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objectType BaseParam

A description of a parameter that places no restriction on the parameter's data type. As the parameter's data type is usually important, schemas normally employ a sub-class of this type rather than this type directly.

BaseParamivoa:string nameivoa:string descriptionivoa:string unitivoa:string ucdivoa:string utypeTableParamInputParam

Members

name type mult description
name ivoa:string optional The name of the parameter or column.
description ivoa:string optional A free-text description of a parameter's or column's contents.
unit ivoa:string optional The unit associated with the values in the parameter or column.
ucd ivoa:string optional The name of a unified content descriptor that describes the scientific content of the parameter. There are no requirements for compliance with any particular UCD standard.
utype ivoa:string optional An identifier for a concept in a data model that the data in this schema represent. The form of the utype string depends on the data model; common forms are sequences of dotted identifiers (e.g., in SSA) or URIs (e.g., in RegTAP).