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Environmental Data Coding Specification

8 EDCS Organizational Schema

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8.1 Introduction

8.1.1 Table of contents

See Table 8.1 for the table of contents for this clause.

Table 8.1 -- Table of contents

8 EDCS Organizational Schema Table 8.2 -- EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary Entry fields
8.1 Introduction Table 8.3 -- EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary Entries
8.1.1 Table of contents Table 8.4 -- EDCS Group Dictionary Entry fields
8.1.2 Overview Table 8.5 -- EDCS Group Dictionary Entries
8.2 EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary Table 8.6 -- ECs by EG in EO GENERAL
8.3 EDCS Group Dictionary Tables 8.7 through 8.52 Tables of ECs
8.4 ECs and EAs by EG in EO GENERAL Table 8.53 -- EAs by EG in EO GENERAL
Table 8.1 -- Table of contents Tables 8.54 through 8.99 Tables of EAs

8.1.2 Overview

This International Standard uses EDCS Organizational Schema (EOs) to arrange ECs and EAs into sets based on similarity.  An EO is the end result of a process of classification and consists of a set of EDCS Groups (EGs).  All EOs in this International Standard shall be complete, meaning that that each EC and each EA is a member of at least one EG.  The EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary is presented in tables with its EDCS Dictionary Entries grouped alphabetically by the first letter of the EOL.

This International Standard uses EGs to collect similar ECs and EAs.  The EDCS Group Dictionary is presented in tables with its EDCS Dictionary Entries grouped alphabetically for each EO by the first letter of the EGL.

8.2 EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary

The EOs specified in this International Standard are presented in Table 8.3.  The contents of each field of an EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary Entry are listed in Table 8.2.  

Table 8.2 -- EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary Entry fields

Field Contents

Label

The EOL (see 4.2.2 Labels).

Definition

The definition of the EO (see 4.2.1 Definitions).

Code

The EOC (see 4.2.3 Codes).
Reference type The type of the references (see 4.2.4.3 Types of references). If there are no references, this field contains "none".
References The references for this EO (see 4.2.4 References).

The EDCS Dictionary Entries are grouped alphabetically by the first letter of the EOL, and this presentation is reflected in the structure of Table 8.3.  This International Standard defines a General Organizational Schema based on natural and/or scientific principles. The EGs of this EO are given in Table 8.5.

Table 8.3 -- EDCS Organizational Schema Dictionary Entries

Label

Definition

Code Reference type References

GENERAL

A schema based on natural and/or scientific principles.

1 IR none

8.3 EDCS Group Dictionary

This International Standard uses EGs to collect similar ECs and EAs. Each EG  has a unique definition, and is designated by both a unique EGL and a unique EGC. The EDCS Group Dictionary is presented in tables with its EDCS Dictionary Entries grouped alphabetically for each EO by the first letter of the EGL. In order to clarify the presentation of multiple EGs for each EO, the applicable EO is listed once prior to the listing of its set of EGs. The EO is then not repeated for each of its EGs and instead this field is greyed out.

The EGs specified in this International Standard are presented in Table 8.5 and in Annex F.  The contents of each field of an EDCS Group Dictionary Entry are listed in Table 8.4

Table 8.4 -- EDCS Group Dictionary Entry fields

Field Contents

Organizational schema label

The EOL for which this is an EG (see 4.2.2 Labels).
Group label The EGL (see 4.2.2 Labels).

Definition

The definition of the EG (see 4.2.1 Definitions).

Code

The EGC (see 4.2.3 Codes).
Reference type The type of the references (see 4.2.4.3 Types of references).
References The references for this EG (see 4.2.4 References). If there are no references, this field contains "none".

Within each table, EGs are first listed alphabetically by EOL and then for each EO, the EGs are listed in the ascending order of the EGCs. The EO is then not repeated for each of its EGs and instead this field is greyed out.

