-  * [[ch:fields:QnI]] number of items: for itemised questions, integer between 2 and 10; for non-itemised question = 0 (default)
+  * [[ch:fields:Qni]] ("I" is a capital "i", neither the letter "el" nor the number "1") number of items: for itemised questions, integer between 2 and 10; for non-itemised question = 0 (default)
   * [[ch:fields:QStruct]]: mandatory; one of the structures listed on the [[ch:qs:]] page.
   * [[ch:fields:QLearn]]: link to a page explaining anything here in more detail, with further links to learning resources as may be needed.
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       * in Italy: comune
     * In Europe, we could use [[wp>Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics]] (“NUTS”).
-  * In some cases, people identify with, and like to use, outdated, traditional or old political entities.
+  * In some cases, people identify with, and like to use, outdated, traditional or old political entities. I'm not clear how we should handle these. One option would be to have bespoke place definitions, added to on demand — as there is no way that we could hope to document all of them in advance.
   * Hexagons:
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 This could be, for instance, derived from a recognisable event that implies a place and a time, e.g.
   * a music festival
-  * any other public event with physical presence
+  * any other public gathering with physical presence
   * a timetabled journey using some public or open transport — that would allow people to have interesting conversations while travelling, with the (moving) place and times being specified by the relevant transport timetable.