A sequence of characters that designates something without any white spaces (e.g. one or more space characters, carriage returns, line feeds, form feeds or tabs).
String that indicates the unlimited number of occurrences of a user-defined attribute
Identifier of a dictionary with length constraints
Specifies the case sensitivity for the Identifiers used as values for the attributes.
Human readable name for the Data Entity Dictionary
Human readable definition for the Data Entity Dictionary with length constraints
The local name to use to refer to the referenced external Data Entity Dictionary - unique within this dictionary.
The dictionary identifier within a registration authority, e.g, an official reference registration (ADID) by a CCSDS Control Authority, or the prefix of the target namespace of the referred external dictionary (if xsd/xml)
Text which identifies the registration authority.
A reference to another Data Entity Dictionary whose models are reused in the current one.
The English name of the language as specified in ISO 639-2
The ISO_CODE refers to a 2 or 3 letter country code as specified in ISO 639-2
Main natural language valid for any value of TEXT type given to the attributes. The IN_ENGLISH attribute corresponds to the English name of the language as specified in ISO 639-2 and the ISO_CODE refers to a 2 or 3 letter country code as specified in ISO 639-2.
Version of the Data Entity Dictionary.
Version of the Data Entity Dictionary of the document corresponding to the implementation of the Abstract Syntax (CCSDS reference).
Set of DEDSL standard attributes characterizing the current dictionary with identifying, definitional, relational, representational and administrative information with additional user-defined attributes if necessary
Identifier of a data entity - unique within a Data Entity Dictionary
Context in which an alias is applicable
Single- or multi-word designation that differs from the given name but represents the same data entity concept
Single- or multi-word other name
Statement that expresses the essential nature of a data entity and permits its differentiation from all the other data entities
Statement that expresses the essential nature of a data entity in a shorter and more concise manner that the statement of the Definition
Additional information which does not correspond to definition information
Scientific units that should be associated with the value of the data entity so as to make the value meaningful to applications
Specific meaning definition associated to a specific instance value
An enumeration value excluding white space
Union of possible types for a specific instance (value); composite and texts containing white spaces are excluded
Attribute that provides a real-world meaning for a specific instance (value) of the data entity being described
Set of attributes describing core semantic aspects of a data entity
provides the name of a model or data field from which the current entity description inherits attributes
Dictionary Identifier of the external Data Entity Dictionary where the referred entity description is defined
Text providing the reader with the kind of relation that links the two related entities
Used to express a relationship between two entity definitions
Identifier of the entity in relation with the one being defined
Dictionary identifier of the dictionary when this entity is described in an external Data Entity Dictionary
A significant word used for retrieving data entities
Set of attributes describing associations among data entities
Limitation on the size of the values of a TEXT data entity
Minimum length of the TEXT value
Maximum length of the TEXT value; if equal to MIN, it provides the exact length of the TEXT value
It specifies a TEXT data entity
It specifies an ENUMERATED data entity
Specifies the meaning of an enumeration value
Specifies an enumeration value of ascii type
It specifies the type of the encoding of an enumeration value : numeric or ascii
One enumeration used for defining an ENUMERATED data entity
Permitted value of the enumerated data entity
It specifies the type used for providing the number of occurrences : numeric or constant name or 'n' for indicating that there is no upper limit.
Name of a component with the number of times (expressed as a range) it occurs in the composite data entity.
Minimum number of times the component occurs
Maximum number of times the component occurs
It specifies a COMPOSITE data entity
It specifies an integer value : litteral or constant name
It specifies the minimum and maximum bounds of an INTEGER data entity.
Minimum bound
Maximum bound
It specifies an INTEGER data entity
It specifies the minimum and maximum bounds of a REAL data entity
It specifies a REAL data entity
Set of attributes that describe interpretational aspects of a data entity
Indicates what kind of entity is defined: a model or a data field or a constant definition
Set of DEDSL standard attributes characterizing the current data entity with identifying, definitional, relational and representational information, and additional user-defined attributes if necessary.
Unique Identifier of the current data entity
Kind of entity being defined: a model or a data field or a constant definition
It indicates that the attribute is of REAL type.
It indicates that the attribute is of INTEGER type.
It indicates that the attribute is of the type of the data entity.
It indicates that the attribute is of ENUMERATED type.
It indicates that the attribute is of Identifier type.
It defines the two inheritance possibilities.
Descriptor providing information about the inheritance rules for the attribute in a context of data entity modeling
Inheritance option
Descriptor specifying the maximum number of instances of the attribute
Descriptor indicating the circumstances under which the attribute shall be present
Descriptor providing a human readable definition of the user-defined attribute
Descriptor providing information not directly required to understand the meaning but yet useful for the user
Descriptor providing examples for the value of the attribute
Definition of an attribute identifier
Descriptor specifying the category of entities in which the attribute may appear: dictionary, data entity or all
Descriptor indicating whether the attribute shall always or only sometimes be present according to specified conditions
Label assigned to an attribute
It indicates that the attribute is of TEXT type with length constraints
Union of possible types for the default value of the attribute; composite and texts containing white spaces are excluded
Set of descriptors enabling the specification of a user-defined attribute
Collection of data entities making up the dictionary
Set of definitions of user-defined attributes: kept for backward compatibility with CCSDS DEDSL/XML(DTD)
The DEDSL Data Entity Dictionary
This key ensures a unique data entity name within the current dictionary being defined.