<complexType name="RelativeRateMeasureType">
<annotation>
<documentation>A measure type for rates expressed as a percentage change per unit time (strain rates). Used extensively in geotechnical engineering for creep testing, consolidation rates, and time-dependent deformation. Units include %/s, %/min, %/h, %/d, %/month, %/year, and %/ky (per thousand years). This allows strain rates to be expressed at appropriate time scales from laboratory tests (seconds, minutes) to geological processes (years, millennia).</documentation>
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<extension base="diggs:DescriptorValueType">
<attribute name="uom" type="diggs:DiggsRelativeRateUomEnumType">
<annotation>
<documentation>The unit of measure for relative rate (strain rate), expressed as percent per unit time. The time unit should be appropriate to the rate being measured.</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
</extension>
</simpleContent>
</complexType>
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