# Feature type: AdministrativeBoundary_C

## Package: BoundariesLines
## Title: FA000_C
## Definition: A boundary between administratively controlled regions.
## Type: Feature type
## Overview of characteristics:
Attributes and association roles
Name | Type | Multiplicity
--- | --- | ---
boundaryDemarcated | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
boundaryDetermineMethod | AdministrativeBoundary_boundaryDetermineMethod | 0..1
boundaryDisputeType | AdministrativeBoundary_boundaryDisputeType | 0..1
boundaryStatus | AdministrativeBoundary_boundaryStatus | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.area | Real | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.baseElevation.accuracy | Real | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.baseElevation.value-singleValue | Real | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.curveGeometry | GM_Curve | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth | HorizPosAccuracy_absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.value | Real | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.horizAccuracyCategory | HorizCoordMetadata_horizAccuracyCategory | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.absoluteVertAccEvalMeth | VertPosAccuracy_absoluteVertAccEvalMeth | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.value | Real | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.elevationAccuracyCategory | VertCoordMetadata_elevationAccuracyCategory | 0..1
geometry-curveGeometryInfo.width-singleValue | Real | 0..1
geopoliticalLineType | AdministrativeBoundary_geopoliticalLineType | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.fullName | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.fullNameNoDiacritics | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.fullNameOrdered | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.geoNameCharacterSet | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.geoNameDesignation | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.geographicNameType | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.iso15924ScriptCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.languageCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.languageDialectCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.multipleOfficialNames | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.nameIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.namedFeatureIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.fullName | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameNoDiacritics | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameOrdered | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameCharacterSet | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameDesignation | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.geographicNameType | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.iso15924ScriptCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.languageCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.languageDialectCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.multipleOfficialNames | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.nameIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.namedFeatureIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
limitsPhysicallyBased | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
metadata.dataQualityStatement | CharacterString | 0..1
metadata.delineationKnown | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
metadata.existenceCertaintyCat | FeatureMetadata_existenceCertaintyCat | 0..1
metadata.surveyCoverageCategory | FeatureMetadata_surveyCoverageCategory | 0..1
officialLength | Real | 0..1
specifiedDomainValues | CharacterString | 0..1
uniqueEntityIdentifier | CharacterString | 1
universalUniqueIdentifier | CharacterString | 1
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | boundaryDemarcated
Title: | DMC
Definition: | An indication that a boundary is demarcated.
Description: | Demarcation refers to the surveying and erection of markers along a land boundary after a boundary has been delimited according to a treaty or other agreement.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
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Name: | boundaryDetermineMethod
Title: | CFT
Definition: | The method by which a boundary has been determined.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | AdministrativeBoundary_boundaryDetermineMethod (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
anthropogeographic | 33 A boundary that has been configured to follow a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain (or geographic) features (for example: peaks, ridges, or drainage) nor generalized geometric configurations (point-to-point line segments, arcs). Such boundaries include ethnic separations, historic-, economic-, or military engagement lines, city or cadastral limits, walls, canals, rail lines and other man-made features.
arc | 23 A boundary defined by geometrically constructed curve. For example, an arc based on a centerpoint and a radius. Often used at sea where natural features are not readily accessible as the basis for boundary specification.
archipelagicBaseline | 30 A closed boundary connecting and surrounding the islands of an archipelagic State; archipelagic waters are those within the baseline and maritime zones fall outside the baseline. (UNCLOS Article 47, Archipelagic baselines, item 1) An archipelagic State may draw straight archipelagic baselines joining the outermost points of the outermost islands and drying reefs of the archipelago provided that within such baselines are included the main islands and an area in which the ratio of the area of the water to the area of the land, including atolls, is between 1 to 1 and 9 to 1.
cadastral | 3 An anthropogeographic boundary that is based on cadastral limits. An anthropogeographic boundary follows a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain features nor generalized geometric configurations.
drainageLimit | 8 A boundary defined by all or part of the outer limit of a drainage basin, which distinguishes the headstreams that are tributaries to different river systems or basins. The drainage limit does not always follow the ridgeline or the highest peaks in a range.
drainageLine | 11 A boundary established by alternating peaks and lines of drainage, descending along a drainage line from one peak to the point where it meets a drainage line from another peak, along which it then ascends.
economic | 6 An anthropogeographic boundary that is based on an economic line. An anthropogeographic boundary follows a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain features nor generalized geometric configurations.
elevationContour | 7 A boundary that follows a line connecting points having the same elevation value relative to a vertical datum.
ethnic | 1 An anthropogeographic boundary that is based on ethnic separations. An anthropogeographic boundary follows a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain features nor generalized geometric configurations.
extendedContinentalShelf | 28 A boundary defined by the outer edge of the continental margin (the submerged prolongation of the land mass of a coastal State, consisting of the shelf, the slope and the rise, but does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges) or a minimum of 200 nautical miles distant from the territorial baseline. (UNCLOS Article 76, Continental shelf, item 7) The coastal State shall delineate the outer limits of its continental shelf, where that shelf extends beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, by straight lines not exceeding 60 nautical miles in length, connecting fixed points, defined by coordinates of latitude and longitude.
geodesic | 21 A boundary defined by the shortest path between two points on the surface of a spheroid (an ellipsoid of revolution).
greatCircle | 22 A boundary defined by the shortest path between two points on the surface of a sphere. In the Mercator projection a great circle appears as a straight line.
historic | 5 An anthropogeographic boundary that is based on an historic line. An anthropogeographic boundary follows a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain features nor generalized geometric configurations.
lakeTransect | 15 A boundary that follows the general midline of a lake, defined by straight line segments drawn roughly midway between opposing shorelines.
leftBank | 12 A boundary that follows the left bank edge of a watercourse. The left bank is determined by facing downstream (in the direction of flow) and the bank edge is typically based on average water flow conditions.
mainChannel | 29 A boundary that follows the principal navigable channel of a stream.
median | 17 A boundary defined by straight line segments drawn between opposing shorelines of a waterbody (for example: a stream) that are formed by connecting the midpoints of transects strung between opposing points (for example: significant turns or projections) along the shorelines. Because strict equidistant lines can become very complicated, agreeing states often resort to drawing modified or simplified lines which may deviate from or smooth out complex lines by leaving out certain intermediate turning points.
meridian | 16 A boundary defined by a meridian (a line of constant longitude).
militaryEngagement | 4 An anthropogeographic boundary that is based on a military engagement line. An anthropogeographic boundary follows a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain features nor generalized geometric configurations.
normalBaseline | 24 A boundary established by a tangent of the seaward landmass at low tide elevation as depicted on the claimant State's submitted large-scale charts. (UNCLOS Article 5, Normal baseline) Except where otherwise provided in this Convention, the normal baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal State.
normalContinentalShelf | 27 A boundary defined by the outer edge of the continental margin (the submerged prolongation of the land mass of a coastal State, consisting of the shelf, the slope and the rise, but does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges) or a maximum of 200 nautical miles distant from the territorial baseline. (UNCLOS Article 76, Continental shelf, item 1) The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance.
parallel | 18 A boundary defined by a parallel (a line of constant latitude).
ridgeline | 10 An elevated boundary that follows the ridgeline or the highest peaks in a range.
rightBank | 13 A boundary that follows the right bank edge of a watercourse. The right bank is determined by facing downstream (in the direction of flow) and the bank edge is typically based on average water flow conditions.
shoreline | 14 A boundary that follows the edge of a waterbody for which there is no well-specified direction of flow (for example: a lake or ocean). In the case of an ocean, the boundary may follow the normal limit of wave action above the higher high water line as defined by the National Authority.
