<geoDecl>
geographic coordinates declaration
documents the notation and the datum used for geographic coordinates expressed as content of the geo element elsewhere within the document.
Module headerHDGDECL
Attributes
Global and inherited attributes:
- @datumsupplies a commonly used code name for the datum employed.
- Status
- Optional
- Datatype
- teidata.enumerated
- Suggested values
WGS84- (World Geodetic System) a pair of numbers to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the World Geodetic System.
MGRS- (Military Grid Reference System) values supplied follow the Military Grid Reference System, which designates grid zones in a string of letters and numbers that distinctly indicate each square meter on the planet.
OSGB36- (ordnance survey great britain) the value supplied is to be interpreted as a British National Grid Reference.
ED50- (European Datum coordinate system) the value supplied is to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the European Datum coordinate system.
Classes and content
- Member of
- May contain
core
figures
gaiji
header
msdescription
namesdates
textstructure
transcr
Character data
- character data
- Contained by
header
Example
<geoDecl datum="OSGB36"/>
Schematron
<constraintSpec xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron" ident="geoDecl-is-declarable" scheme="schematron" xml:lang="en">
<constraint>
<sch:pattern is-a="declarable">
<sch:param name="tde" value="tei:geoDecl"/>
</sch:pattern>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>Content model
<content>
<macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>