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AGSi Codes and vocabularies

Vocabulary

The following are terms recommended for use by the attributes identified. Refer to the attribute description in Standard for further details of intended usage.

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Used in Model group

Model type

Refer to Standard for definition of model type. Used by modelType attribute of agsiModel.

In addition to the following, any valid combination of model domain and model category is permitted

Term Description/remarks
Geological model Refer to definition in Standard
Geotechnical design model Refer to definition in Standard
Geological model Refer to definition in Standard
Hydrogeological model Refer to definition in Standard

Model category

Refer to Standard for definition of model category. Used by category attribute of agsiModel.

Term Description/remarks
Analytical Refer to definition in Standard
Conceptual Refer to definition in Standard
Observational Refer to definition in Standard

Model domain

Refer to Standard for definition of model domain. Used by domain attribute of agsiModel.

Term Description/remarks
Engineering geology
Geoenvironmental
Geology
Geotechnical
Hydrogeology

Model element type

Used by elementType attribute of agsiModelElement.

Term Description/remarks
Exploratory holes
Exploratory hole column segments
Fault
Geological unit Typically used in observational models
Geotechnical unit Typically used in analytical (design) models
Groundwater
Hydrogeological unit
Lithological unit Use if only soil/rock description provided
Piezometric surface
Water
Terrain Ground surface

Used in Geometry group

Geometry type

Used by geometryType attribute of agsiGeometryFromFile.

Term Description/remarks
Area
Line
Surface
Volume Volumetric / solid element

Geometry file format

Used by fileFormat attribute of Standard_Geometry_agsiGeometryFromFile.

Term Description/remarks
DGN Bentley proprietary, e.g. Microstation
DWG Autodesk proprietary, e.g. AutoCAD
DXF AutoCAD DXF, interoperable
IFC Industry Foundation Classes, ISO 16739
LandXML Non-proprietary
STEP STEP-File, ISO 10303
STL 3D systems stereolithography / Standard tessellation language

Geometry column set type

Used by columnType attribute of Standard_Geometry_agsiGeometryColumnSet.

Term Description/remarks
Geology
Lithology Use if only soil/rock descriptions provided