straight | 20 A boundary defined by the shortest path between two points. As the shape of the earth is curved, 'straight' is dependent on how the curvature is distorted by a map projection. At large scales and short distances 'straight lines' in all map projections are equivalent; at small scales the curvature of the surface of the earth allows for a variety of approximations to 'straight', for example a geodesic line and a great circle line.
straightBaseline | 25 A boundary comprised of a system of straight lines joining specified or discrete turning points on the low water line that States may employ to simplify definition of a coastline that is either deeply indented or is cut into or fringed by nearby islands. (UNCLOS Article 7, Straight baseline) In localities where the coastline is deeply indented and cut into, or if there is a fringe of islands along the coast in its immediate vicinity, the method of straight baselines joining appropriate points may be employed in drawing the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. Where because of the presence of a delta and other natural conditions the coastline is highly unstable, the appropriate points may be selected along the furthest seaward extent of the low-water line and, notwithstanding subsequent regression of the low-water line, the straight baselines shall remain effective until changed by the coastal State in accordance with this Convention.
straightSegmented | 19 A boundary defined by the shortest path between adjacent points in a series.
thalweg | 9 A boundary that follows the deepest part of the main channel of a stream. On occasion, a thalweg boundary may instead follow the principal navigable channel of a stream. Treaties do not always specify which interpretation of thalweg is intended for a boundary.
thalwegToPeak | 32 A boundary extending from the deepest part of the main channel of a stream to the peak of a nearby mountain.
municipal | 2 An anthropogeographic boundary that is based on municipal (for example: city) limits. An anthropogeographic boundary follows a man-made separation that follows neither physical terrain features nor generalized geometric configurations.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | boundaryDisputeType
Title: | DSP
Definition: | The type of dispute, if any, concerning a boundary.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | AdministrativeBoundary_boundaryDisputeType (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
deFacto | 3 The boundary is not governed by a formal legal agreement (as opposed to de jure). A de facto boundary may, however, be accepted by both authorities without dispute.
deJure | 4 Under current treaty practice, the boundary has come into force pursuant to a treaty, agreement (including bi- or multi-lateral negotiations, decisions, exchanges of notes, or other legal instruments), or a United Nations Security Council Resolution. Most boundary treaties come into force when there is an exchange of instruments of ratification. At the present time a lack of registration with the United Nation (which is required by Article 102 of the UN Charter) has no effect on the instrument being in force (the only penalty being that the unregistered treaty may not be invoked before any UN organ). A de jure boundary is usually demarcated, but it can also remain delimited. Disputes may arise over segments of a de jure boundary, but these segments are generally not labeled as 'in dispute'. Boundaries established between colonial powers or as administrative lines within a colony that become the boundaries of post-colonial States who do not reconfirm their mutual boundary by treaty may be termed 'historical de jure boundaries'.
inDispute | 1 A boundary whereby one or both adjoining authorities contest some portion(s) of or an entire boundary. Disputes can be active or dormant and the parties can respond in varying degrees of intensity ranging from hostile belligerence to cooperative conciliation. Among geopolitical entities a boundary dispute is usually a territorial dispute and very often involves contention over the exploitation of natural resources.
undisputed | 2 A boundary that is not in dispute.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | boundaryStatus
Title: | BST
Definition: | The status of delimitation of a boundary.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | AdministrativeBoundary_boundaryStatus (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
definite | 1 A boundary having an established, accepted delimitation where no significant sections are in dispute by the adjoining authorities. Some definite boundaries may not be governed. Definite geopolitical boundaries are typically recognized by the United Nations.
indefinite | 2 A boundary that is vaguely delimited, so as to question the accurate delineation of territory and its depiction on cartographic products, but that is not actively disputed by the adjoining authorities. An indefinite boundary is typically agreed by the two authorities concerned. In the case of geopolitical entities it may not have been registered at the United Nations. Sometimes shown on maps distinct from definite and in dispute boundaries.
inDispute | 3 A boundary whereby one or both adjoining authorities contest some portion(s) of or an entire boundary. Disputes can be active or dormant and the parties can respond in varying degrees of intensity ranging from hostile belligerence to cooperative conciliation. Among geopolitical entities a boundary dispute is usually a territorial dispute and very often involves contention over the exploitation of natural resources.
noDefinedBoundary | 4 Has not been defined by either of the adjoining authorities.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.area
Title: | GEM-zI008.ARA
Definition: | The area within the delineation of the feature.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.baseElevation.accuracy
Title: | GEM-zI008.BEL.accuracy
Definition: | The vertical distance from a specified vertical datum to the terrain surface of or at the base of the feature.
