List of ocdId variables and levels/roles

[Derek Garnier]

Hi Folks,

Another dumb question. Is there a published matrix that shows all the ocdId search parameters (such as country/state/place/cd/sldu/sldl....) as well as what politician title will fall under each role - such as State Legislative Upper District Chamber (sldu) equates to State Senate? Sorry, I flunked Civics :)

Thanks, Derek

[Jason Rosenbaum]

There is not, but it's not hard to discern. Here's the main OCDID repository:

https://github.com/opencivicdata/ocd-division-ids

The main ones I work with are here:

https://github.com/opencivicdata/ocd-division-ids/tree/master/identifiers/country-us/census_autogenerated

OCDIDs with the cd: prefix are for congressional districts, so members of congress. sldu: stands for State Legislative District Upper and is therefore equivalent to State Senate (though, in states with multi-member districts, state representatives will be returned with the legislatorLowerBody role). sldl: is State Legislative District Lower and is therefore equivalent to State House/Assembly.

The higher level, state: will contain state-level officials like Senators and Governors.

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[Derek Garnier]

Thanks, Jason. I saw some definitions on Census.gov after I posted. I appreciate the help.

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