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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(80)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

The identification given to surface of reference from which depths are measured.

Sample Value

Local Surface

Dependent Attributes

DepthDistanceUnits, DepthEncodingMethod, DepthResolution

Sample Value

Local Surface

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with DepthDistanceUnits, DepthEncodingMethod, DepthResolution.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Spatial > CoordinateSystemContainer > VerticalCoordinateSystemContainer > DepthSystemDefinition.DepthDatumName

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:referenceSystemInfo/gmd:MD_ReferenceSystem/gmd:referenceSystemIdentifier/gmd:RS_Identifier/gmd:authority/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString or /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:verticalElement/gmd:EX_VerticalExtent/gmd:verticalCRS/gco:CharacterString

Notes

See also CD_VerticalDatum and CD_VerticalDatumType in 19111 /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:referenceSystemInfo/gmd:MD_ReferenceSystem/gmd:referenceSystemIdentifier/gmd:RS_Identifier/gmd:authority/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString

Theme

Spatial Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls