ISO/IEC CD2 18023-1 — SEDRIS functional specification

3 Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1 Definitions

3.1.1

aggregating object

an object that contains other objects (components)

3.1.2

Basic Latin character
a character from U+0020 to U+007E as defined in 2.[I10646]

3.1.3

component object

an object that is contained by an aggregating object

3.1.4

constraint

syntactic or semantic condition or restriction

3.1.5

data model

description of the organization of, and relationships between, data in a manner that reflects the information structure of an enterprise

3.1.6

enumerant

one of the values of an enumerated data type or the name of a value of a selection item data type

3.1.7

environmental data

integrated set of data elements, each describing some aspect of an environment and the elements or events expected there

3.1.8

environmental representation

representation of all or part of an environment, including permanent, semi-permanent, or virtual entities

3.1.9

inheritance

concept where a child also has the properties of its parent

3.1.10

interoperability

ability of a model or simulation to provide services to and accept services from other models and simulations, and to use the services so exchanged to enable them to operate effectively together

3.1.11

level of detail (LOD)

alternate representations of an object at varying fidelities based on some criteria

3.1.12

metadata

data that defines and describes other data

3.1.13

MIP level

one of  a set of images each representing the same conceptual picture the largest of which is at full resolution and others at various down-sampled resolutions (see MIP)

3.1.14

model

physical, mathematical, or otherwise logical representation of a system, entity, phenomenon, or process

3.1.15

property

characteristic of an object

3.1.16

representational polymorphism

alternate representations of the same data to serve the needs of different users

3.1.17

SEDRIS abstract transmittal format

general organization, structure, and allowable content that is required for all external representations of SEDRIS transmittals (defined in ISO/IEC 18023-2)

3.1.18

SEDRIS Transmittal Format (STF)

specific binary encoding of the SEDRIS abstract transmittal format as defined in ISO/IEC 18023-3

3.1.19

selection value

one of the values allowed by the definition of a selection item data type

3.1.20

texel

single element of an image used as a texture

3.1.21

texture

image or a set of images applied to a surface representation to depict detail

3.1.22

tile

one of a set of identical planar shapes that have been arranged to completely cover an area

3.1.23

traversal

movement from one object to another through a relationship between them, as in crossing between nodes in graph theory

3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations

Table 3.1 expands acronyms and abbreviations to their full context.

Table 3.1Table of acronyms and abbreviations

Acronym or Abbreviation

Meaning

2D

Two-Dimensional

3D

Three-dimensional

AEC

Augmented Equidistant Cylindrical

ALCC

Augmented Lambert Conformal Conic

AM

Augmented Mercator

AOM

Augmented Oblique Mercator

API

Application Program Interface

APS

Augmented Polar Stereographic

ATF

Abstract Transmittal Format

ATM

Augmented Transverse Mercator

AUPS

Augmented Universal Polar Stereographic

AUTM

Augmented Universal Transverse Mercator

CLOD

Continuous Level Of Detail

CMY

Cyan Magenta Yellow

DBDB Digital Bathymetric DataBase

DRM

Data Representation Model

EA

EDCS Attribute

EAC

EDCS Attribute Code

EC

Equidistant Cylindrical

ECC

EDCS Classification Code

EDCS

Environmental Data Coding Specification (ISO/IEC 18025)

EEC

EDCS attribute Enumeration Code

ESC

EDCS unit Scale Code

EUC

EDCS Unit Code

EVC

EDCS attribute Value Characteristics Code

GC

GeoCentric

GCS

Global Coordinate System

GD

Geodetic

GDEM Generalized Digital Environmental Model

GEI

Geocentric Equatorial Inertial

GM

GeoMagnetic

GSE

Geocentric Solar Ecliptic

GSM

Geocentric Solar Magnetic

HSV

Hue Saturation Value

ID

IDentifier

IT

Information Technology

ITR

Inter-Transmittal Referencing

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

LCC

Lambert Conformal Conic

LOD

Level Of Detail

LSR

Local Space Rectangular

LTP

Local Tangent Plane

M

Mercator

METOC

METeorological and OCeanographic

MIP

Multum In Parvo (many in a small place), a technique for precomputing down-sampled textures

NURBS

Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline

OAML Oceanographic and Atmospheric Library (U.S. Navy)

ORM

Object Reference Model

OM

Oblique Mercator

PS

Polar Stereographic

RGB

Red Green Blue

SM

Solar Magnetic

SRF

Spatial Reference Frame

SRM

Spatial Reference Model (ISO/IEC 18026)

STF

SEDRIS Transmittal Format

TM

Transverse Mercator

UML

Unified Modeling Language

URN

Universal Resource Name

UPS

Universal Polar Stereographic

UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator