The SDCS Pieces
Classification / Feature Codes (SCC)
- What is it? (building, river/stream, …)
Attribute Codes (SAC)
- What are its additional clarifying characteristics? (lighthouse, depth, …)
State Codes (SSC)
- How does it deviate from normality? (damaged, flooding, …)
Units
- A precisely specified quantity in terms of which the magnitudes of other quantities of the same kind can be stated. (meters, pascals, …)
- Used to specify the values of attributes and states
Default representations
- Datatype (32 bit unsigned integer, 64 bit floating point, ...)
- Range (minimum and maximum values) (0, 100, …)
- Significance and Tolerance (3 digits, 0.1, …)
- Number of Characters (if string) (8, …)