Content standards for digital geospatial metadata -- FGDC
This document has been superseded. Everyone should refer instead to the
Content Standard for
Digital Geospatial Metadata, officially known as FGDC-STD-001-1998,
dated June 1998, at the web site of the Federal Geographic Data Committee.
point and vector object information using the terminology and concepts from "Spatial Data Concepts," which is chapter 2 of part 1 in Department of Commerce, 1992, Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) (Federal Information Processing Standard 173): Washington, Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. (Note that this reference to the SDTS is used ONLY to provide a set of terminology for the point and vector objects.)
Compound.
name of point and vector spatial objects used to locate zero-, one-, and two-dimensional spatial locations in the data set.
Type: text
Domain:
(The domain is from "Spatial Data Concepts," which is chapter 2 of part 1
in Department of Commerce, 1992, Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
(Federal Information Processing Standard 173): Washington, Department of
Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology):
point and vector object information using the terminology and concepts from Department of Defense, 1992, Vector Product Format (MIL-STD-600006): Philadelphia, Department of Defense, Defense Printing Service Detachment Office. (Note that this reference to the VPF is used ONLY to provide a set of terminology for the point and vector objects.)
Compound.
the completeness of the topology carried by the data set. The levels of completeness are defined in Department of Defense, 1992, Vector Product Format (MIL-STD-600006): Philadelphia, Department of Defense, Defense Printing Service Detachment Office.
name of point and vector spatial objects used to locate zero-, one-, and two-dimensional spatial locations in the data set.
Type: text
Domain: (The domain is from Department of Defense, 1992, Vector Product Format (MIL-STD-600006): Philadelphia, Department of Defense, Defense Printing Service Detachment Office): "Node" "Edge" "Face" "Text"
raster spatial objects used to locate zero-, two-, or three-dimensional locations in the data set.
Type: text
Domain: (With the exception of "voxel", the domain is from "Spatial Data Concepts," which is chapter 2 of part 1 in Department of Commerce, 1992, Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) (Federal Information Processing Standard 173): Washington, Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology): "Point" "Pixel" "Grid Cell" "Voxel"