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<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

@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

dictionaries

gaiji

header

textcrit

textstructure

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

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>