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.
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). |