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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Iranian Diaspora Cooperation &amp; Development Council · glossary</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/</link><description>Records of the Iranian Diaspora Cooperation &amp; Development Council registers; every value keeps its source and label.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://iranians.global/glossary/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Individual Members</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/individual/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/individual/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Anyone who accepts the charter: the diaspora across generations, newcomers, students and people in transit. Take part in Chapters and communities of practice, propose work, and stand for service roles after screening.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part IV, 4.4</description></item><item><title>Fellows</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/fellow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/fellow/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Members credentialed for competence in their field and for integrity. Lead peer review, author standards and mentor, while the credential is current.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part IV, 4.4</description></item><item><title>Institutional Members</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/institutional/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/institutional/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Lawful organisations that align with the charter: associations, schools, professional bodies. Take part through named representatives, under conflict disclosure.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part IV, 4.4</description></item><item><title>Affiliates</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/affiliate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/affiliate/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>People or organisations working with the Council on a limited scope. No governance rights.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part IV, 4.4</description></item><item><title>Observers</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/observer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/observer/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Participants for a set time and purpose. No governance rights unless the charter grants them.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part IV, 4.4</description></item><item><title>Forming</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/forming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/forming/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>states</category><description>A Community Cell, Chapter or programme that is being formed and is not yet chartered or recognised. The charter's organs recognise; a page never does.

Group: states
Source: Charter terms; Platform Directive v1 §1.5</description></item><item><title>In preparation</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/in-preparation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/in-preparation/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>states</category><description>A page, guide, dossier or service that is planned and not yet written or reviewed. Its page shows the gap as a gap.

Group: states
Source: Platform Directive v1 §1.5</description></item><item><title>Verified (label)</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/verified/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/verified/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>labels</category><description>A figure or claim read at its primary source by a steward or checkers from at least two communities.

Group: labels
Source: Platform Directive v1 §1.2; contributions register</description></item><item><title>Secondary (label)</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/secondary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/secondary/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>labels</category><description>A figure or claim cited through a reviewed work rather than read at its primary source.

Group: labels
Source: Platform Directive v1 §1.2</description></item><item><title>To verify (label)</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/to-verify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/to-verify/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>labels</category><description>A figure or claim whose source has not yet been read; it stays in the verification queue.

Group: labels
Source: Platform Directive v1 §1.2</description></item><item><title>Measure</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/measure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/measure/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>method</category><description>What a figure counts: a stock (people at one date), a flow (movement over a period), remittances (money), a proxy (a country of origin standing in for a community). Figures of different measures are never added.

Group: method
Source: Platform Directive v1 §1.2 and §3</description></item><item><title>Proxy</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/proxy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/proxy/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>method</category><description>A measure that stands in for the community because statistics do not count it directly, for example a country of origin. A proxy is named as a proxy.

Group: method
Source: Platform Directive v1 §3</description></item><item><title>UN M49</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/un-m49/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/un-m49/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>The United Nations Statistics Division's standard country and area codes for statistical use; the networks list countries and areas by it.

Group: standards
Source: UN Statistics Division, Standard country or area codes (M49)</description></item><item><title>ISO 3166-2</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/iso-3166-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/iso-3166-2/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>The ISO standard for codes of country subdivisions; first-level units carry their ISO 3166-2 code, read from the iso-codes package with its version and check date.

Group: standards
Source: ISO 3166-2</description></item><item><title>COD-AB</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/cod-ab/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/cod-ab/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>OCHA's Common Operational Datasets for administrative boundaries; the networks' first source for subdivisions where it exists.

Group: standards
Source: OCHA Humanitarian Data Exchange</description></item><item><title>H3 cell</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/h3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/h3/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>A cell of Uber's open hexagonal hierarchical geospatial index; the networks aggregate pages, bodies and events per cell, never people.

Group: standards
Source: H3 (Apache 2.0)</description></item><item><title>Sponsorship</title><link>https://iranians.global/glossary/sponsorship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://iranians.global/glossary/sponsorship/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:01:34 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>The only form of support the networks accept (decision D64). No donations in any form.

Group: charter
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