05 / 20 Explanatory notes and how they are used
Explanatory notes and how they are used
What the explanatory notes contain for a category, how inclusions and exclusions are stated, and how borderline cases are handled.
The four levels
- Level 1 Section One letter
- Level 2 Division Two digits
- Level 3 Group Three digits
- Level 4 Class Four digits
Guides in this cluster
- How do explanatory notes show borderline cases?
Boundary examples in notes, cross references between neighbouring classes, and the paired reading a borderline needs.
- How do notes differ by level?
Section, division, group and class notes compared, the granularity each level carries, and the order to read them.
- How do notes handle a division heading?
The division note as a field definition, using the verified Division 01 note, its mixed farming statement, and its implementation rule.
- How do notes handle a section heading?
The section note as a broad scope statement, using the verified Section A note and its exclusion to class 98.10.
- How do notes use cross references to other classes?
See references in excludes lists, the paired reading they require, and the chains they form across groups and sections.
- How do you quote a note without overreading it?
Citing a note with its version and level, staying inside the words stated, and avoiding extension to a specific case.
- How do you read an excludes list?
How an excludes list bounds a category, using the verified exclusions in the class 01.11 and class 01.13 notes.
- How do you read an includes list?
How an includes list states covered activities, using the verified class 01.11 note as the worked example.
- How do you use a note before a correspondence table?
The checking sequence from note to table to institute, and why the note must come first for a move.
- How does the NACE index fit the notes?
The index as an integral part of the notes, its online publication through ShowVoc, and its new and evolving character.
- What do explanatory notes contain?
Descriptions and annotations, the index, and the two parts that together make up the NACE Rev. 2.1 notes.
- What does includes also mean?
The includes also annotation as a second list in a note, shown in the verified class 01.13 and class 01.15 notes.
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