Description: | If the feature is not supported above the surface by another feature then the base of the feature is usually located at ground or water level on the downhill/downstream side. For non-inland water bodies, the water level is usually understood to be Mean Sea Level (MSL). In the case of a survey marker (monument) this is usually the elevation assigned to the marker (monument).
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.baseElevation.value-singleValue
Title: | GEM-zI008.BEL.value-singleValue
Definition: | The vertical distance from a specified vertical datum to the terrain surface of or at the base of the feature.
Description: | If the feature is not supported above the surface by another feature then the base of the feature is usually located at ground or water level on the downhill/downstream side. For non-inland water bodies, the water level is usually understood to be Mean Sea Level (MSL). In the case of a survey marker (monument) this is usually the elevation assigned to the marker (monument).
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.curveGeometry
Title: | GEM-zI008.G02
Definition: | A 1-dimensional geometric primitive, representing the continuous image of a line.
Description: | Its subtypes include (but are not limited to): GM_LineString, GM_LineSegment, GM_GeodesicString, GM_Geodesic, GM_ArcString, and GM_Arc.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GM_Curve
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth
Title: | GEM-zI008.horizCoordMetadata.AHA.absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth
Definition: | The method by which the absolute horizontal accuracy was derived.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | HorizPosAccuracy_absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
evaluationDeferred | 21 Evaluation deferred (no measurement).
geodeticSurveyAdequate | 1 Geodetic survey control - adequate sample.
geodeticSurveySmall | 2 Geodetic survey control - small sample.
photogrammAdequate | 22 Photogrammetric control - adequate sample.
photogrammSmall | 23 Photogrammetric control - small sample.
productSpecification | 15 Product specification accuracy value - assumed adequate sample.
sourceAccuracy | 13 Accuracy evaluation printed on the map sheet or the evaluation was derived from source accuracy.
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.value
Title: | GEM-zI008.horizCoordMetadata.AHA.value
Definition: | The difference between the recorded horizontal coordinates of a feature and its true position referenced to the same geodetic datum expressed as a circular error at 90 percent probability.
Description: | It may also be applied to a data set. If the data contains multiple accuracies, usually the worst accuracy which applies to 10% or more of the data is recorded.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.horizAccuracyCategory
Title: | GEM-zI008.horizCoordMetadata.ACC
Definition: | A general evaluation of the horizontal accuracy of the geographic position of a feature, as a category.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | HorizCoordMetadata_horizAccuracyCategory (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
accurate | 1 Meets specified accuracy requirements.
approximate | 2 Fails to meet specified accuracy requirements but is deemed sufficiently accurate for some uses.
doubtful | 3 Fails to meet specified accuracy requirements and is probably not sufficiently accurate for most uses.
precise | 7 Exceeds specified accuracy requirements.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.absoluteVertAccEvalMeth
Title: | GEM-zI008.vertCoordMetadata.AVA.absoluteVertAccEvalMeth
Definition: | The method by which the absolute vertical accuracy was derived.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | VertPosAccuracy_absoluteVertAccEvalMeth (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
evaluationDeferred | 21 Evaluation deferred (no measurement).
geodeticSurveyAdequate | 1 Geodetic survey control - adequate sample.
geodeticSurveySmall | 2 Geodetic survey control - small sample.
photogrammAdequate | 22 Photogrammetric control - adequate sample.
photogrammSmall | 23 Photogrammetric control - small sample.
productSpecification | 15 Product specification accuracy value - assumed adequate sample.
sourceAccuracy | 13 Accuracy evaluation printed on the map sheet or the evaluation was derived from source accuracy.