Table 8.5 -- EDCS Group Dictionary Entries

Organizational schema label Group label Definition Code
GENERAL      
  ABSTRACT_CONCEPT Of or relating to concepts, ideas, properties or other notional descriptions. 1
  ABSTRACTION A simplified description of a system containing only significant information. 2
  ACOUSTIC_PHENOMENON Of, or related to, the production, propagation, or effects of sound. 3
  ADMINISTRATION Of, or related to, the action of administering in any office including management, legal, government, or financial activities. 4
  AGRICULTURE Of, or related to, the art, science, and industry of plant and animal production. 5
  AIR_TRNSP Of, or related to, the use of air vehicles for movement of people, goods, or other materials. 6
  AIRBORNE_PARTICLE Fine or very fine particles of solid or liquid materials that are suspended in air. 7
  ALGORITHM_RELATED Of, or related to, procedures or sets of rules for calculation or problem-solving involving computers. 8
  ANCILLARY_ARTEFACT Of, or related to, subservient, subordinate; auxiliary, or supporting products of human art or workmanship. 9
  ANGULAR_MEASURE Of or pertaining to measurement by reference to angles. 10
  ANIMAL Of, or related to, any member of the kingdom that is generally characterized by the power of voluntary motion, specialized sense organs that provide rapid motor response to stimuli, limited capacity for regenerative growth, the lack of rigid cell walls, and the inability to manufacture nutrients from inorganic substances. These qualities and others distinguish the animal kingdom from the plant kingdom. 11
  ATMOSPHERE Of, or related to, taking place in a planetary atmosphere, the envelope of gases surrounding a planet and held to it by gravity and extending through the thermosphere (e.g., approximately 480 kilometres above the surface of the Earth). 12
  BATHYMETRY Of, or related to, the science of measuring the depth of the ocean and other large bodies of water, including information gathered from such measurements. 13
  COLOUR Of, or related to, specification or measurement of colour which is a particular tint; one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated as in the spectrum, including (loosely) black and white. 14
  COMMUNICATION Of, or related to, the transmission or exchange of information, news, or the science and practice of transmitting information. 15
  DEMARCATION Of, or related to, the marking, delineation, or ascertainment of boundaries. 16
  DIMENSION Of, or related to, size, capacity, or dimensional measures. 17
  EM_PHENOMENON Of, or related to, interaction of electric or magnetic fields. 18
  HARBOUR_AND_PORT Of, or related to, natural or man-made shelters for ships (harbours) and the commercial sites within them (ports). 19
  HYDROGRAPHIC_ARTEFACT Of, or related to, products of human art or workmanship that are related to or located on or near seas, lakes, rivers, or other bodies of water. 20
  HYDROGRAPHIC_INDUSTRY Of, or related to, specific forms or branches of productive labour, trades, or manufacture which are located on or near or otherwise involve seas, lakes, rivers, or other bodies of water. 21
  HYDROGRAPHIC_TRNSP Of, or related to, the actions or processes of transporting something; conveyance of people and goods, from one place to another and involving seas, lakes, rivers, or other bodies of water. 22
  HYDROLOGY Of, or related to, the bodies of water found on or below the planetary surface in inland regions. 23
  ICE Of, or related to, formations of frozen water. 24
  INFRASTRUCTURE Of, or related to, basic supporting utilities, equipment, and or facilities. 25
  LAND_INDUSTRY Of, or related to, specific forms or branches of productive labour, trades, or manufacture which are located on or near or otherwise involve regions of land mass. 26
  LAND_TRNSP Of, or related to, the actions or processes of transporting something; conveyance of people, goods, etc., from one place to another and involving regions of land mass. 27
  LIGHTING_AND_VISIBILITY Of, or related to, illumination, or the condition, state, or fact of being visible, visible quality, or ability to be seen. 28
  LITTORAL Of, or related to, a shoreline where a normal cycle of exposure and submersion by water occurs. 29
  MILITARY_SCIENCE Of, or related to, the organizations, operations, constructions, installations, equipment, or material of national armed forces. 30
  OCEAN_FLOOR Of, or related to, the bottom surface of an ocean basin (the bottom surface of the entire body of salt water that covers a planetary surface). 31
  OCEAN_SURFACE Of, or related to, facts or events that appear or are perceived by one of the human senses or by the human mind related to the surface of the ocean, the continuous body of salt water covering the greater part of a planetary surface and surrounding its land masses. 32
  OCEANOGRAPHIC_CONDITION Of, or related to, particular modes, states, or circumstances of the ocean, the continuous body of salt water covering the greater part of a planetary surface and surrounding its land masses. 33
  PHYSIOGRAPHY Of, or related to, physical geography, the natural features and inanimate phenomena of a planetary surface. 34
  PLANT Of, or related to, any member of the taxonomic Kingdom Plantae; living organisms capable of producing their own foods but not capable of movement. 35
  POSITION Of, or related to, measurement or specification of location or relative position. 36
  RATE_OR_RATIO Measurement expressed as a rate; a quantity measured in terms of another measured quantity. 37
  RECREATION Of, or related to, refreshment of one's mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates 38
  SHELTER Of, or related to, structures giving protection from rain, wind, or sun; anything serving as a shield or a place of refuge from the weather and which are suitable for storing goods or housing. 39
  SPACE Of, or related to, the immense expanse of the universe beyond the earth’s (or other reference planet) atmosphere; the near vacuum occupying the regions between stars, planets, and other celestial bodies. 40
  SURFACE_MATERIAL Of, or pertaining to, matter or substance at the, or on a, surface. 41
  SURVEY Of, or related to, surveys or maps that determine the location of specific regions on a planetary surface. 42
  TEMPERATURE Of, or related to, the state of a substance or body with regard to objective warmth or coldness, referred to a standard of comparison. 43
  TIME Of, pertaining to, or relating to time. 44
  USAGE_REGION Of, or related to, particular extents of ground or of another surfaces that can be associated with habitual or customary practice or procedure or use. 45
  VEHICLE Of, or related to, device or structure for transporting persons or things. 46

