nested/hierarchical dimensions about dspl HOT 2 CLOSED

Something like this, perhaps:

HierarchicalDimension

Type: Thing > Intangible > CategoricalDimension > HierarchicalDimension

Hierarchical dimensions define the categories that measures can apply to when these are nested within other dimensions. For instance, countries, industry/sector schemes, age groups, etc.

When the codeList is a CSV table, it must include a column parent, which contains the codeValue of a DimensionValue defined in the parentDimension.

When the codeList is not a CSV table, each DimensionValue must include an additionalProperty with propertyID of parent and with value being the codeValue of a DimensionValue defined in the parentDimension.

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After discussion, it adds unnecessary complexity to introduce a new type -- every property is optional in schema.org, so we can simply omit parentDimension when there is not one. Also schema:parent refers to the parents of beings, so we introduce 'parentValue' for a parent DimensionValue.
In keeping with "things not strings", the parentValue property has a range of DimensionValue, which can either be an object sharing a codeValue with or a URL referring by ID to the parent DimensionValue.

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