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.value
Title: | GEM-zI008.vertCoordMetadata.AVA.value
Definition: | The difference between the recorded elevation of a feature and its true elevation referenced to the same vertical datum expressed as a linear error at 90 percent probability.
Description: | It may also be applied to a data set. If the data contains multiple accuracies, usually the worst accuracy which applies to 10% or more of the data is recorded.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.elevationAccuracyCategory
Title: | GEM-zI008.vertCoordMetadata.ELA
Definition: | A general evaluation of the accuracy of the vertical position of a feature, as a category.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | VertCoordMetadata_elevationAccuracyCategory (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
accurate | 1 Meets specified accuracy requirements.
approximate | 2 Fails to meet specified accuracy requirements but is deemed sufficiently accurate for some uses.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | geometry-curveGeometryInfo.width-singleValue
Title: | GEM-zI008.WID-singleValue
Definition: | The dimension of a feature taken perpendicular to its primary alignment of use and generally in the horizontal plane.
Description: | The primary alignment of a feature is its established direction of flow or use (for example: a road, a power line right-of-way, a river, rapid, and/or a bridge). A feature-specific rule may apply. In the case of a bridge, the width is the distance perpendicular to the bridge centre-line and generally in the horizontal plane. In the case of a dam, the width is the distance perpendicular to (across the) the dam crest. If no such direction of flow or use exists then (1) if the feature is irregular in shape its width is taken perpendicular to the direction of its greatest horizontal dimension (see Attribute: 'Greatest Horizontal Extent'), else (2) if the feature is regular in shape then a shape-specific rule may apply: for a rectangular feature, the length of the shorter axis; for a round feature, the diameter.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geopoliticalLineType
Title: | LSP
Definition: | The type of a geopolitical dividing line (for example: a boundary or a line of separation) based on the nature of its establishment and/or recognition.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | AdministrativeBoundary_geopoliticalLineType (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
armisticeLine | 3 A form of military disengagement line established by opposing groups as a result of an armistice (a temporary peace agreement). For example, the Armistice Line established in 1949 in the Middle East.
ceaseFireLine | 7 A line established where active hostilities have been suspended, but where an armistice line has not yet been agreed.
claimLine | 9 A limit of an area unilaterally claimed by one State or political entity without consent or negotiation with the adjacent State or political entity.
conventionLine | 8 A line established to regulate matters between nations or groups over a specific area or territory.
demarcationLine | 5 A form of military disengagement line established by opposing groups as a result of the cessation of hostilities. For example, the Military Demarcation Line established in 1953 between North and South Korea.
genericAdminBoundary | 1 A boundary separating subordinate administrative divisions (for example: a state, county, township, province, district, territory, and oblast) in a State or other geopolitical entity. States are generally divided into first-, second- and lower-order administrative divisions. With only minor exceptions (Egypt-Sudan, Kenya-Sudan), administrative boundaries are contiguous with international boundaries. In rarer instances, administrative boundaries serve in lieu of international boundaries (Ethiopia-Somalia and the former Oman-UAE boundaries).
genericIntBoundary | 17 A boundary separating geopolitical entities that is not classified as a more specific geopolitical line type.
intercolonialLine | 10 A line of demarcation established by colonial powers between their adjacent colonies. For example, the line established by treaty in Paris on 10th of February, 1763, that put an end to the American intercolonial wars. By its provisions, France gave to England all her possessions in America 'east of the Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and through Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain to the Gulf of Mexico'. Spain, which had also been involved in war with England, ceded East and West Florida to that country in exchange for Havanna, while France gave to Spain Louisiana.
interentityLine | 11 The line of separation drawn in Bosnia and Herzegovina separating the ethnic Serb populations from other Bosnians. A United Nations patrol zone bounds it on both sides.
