Description: Encoding dictionaries

Dictionary of encodings used for categorical variables. The actual values associated with each encoding are held in the "Values of ... encodings" schema. Properties included are:

1. encoding_id
2. title
3. availability (0 yes)
4. coded_as (11 int, 31 real, 41 string, 51 date
5. structure (1 list, 2 tree)
6. num_members
7. descript

Select preferred format below then click Download to retrieve a copy of schema 2.

If you have wget available (typically on linux systems), then you can also obtain this schema using the command(s)

• wget -nd -O encoding.txt "biobank.ndph.ox.ac.uk/ukb/scdown.cgi?fmt=txt&id=2" (tab separated)
• wget -nd -O encoding.xml "biobank.ndph.ox.ac.uk/ukb/scdown.cgi?fmt=xml&id=2" (pseudo-xml)