Group Codes (EGC)
EDCS Version 2.7
- None exist
- User required to use text search (and guess) to locate ECCs and EACs of potential relevance
EDCS Version 3.0
- Numeric encoded (positive, non-zero)
- “General” organizational schema defined
- Coding style is label-based, with definitions, e.g.:
- 5 AGRICULTURAL “Of or related to the art, science, and industry of plant and animal production.”
- 18 DIMENSIONAL “Of or related to size, capacity, or dimensional measures.”
- 29 LITTORAL_ZONE “Of or related to a shoreline where a normal cycle of exposure and submersion by water occurs.”
- 41 SPACE “Of or related to the area outside of a planetary atmosphere.”