lineOfAdjacency | 12 A line of separation under the specific arrangement concluded in 2000 between Guatemala and Belize. Guatemala, which has claims to large portions of Belize and disputes the international boundary, agreed to an alternate line, surveyed separately but tangent with the international boundary, that would permit Belize to extradite squatters residing along the boundary back to Guatemala.
lineOfControl | 4 A line of separation between military forces that has been agreed by both forces but not necessarily accompanied by a cessation of hostilities. For example, between India and Pakistan in Kashmir established as a result of the Simla talks in 1972 that clearly delimited the 1949 Cease Fire Line with minor modifications.
lineOfConvenience | 6 A line created when political or military powers cannot quickly or easily agree to an alternate line of separation between contending parties. For example, the 38th parallel was created as a line of convenience between communist and democratic forces on the Korean peninsula in 1945.
lineOfWithdrawal | 13 A line of separation to which military forces have withdrawn.
militaryDisengagementLine | 14 A line of separation recognizing the disengagement of military forces. For example, an Armistice Line and a Demarcation Line.
provisionalAdminLine | 2 A line of separation separating subordinate administrative divisions where two States or other political entities have agreed to a non-prejudicial de facto boundary while pending final de jure settlement. For example, between Somalia and Ethiopia.
treatyLine | 15 A line of separation that is not a formal international boundary because one or both parties may not accept the line as official. Usually established by a specific treaty.
unclosClaimBoundary | 16 An UNCLOS boundary that divides overlapping maritime limits beyond the territorial sea in exclusive economic zones and on continental shelves. Under UNCLOS (United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Seas) States have the right to regulate economic activity but cannot restrict freedom of navigation within a claim boundary, which are considered high seas.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.fullName
Title: | ISDES.FNA
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.fullNameNoDiacritics
Title: | ISDES.FN1
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart except that any diacritics and special characters have been replaced with their corresponding Roman characters.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.fullNameOrdered
Title: | ISDES.FN2
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart, except that its components have been arranged into an order that facilitates alphabetic ordering and search.
Description: | The component order is such that the specific part of the name appears first, followed by an optional comma, the generic part of the name, and then finally any articles or prepositions (for example: 'Everest, Mount' or 'Mexico, Gulf of'). For some geographic names no reordering of the full name is required (for example: 'Tigrus River'). Geographic names that are believed to no longer exist are enclosed in double parenthesis, as: '(( Name ))'.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.geoNameCharacterSet
Title: | ISDES.GCS
Definition: | The character set used for the display of characters with diacritics and special characters in a geographic name.
Description: | Individual character sets include diacritics and special characters from multiple languages in the same geographic region.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
region1 | 1 Includes language-specific characters used in the Americas and Western Europe.
region2 | 2 Includes language-specific characters used in Eastern Europe.
region3 | 3 Includes language-specific characters used in Africa and the Middle East.
region4 | 4 Includes language-specific characters used in Russia and Central Asia.
region5 | 5 Includes language-specific characters used in the Asia Pacific region.
region6 | 6 Includes language-specific characters used in Vietnam.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.geoNameDesignation
Title: | ISDES.GND
Definition: | The designation of the type of a feature with which a geographic name is associated, as used in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | A designated feature type also has a (unique, single) geographic name classification.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.geographicNameType
Title: | ISDES.GNT
Definition: | The type of a geographic name based on its scope of use, quality of source and/or its transliteration status.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
conventional | 1 An English name that is in widespread usage for a feature that is located in a region where English is not the official language.
historicalOriginal | 9 A historical name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script.
historicalTransliterated | 8 A historical name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
nativeOriginal | 5 The official local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
nativeTransliterated | 2 The official local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
provisional | 10 A provisional name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
unverifiedOriginal | 7 A local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
unverifiedTransliterated | 4 A local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
variantOriginal | 6 A variant or alternate name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
variantTransliterated | 3 A variant or alternate name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.iso15924ScriptCode
Title: | ISDES.IS1
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 15924) four character code that designates a script.
