Information technology - Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS)
1. classifications: specify the type of environmental objects;
2. attributes: specify the state of environmental objects;
3. attribute value characteristics: specify information concerning the values of attributes;
4. attribute enumerants: specify the allowable values for the state of an enumerated attribute;
5. units: specify quantitative measures of the state of some environmental objects;
6. unit scales: allow a wide range of numerical values to be stated;
7. unit equivalence classes: specify sets of units that are mutually comparable;
8. organizational schemas: useful for locating classifications and attributes sharing a common context; and
9. groups: into which concepts sharing a common context are collected.A functional interface is also specified.