An Environmental Data Coding Standard ...
Unifies characterizations of environmental “things”
- Regardless of how represented --
- Feature or Geometry or Data Table or Model or ...
- Whether individual primitives or structured collections of primitives
- Seat vs. Chair vs. Dining Set vs. Furniture vs. Home Furnishings
Separates enumerations from the Data Representation Model
- Evolve at different rates
- Allows better leverage of (and coordination with) external standards
- Increased flexibility/extensibility
Answers three types of questions:
1. What is it?
? SEDRIS Classification Code (SCC)
2. What are its additional clarifying characteristics?
? SEDRIS Attribute Code (SAC)
3. How does it deviate from normality?
? SEDRIS State Code (SSC)