Note: All GSIM information objects except Administrative Details, Agent In Role, Change Event, Datum, Process Input (and its sub-types) and Process Output (and its sub-types) are a sub-type of Identifiable Artefact; these relationships are not shown in the above diagram.
Definition
Object | Group | Definition | Explanatory Text | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Identifiable Artefact | Base | An abstract class that comprises the basic attributes and associations needed for identification, naming and other documentation. | All GSIM information objects except Administrative Details, Agent In Role, Change Event, Datum, Process Input (and its sub-types) and Process Output (and its sub-types) are a sub-type of Identifiable Artefact. |
Attribute
| Name | Description | Cardinality | Value Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | The description of the information object. | 0..1 | MultilingualText |
Id | The unique identifier of the information object; assigned by the owner agency. | 1..1 | String |
| Local ID | This is an identifier in a given local context that uniquely references an information object. For example, Local ID could be a variable name in a dataset | 0..1 | String |
| Name | A term which designates a concept, in this case an information object. The identifying name will be the preferred designation. There will be many terms to designate the same information object, such as synonyms and terms in other languages. | 1..1 | MultilingualText |
| Version | The version designator of the information object assigned by the owner agency. | 0..1 | String |
| Version Date | The date on which the version was created. | 0..1 | Date |
| Version Rationale | The reason for making this version of the information object. | 0..1 | String |