office

Office represents the office associated with a contest or district (e.g. Alderman, Mayor, School Board, et al).

Tag	Data Type	Required?	Repeats?	Description	Error Handling
description	xs:string	Optional	Single	A brief description of the office and its purpose.
electoral_district_id	xs:IDREF	Required	Single	Links to the electoral_district element associated with the office.
external_identifiers	xs:IDREF	Optional	Single	Other identifiers that link this office to other related datasets (e.g. campaign finance systems, OCD IDs, et al.).
filing_deadline	xs:date	Optional	Single	Specifies the date and time when a candidate must have filed for the contest for the office.
is_partisan	xs:boolean	Optional	Single	Indicates whether the office is partisan.
name	xs:string	Required	Single	The name of the office.
office_holder_person_ids	xs:IDREFS	Optional	Single	Links to the person element(s) that hold additional information about the current office holder(s).
term	multi-csv-term	Optional	Single	Defines the term the office can be held.

id,electoral_district_id,external_identifier_type,external_identifier_othertype,external_identifier_value,filing_deadline,is_partisan,name,office_holder_person_ids,term_type,term_start_date,term_end_date
off001,ed001,,,,,true,Deputy Chief of Staff,per50003,full-term,2002-01-21,
off002,ed001,,,,,true,Deputy Deputy Chief of Staff,per50001,unexpired-term,2002-01-21,
off003,ed001,,,,,false,General Secretary of Secretaries,per50004,full-term,2002-01-21,