8.4 ECs and EAs by EG in EO GENERAL

The ECs that are members of each EG in EO GENERAL are listed in Table 8.6 and presented in Tables 8.7 through 8.52.

Table 8.6 -- ECs by EG in EO GENERAL

Table 8.7 ECs in the ABSTRACT_CONCEPT group Table 8.30 ECs in the ICE group
Table 8.8 ECs in the ABSTRACTION group Table 8.31 ECs in the INFRASTRUCTURE group
Table 8.9 ECs in the ACOUSTIC_PHENOMENON group Table 8.32 ECs in the LAND_INDUSTRY group
Table 8.10 ECs in the ADMINISTRATION group Table 8.33 ECs in the LAND_TRNSP group
Table 8.11 ECs in the AGRICULTURE group Table 8.34 ECs in the LIGHTING_AND_VISIBILITY group
Table 8.12 ECs in the AIR_TRNSP group Table 8.35 ECs in the LITTORAL group
Table 8.13 ECs in the AIRBORNE_PARTICLE group Table 8.36 ECs in the MILITARY_SCIENCE group
Table 8.14 ECs in the ALGORITHM_RELATED group Table 8.37 ECs in the OCEAN_FLOOR group
Table 8.15 ECs in the ANCILLARY_ARTEFACT group Table 8.38 ECs in the OCEAN_SURFACE group
Table 8.16 ECs in the ANGULAR_MEASURE group Table 8.39 ECs in the OCEANOGRAPHIC_CONDITION group
Table 8.17 ECs in the ANIMAL group Table 8.40 ECs in the PHYSIOGRAPHY group
Table 8.18 ECs in the ATMOSPHERE group Table 8.41 ECs in the PLANT group
Table 8.19 ECs in the BATHYMETRY group Table 8.42 ECs in the POSITION group
Table 8.20 ECs in the COLOUR group Table 8.43 ECs in the RATE_OR_RATIO group
Table 8.21 ECs in the COMMUNICATION group Table 8.44 ECs in the RECREATION group
Table 8.22 ECs in the DEMARCATION group Table 8.45 ECs in the SHELTER group
Table 8.23 ECs in the DIMENSION group Table 8.46 ECs in the SPACE group
Table 8.24 ECs in the EM_PHENOMENON group Table 8.47 ECs in the SURFACE_MATERIAL group
Table 8.25 ECs in the HARBOUR_AND_PORT group Table 8.48 ECs in the SURVEY group
Table 8.26 ECs in the HYDROGRAPHIC_ARTEFACT group Table 8.49 ECs in the TEMPERATURE group
Table 8.27 ECs in the HYDROGRAPHIC_INDUSTRY group Table 8.50 ECs in the TIME group
Table 8.28 ECs in the HYDROGRAPHIC_TRNSP group Table 8.51 ECs in the USAGE_REGION group
Table 8.29 ECs in the HYDROLOGY group Table 8.52 ECs in the VEHICLE group

