Merge pull request #1209 from open-contracting/828_gpaAlignmentCodes

electronic goods => digital goods
open-contracting · Feb 8, 2021 · d735070 · d735070
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diff --git a/docs/history/changelog.md b/docs/history/changelog.md
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 ### Codelists
 
 * [#1201](https://github.com/open-contracting/standard/pull/1201) Add 'terminatedEarly' and 'terminatedSuccessfully' codes to the `contractStatus` codelist, to distinguish between successful completion and early termination of the contract.
+* [#1209](https://github.com/open-contracting/standard/pull/1209) Replace "electronic goods" with "digital goods" in the description of 'goods' from the `procurementCategory` codelist, to align with the description in the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Government Procurement, and to avoid confusion between electronic goods like computers and digital goods like software.
 
 ### Schema
 

diff --git a/schema/codelists/procurementCategory.csv b/schema/codelists/procurementCategory.csv
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 Code,Title,Description
-goods,Goods and supplies,The primary object of this contracting process involves physical or electronic goods or supplies.
+goods,Goods and supplies,The primary object of this contracting process involves physical or digital goods or supplies.
 works,Works,"The primary object of this contracting process involves construction, repair, rehabilitation, demolition, restoration or maintenance of some asset or infrastructure."
 services,Services,"The primary object of this contracting process involves professional services of some form, generally contracted for on the basis of measurable outputs or deliverables."