From: devinkouts_at_earthlink.net
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 22:43:56 CET
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How about this version, with greater-than signs in front of each new
line...
> Cave Survey - To serve as the Root element of a CaveXML document
> Data File Version - Identifies the release version of CaveXML the
document is based upon. Also useful for identifying extensions to the
CaveXML baseline.
> Cave Name - Name of the Cave described by this Cave Survey
> Comment - Free form commentary
> Survey - An actual survey series
> Survey Name - The name applied to this survey
> Survey Date - Date survey was conducted
> Survey Team - Team of persons conducting the survey
> Member - one of the persons on the survey team
> Name - the name of a member of the survey team
> Role - the role performed by a memeber of the survey team
> Declination - Magnetic declination for this survey
> Survey Quality - the impled quality of the survey
> Day - day the survey was conducted, part of survey date
> Month - month the survey was conducted, part of survey date
> Year - year the survey was conducted, part of survey date
> Instruments - the collection of instruments used to conduct the survey
> Compass - data about a compass used on the survey
> Clinometer - data about a clinometer used on the survey
> Tape - data about a tape used on the survey
> Accuracy - assessed accuracy of a given instrument or reading
> Correction - correction applied to an instrument or reading
> Serial Number - serial number of an item, e.g. cave or compass
> Owner - owner of an item, e.g. cave or compass
> Shot - an element of a survey, one leg or shot
> Processing - handling instructions for an item, e.g. correct, ignore,
subtract, etc.
> From - orienation of survey leg, necessary for determining Left,
Right, Up, Down
> To - orienation of survey leg, necessary for determining Left, Right,
Up, Down
> Length - measured distance between two points
> Forward Azimuth - 360 degree compass reading looking from the "From"
station to the "To" station
> Reverse Azimuth - 360 degree compass reading looking from the "To"
station to the "From" station
> Forward Inclincation - +/- 90 degree clinometer reading looking from
the "From" station to the "To" station
> Reverse Inclination - +/- 90 degree clinometer reading looking from
the "To" station to the "From" station
> Left - Distance to left wall, when looking forward in the direction of
survey, at a given station
> Right - Distance to right wall, when looking forward in the direction
of survey, at a given station
> Up - Distance to ceiling, when looking forward in the direction of
survey, at a given station
> Down - Distance to floor, when looking forward in the direction of
survey, at a given station
> From Depth - Measured depth of the "From" station (in a survey leg)
> To Depth - Measured depth of the "To" station (in a survey leg)
> Equivalent Station Reference - A method for equating one station to
another (anticipate XPointers used here).
> Units - scale in which a measurement was read, recorded or calculated
> Degrees - one potential unit of measure
> Meters - metric measurement
> Feet inches - English measurement
> Decimal feet - English measurement in tenths of feet
> GeoLocation - geographic cooridnates of a given survey element, e.g.
cave entrance, survey station, owners home, etc.
> Coordinate system - system the coordinate is given in, lat long, UTM,
etc.
> Map Datum - datum the geographic coordinates are based upon, WGS84,
NAD27, AGD84, etc.
> Country Code - derived from UIS standards
> Organization Code - derived from UIS standards
> Elevation - elevation of a given element in the survey, geographic
location, survey station, etc.
> Geology - local geology conditions of a given element of the survey
> Header - data applied to the cave survey as a whole, but not
appropriately recorded as part of an individual survey
DSK
-- Devin Kouts Caver Systems Engineer www.psc-cavers.org
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