********************************************************************** Overview ************************************************************** Definition: Controlled vocabulary schema for DLESE metadata frameworks Framework use: ADN-I (item) Source org: Government of Ontario Information and Technology Standards; http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/techstan/ Source values: http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/techstan/72-00apa.htm Source last update: 1996 DPC last update: 2002-10-31 Notes: NAVD29 is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 2003-2-6: Definition: Verical datum is a base reference for a coordinate system. It includes the position of an initial point of orgin and the orientation of an ellipsoid that models the surface of the earh in the region of interest. 2003-2-6: There are horizontal, veritcal and global datums. 2003-2-6: The schema has both global and vertical datums with global datums listed first. 2003-2-6: Added DLESE: and kept Other to the vocab because there are so many local vertical datums that could be used. 2003-2-6: Removed vocab term Unknown because vertical measurements can't have an unknown datum while they can have an Other 2003-2-6: Added Sea level because it is the most popular vertical reference point. *********************** Simple Types (alpha order) ************************************* *************************************** geodeticGlobalOrVertType ***************************************** Lists the values that will appear in the metadata record *************************************** DLESEgeodeticDatumGlobalOrVertLeafType *********************** Lists leaf values *** LICENSE INFORMATION ***** Copyright 2002, 2003 DLESE Program Center University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States of America email: support@dlese.org. These schemas are free software; you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. These schemas are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this project; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA