An object that describes the specification or method used for testing orconstruction. It is used where the the procedure has no other metadata propertyother than a description and classification of methods. The gml:name property shouldcontain the full name of the test specification or procedure used, whereasshortMethodName can be used to describe solely a method abbreviation - eg. ASTMD2487 as informative. Non-standardized specifications should be described under thegml:description property or within the optional properties.
Database handle for the object. It is of XML type ID, so is constrained to beunique in the XML document within which it occurs. An external identifier for the object inthe form of a URI may be constructed using standard XML and XPointer methods. This is doneby concatenating the URI for the document, a fragment separator, and the value of the idattribute.
<div><h3>lang (as an attribute name)</h3><p>denotes an attribute whose value is a language code for the natural language of the content of any element; its value is inherited. This name is reserved by virtue of its definition in the XML specification.</p></div><div><h4>Notes</h4><p>Attempting to install the relevant ISO 2- and 3-letter codes as the enumerated possible values is probably never going to be a realistic possibility.</p><p>See BCP 47 at<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt">http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt</a>and the IANA language subtag registry at<a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry">http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry</a>for further information.</p><p>The union allows for the 'un-declaration' of xml:lang with the empty string.</p></div>
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<element name="Specification" type="diggs:SpecificationType" substitutionGroup="diggs:AbstractProcedure" abstract="false"><annotation><documentation>An object that describes the specification or method used for testing or construction. It is used where the the procedure has no other metadata property other than a description and classification of methods. The gml:name property should contain the full name of the test specification or procedure used, whereas shortMethodName can be used to describe solely a method abbreviation - eg. ASTM D2487 as informative. Non-standardized specifications should be described under the gml:description property or within the optional properties.</documentation></annotation></element>