Description: | A script is a set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.languageCode
Title: | ISDES.LAN
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language or macrolanguage of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | A macrolanguage is a set of closely related language varieties (dialects) that generally have a common linguistic identity and a common written form; this may occur when there is a transitional socio-linguistic situation in which sub-communities of a single language community are diverging. The language of the geographic name source should be distinguished from the language of origin or etymology of a geographic name; for example, considering the place name 'San Jose, California' the language of the source of this geographic name may be English if it is determined from a United States map, regardless of the fact that this geographic name means 'St. Joseph, California' in Spanish.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.languageDialectCode
Title: | ISDES.LAD
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language dialect, if applicable, of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | Some languages have no (child) dialects. Each language dialect is unique to only one parent language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.multipleOfficialNames
Title: | ISDES.MON
Definition: | An indication that a feature has more than one official, native script, geographic name.
Description: | Multiple official names may exist when a feature passes through more than one country and those multiple countries have different official names for that feature. Some countries have more than one official language and therefore may have an official name for a feature in each official language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.nameIdentifier
Title: | ISDES.NFN
Definition: | The unique name identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Named Feature Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.namedFeatureIdentifier
Title: | ISDES.NFI
Definition: | The unique named feature identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Name Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.fullName
Title: | ISDES_2.FNA
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameNoDiacritics
Title: | ISDES_2.FN1
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart except that any diacritics and special characters have been replaced with their corresponding Roman characters.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameOrdered
Title: | ISDES_2.FN2
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart, except that its components have been arranged into an order that facilitates alphabetic ordering and search.
Description: | The component order is such that the specific part of the name appears first, followed by an optional comma, the generic part of the name, and then finally any articles or prepositions (for example: 'Everest, Mount' or 'Mexico, Gulf of'). For some geographic names no reordering of the full name is required (for example: 'Tigrus River'). Geographic names that are believed to no longer exist are enclosed in double parenthesis, as: '(( Name ))'.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameCharacterSet
Title: | ISDES_2.GCS
Definition: | The character set used for the display of characters with diacritics and special characters in a geographic name.
Description: | Individual character sets include diacritics and special characters from multiple languages in the same geographic region.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
region1 | 1 Includes language-specific characters used in the Americas and Western Europe.
region2 | 2 Includes language-specific characters used in Eastern Europe.
region3 | 3 Includes language-specific characters used in Africa and the Middle East.
region4 | 4 Includes language-specific characters used in Russia and Central Asia.
region5 | 5 Includes language-specific characters used in the Asia Pacific region.
region6 | 6 Includes language-specific characters used in Vietnam.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameDesignation
Title: | ISDES_2.GND
Definition: | The designation of the type of a feature with which a geographic name is associated, as used in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | A designated feature type also has a (unique, single) geographic name classification.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.geographicNameType
Title: | ISDES_2.GNT
Definition: | The type of a geographic name based on its scope of use, quality of source and/or its transliteration status.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
conventional | 1 An English name that is in widespread usage for a feature that is located in a region where English is not the official language.
historicalOriginal | 9 A historical name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script.
historicalTransliterated | 8 A historical name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
nativeOriginal | 5 The official local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
nativeTransliterated | 2 The official local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
provisional | 10 A provisional name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
unverifiedOriginal | 7 A local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
unverifiedTransliterated | 4 A local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
variantOriginal | 6 A variant or alternate name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
variantTransliterated | 3 A variant or alternate name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.iso15924ScriptCode
Title: | ISDES_2.IS1
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 15924) four character code that designates a script.
