Class <<DataType>> WeatheringDescription

Data type is a container for properties describing the nature of a GeologicUnit at its interface with the atmosphere. Soil profile description would have to be constructed as a GeologicUnit with parts representing the various horizons in the profile.

Local Subclasses: (none)

Attributes

Name Type Bounds From Class Notes
environment CGI_Term 0..* WeatheringDescription Terms to specify the environmental context of the weathering description. Typically would be specified by terms for climate (tropical, arid, termperate, humid, polar..)
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 2
weatheringDegree CGI_Term 0..1 WeatheringDescription term to specify degree of modification from original material, e.g. slightly weathered, strongly weathered, weathered rock grade III
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 3
weatheringProcess CGI_Term 0..* WeatheringDescription weatheirng process, e.g. leaching, accumulation
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 4
weatheringProduct EarthMaterial 0..* WeatheringDescription material result of weathering processes, e.g. saprolite, ferricrete, clay, calcrete. Materials observed in a soil profile could be identified using this property, but EarthMaterial content model does not allow representation of relationships between materials in a soil profile. A full soil profile description would have to use GeologicUnitParts and Composition part?
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 5
 

Outbound Associations

Name Type Multiplicity From Class Notes
 

Constraints

Constraint Type Status Weight
 

Tagged values

Tag Value Notes
byValuePropertyType false Values: true,false
Default: false
Description: enforce the 'by value' property pattern without xl
hasXmlLang false Values: true | false
Default: false
Description: axml attribute xml:lang shall be generated for the type representing the class
isCollection false Values: true,false
Default: false
Description: attribute group gml:AggregationAttributeGroup is a
noPropertyType false Values: true,false
Default: false
Description: suppress automatic creation of *PropertyType compl
 

GML-conformant XML Implementation Details

<xs:element xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="WeatheringDescription" type="gsml:WeatheringDescriptionType">
    <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Data type is a container for properties describing the nature of a GeologicUnit at its interface with the atmosphere.  Soil profile description would have to be constructed as a GeologicUnit with parts representing the various horizons in the profile.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="WeatheringDescriptionType">
    <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="environment" type="gsml:CGI_TermPropertyType">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>Terms to specify the environmental context of the weathering description. Typically would be specified by terms for climate (tropical, arid, termperate, humid, polar..)</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="weatheringDegree" type="gsml:CGI_TermPropertyType">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>term to specify degree of modification from original material, e.g. slightly weathered, strongly weathered, weathered rock grade III</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="weatheringProcess" type="gsml:CGI_TermPropertyType">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>weatheirng process, e.g. leaching, accumulation</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="weatheringProduct" type="gsml:EarthMaterialPropertyType">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>material result of weathering processes, e.g. saprolite, ferricrete, clay, calcrete. Materials observed in a soil profile could be identified using this property, but EarthMaterial content model does not allow representation of relationships between materials in a soil profile. A full soil profile description would have to use GeologicUnitParts and Composition part?</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
        </xs:element>
    </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="WeatheringDescriptionPropertyType">
    <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element ref="gsml:WeatheringDescription"/>
    </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>