SEDRIS Classification Codes (SCC)

• Shallow Hierarchy: 5 character encoding (2 alpha, 3 numeric)

  • Category (e.g., Culture, Hydrography, Physiography, Vegetation, …)
    • SDCS adds three additional (M: Mobile, O: Ocean, W: Weather)
  • Subcategory
    • E.g., Ocean - Acoustic, Biologic, Floor, Surface, Volume, Abstract
  • Items
    • E.g., Building, Tree, HMMWV, UV Wind, Ocean Profile

• Coding style consistent with DIGEST approach

  • AQ041 Engineering Bridge
    “A temporary structure spanning and providing passage over a body of water, depression, or other obstacles.”
    
  • MC000 Mobile Military Land Feature
    “An unspecified mixture of mobile military land features requiring elaboration or separation into individual features due to status/type grouping that is currently indeterminable. A mobile military land feature operates only on land.”
    
  • OS101 Ocean Surface Area

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