Description: | A script is a set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.languageCode
Title: | ISDES_2.LAN
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language or macrolanguage of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | A macrolanguage is a set of closely related language varieties (dialects) that generally have a common linguistic identity and a common written form; this may occur when there is a transitional socio-linguistic situation in which sub-communities of a single language community are diverging. The language of the geographic name source should be distinguished from the language of origin or etymology of a geographic name; for example, considering the place name 'San Jose, California' the language of the source of this geographic name may be English if it is determined from a United States map, regardless of the fact that this geographic name means 'St. Joseph, California' in Spanish.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.languageDialectCode
Title: | ISDES_2.LAD
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language dialect, if applicable, of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | Some languages have no (child) dialects. Each language dialect is unique to only one parent language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.multipleOfficialNames
Title: | ISDES_2.MON
Definition: | An indication that a feature has more than one official, native script, geographic name.
Description: | Multiple official names may exist when a feature passes through more than one country and those multiple countries have different official names for that feature. Some countries have more than one official language and therefore may have an official name for a feature in each official language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.nameIdentifier
Title: | ISDES_2.NFN
Definition: | The unique name identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Named Feature Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.namedFeatureIdentifier
Title: | ISDES_2.NFI
Definition: | The unique named feature identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Name Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | limitsPhysicallyBased
Title: | MLO
Definition: | An indication that the limit(s) of a maritime area are based on permanent physical features.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | metadata.dataQualityStatement
Title: | MD0.DQS
Definition: | A narrative or other textual description that records a general assessment of the quality of a resource (for example: a data instance, a data set or a data processing activity).
Description: | The quality of a data resource is dependent on the data providers knowledge regarding the lineage of the data and the processes that have been used to transform that data. No restriction is placed on the length of the statement.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | metadata.delineationKnown
Title: | MD0.COD
Definition: | An indication that the delineation (for example: limits and information) of a feature is known.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
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Name: | metadata.existenceCertaintyCat
Title: | MD0.COE
Definition: | A general evaluation of the quality of a feature assessment, as a category.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | FeatureMetadata_existenceCertaintyCat (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
definite | 1 A feature whose existence has been confirmed by a trusted source.
doubtful | 2 A feature whose existence has been reported and was not able to be confirmed, but which is assumed to be present for reasons of safety.
reported | 3 A feature whose existence has been reported but not confirmed.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | metadata.surveyCoverageCategory
Title: | MD0.SUR
Definition: | A general evaluation of the coverage quality of a survey, as a category.
Description: | See possibly accompanying Attribute: 'Position Quality Category' for additional survey-related information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | FeatureMetadata_surveyCoverageCategory (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
inadequatelySurveyed | 2 Surveyed, but not with complete coverage and/or not to established standards.
surveyed | 1 Surveyed with complete coverage and to established standards. Survey implies a regular, controlled survey of any date.
unsurveyed | 3 Survey data either does not exist or is very poor in coverage and/or quality.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | officialLength
Title: | OLN
Definition: | The official approved value for the length of the feature.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | specifiedDomainValues
Title: | OTH
Definition: | One or more intended attribute domain values for one or more enumeration or codelist attributes that are not currently valid members of their respective attribute ranges.
Description: | The actual attribute domain values may have been previously, or may become in the future, valid members of the attribute domain range.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | uniqueEntityIdentifier
Title: | UFI
Definition: | The globally unique and persistent identifier of an entity (for example: feature or event) instance as specified by a Uniform Resource Name (URN) in accordance with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC2396 and RFC2141.
Description: | It is based on the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), a compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical resource. The term 'Uniform Resource Name' (URN) refers to the subset of URI that are required to remain globally unique and persistent even when the resource ceases to exist or becomes unavailable. The URN is drawn from one of a set of defined namespaces, each of which has its own set name structure and assignment procedures.
Multiplicity: | 1
Value type: | CharacterString
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | universalUniqueIdentifier
Title: | UUI
Definition: | The Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) that is assigned to a feature in order to uniquely identify it for the purpose of maintaining relationships between features (relational database) and version control.
Description: | UUIDs are defined in ITU-T Rec. X.667 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ISO/IEC 9834-8.
Multiplicity: | 1
Value type: | CharacterString