The EAs that are members of each EG in EO GENERAL are listed in Table 8.53 and presented in Tables 8.54 through 8.99.

Table 8.53 -- EAs by EG in EO GENERAL

Table 8.54 EAs in the ABSTRACT_CONCEPT group Table 8.77 EAs in the ICE group
Table 8.55 EAs in the ABSTRACTION group Table 8.78 EAs in the INFRASTRUCTURE group
Table 8.56 EAs in the ACOUSTIC_PHENOMENON group Table 8.79 EAs in the LAND_INDUSTRY group
Table 8.57 EAs in the ADMINISTRATION group Table 8.80 EAs in the LAND_TRNSP group
Table 8.58 EAs in the AGRICULTURE group Table 8.81 EAs in the LIGHTING_AND_VISIBILITY group
Table 8.59 EAs in the AIR_TRNSP group Table 8.82 EAs in the LITTORAL group
Table 8.60 EAs in the AIRBORNE_PARTICLE group Table 8.83 EAs in the MILITARY_SCIENCE group
Table 8.61 EAs in the ALGORITHM_RELATED group Table 8.84 EAs in the OCEAN_FLOOR group
Table 8.62 EAs in the ANCILLARY_ARTEFACT group Table 8.85 EAs in the OCEAN_SURFACE group
Table 8.63 EAs in the ANGULAR_MEASURE group Table 8.86 EAs in the OCEANOGRAPHIC_CONDITION group
Table 8.64 EAs in the ANIMAL group Table 8.87 EAs in the PHYSIOGRAPHY group
Table 8.65 EAs in the ATMOSPHERE group Table 8.88 EAs in the PLANT group
Table 8.66 EAs in the BATHYMETRY group Table 8.89 EAs in the POSITION group
Table 8.67 EAs in the COLOUR group Table 8.90 EAs in the RATE_OR_RATIO group
Table 8.68 EAs in the COMMUNICATION group Table 8.91 EAs in the RECREATION group
Table 8.69 EAs in the DEMARCATION group Table 8.92 EAs in the SHELTER group
Table 8.70 EAs in the DIMENSION group Table 8.93 EAs in the SPACE group
Table 8.71 EAs in the EM_PHENOMENON group Table 8.94 EAs in the SURFACE_MATERIAL group
Table 8.72 EAs in the HARBOUR_AND_PORT group Table 8.95 EAs in the SURVEY group
Table 8.73 EAs in the HYDROGRAPHIC_ARTEFACT group Table 8.96 EAs in the TEMPERATURE group
Table 8.74 EAs in the HYDROGRAPHIC_INDUSTRY group Table 8.97 EAs in the TIME group
Table 8.75 EAs in the HYDROGRAPHIC_TRNSP group Table 8.98 EAs in the USAGE_REGION group
Table 8.76 EAs in the HYDROLOGY group Table 8.99 EAs in the VEHICLE group

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