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i. Abstract

TimeseriesML 1.2 defines an XML encoding that implements the OGC Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements, with the intent of allowing the exchange of such data sets across information systems. Through the use of existing OGC standards, it aims at being an interoperable exchange format that may be re-used to address a range of data exchange requirements.

ii. Keywords

The following are keywords to be used by search engines and document catalogues.

ogcdoc, OGC document, Timeseries, Observations, Exchange, Interoperability, TimeseriesML, XML, GML

iii.          Preface

This standard is an XML implementation of the conceptual model defined in OGC Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements. This standard has been developed from work initially undertaken within OGC WaterML 2.0: Part 1 – Timeseries.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The Open Geospatial Consortium shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Recipients of this document are requested to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent claims or other intellectual property rights of which they may be aware that might be infringed by any implementation of the standard set forth in this document, and to provide supporting documentation.

iv.          Security Considerations

No security considerations have been made for this standard

v.          Submitting organizations

The following organizations submitted this Document to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC):

  • Australian Bureau of Meteorology
  • Met Office
  • Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  • Landcare Research
  • Météo-France
  • KISTERS AG
  • Environment Canada
  • US National Weather Service

vi.          Submitters

All questions regarding this submission should be directed to the editor or the submitters:

 

Name Affiliation
James Tomkins Met Office
Dominic Lowe Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Bruce Bannerman Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Tony Boston Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Simon Cox CSIRO
Peter Taylor CSIRO
James Doyle Environment Canada
Jack Lindsey Environment Canada
Michael Natschke Kisters
Michael Utech Kisters
Alistair Ritchie Landcare Research
Frédéric Guillaud Météo-France
Paul Hershberg US National Weather Service

1.    Scope

This document is an OGC® Implementation Standard for the representation of the Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements as XML. TimeseriesML 1.2 is implemented as an application schema of the Geography Markup Language version 3.3, making use of the OGC Observations & Measurements standards. TimeseriesML 1.2 is designed as an extensible schema to allow encoding of data to be used in a variety of exchange scenarios. Example areas of usage are: cross-border exchange of observational data; release of data for public dissemination; enhancing disaster management through data exchange; and exchange in support of national reporting. The core aspect of the Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements is the correct, precise description of timeseries. This document defines an implementation of this profile.

2.    Conformance

This standard defines an XML encoding standard for the OGC Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements.

Conformance with this standard shall be checked using all the relevant tests specified in Annex A (normative) of this document. The framework, concepts, and methodology for testing, and the criteria to be achieved to claim conformance are specified in the OGC Compliance Testing Policies and Procedures and the OGC Compliance Testing web site[1].

In order to conform to this OGC®interface standard, a software implementation shall choose to implement:

a)     Any one of the conformance levels specified in Annex A (normative).

All requirements-classes and conformance-classes described in this document are owned by the standard(s) identified.

3.    References

The following normative documents contain provisions that, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this document. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies.

OGC 15-043r3 – Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements
OGC 08-131r3 – The Specification Model – A Standard for Modular Specification
ISO 19103:2005 – Conceptual Schema Language
ISO 19108:2002 -Geographic information - Temporal schema
ISO 19109:2005 -Geographic information – Rules for application schema
ISO 8601- Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times
OGC 10-004r3 OGC Abstract Specification Topic 20 – Observations and Measurements (aka ISO 19156:2011)
OGC 08-015r2 OGC Abstract Specification Topic 2 – Spatial Referencing by Coordinates (aka ISO 19111:2007)
OGC 07-011 OGC Abstract Specification Topic 6 – Schema for Coverage geometry and functions (aka ISO 19123:2005)
OGC 01-111 OGC Abstract Specification Topic 11 – Geographic information — Metadata (aka ISO 19115:2003)
ISO: ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information — Metadata, 2003
OGC 07-036 Geography Markup Language (aka ISO 19136:2007)
OGC 09-146r2 Implementation Schema for Coverages (1.0.1)
OGC 10-126r4 OGC WaterML2.0 part 1 – Timeseries.
OGC 08-094r1 OGC SWE Common Data Model Encoding Standard v2.0
The UCUM Organization: Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) – Version 1.8, July 2009
OGM: Unified Modeling Language (UML). Version 2.3. May 2010.
W3C: Extensible Markup Language (XML) – Version 1.0 (Fourth Edition), August 2006
W3C: XML Schema – Version 1.0 (Second Edition), October 2004

4. Terms and Definitions

This document uses the terms defined in Sub-clause 5.3 of [OGC 06-121r8], which is based on the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards. In particular, the word “shall” (not “must”) is the verb form used to indicate a requirement to be strictly followed to conform to this standard.

For the purpose of this document, the following additional terms and definitions apply:

4.1 Coverage

Feature that acts as a function to return values from its range for any direct position within its spatial, temporal or spatiotemporal domain

[ISO 19123:2005, definition 4.17]

4.2 Domain Feature

Feature of a type defined within a particular application domain

[ISO 19156, definition 4.4]

4.3 Feature

Abstraction of real-world phenomena

[ISO 19101:2002, definition 4.11]

4.4 Observation

Act of observing a property

[ISO 19156, definition 4.10]

4.5 Observation Procedure

Method, algorithm or instrument, or system of these which may be used in making an observation

[ISO 19156, definition 4.11]

4.6 Property <General Feature Model>

Facet or attribute of an object referenced by a name

EXAMPLE: Abby’s car has the color red where “color red” is a property of the car instance

4.7 Sampling Feature

Feature, such as a station, transect, section or specimen, which is involved in making observations concerning a domain feature

[ISO 19156, definition 4.16]

4.8 Sensor

Type of observation procedure that provides the estimated value of an observed property at its output

Note: A sensor uses a combination of physical, chemical or biological means in order to estimate the underlying observed property. At the end of the measuring chain electronic devices often produce signals to be processed

[OGC SWE Common 2.0, definition 4.5.]

4.9 Timeseries

A sequence of data values which are ordered in time. The sequence typically records (or predicts) the value of a property of a feature over a time interval, with interim values at times within the interval. These times are monotonic and are often, but not always, at regular intervals (e.g. an hourly timeseries).

5. Conventions

5.1 Abbreviated Terms

In this document the following abbreviations and acronyms are used or introduced:

GMLCOV OGC Implementation Schema for Coverages

ISO International Organization for Standardization

O&M Observations and Measurements

OGC Open Geospatial Consortium

SensorML Sensor Model Language

SWE Sensor Web Enablement

TSML TimeseriesML

TVP Time-Value Pair

UML Unified Modeling Language

UTC Coordinated Universal Time

5.2    UML Notation

The diagrams that appear in this standard are presented using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) static structure diagram.

Note: Within the context of this profile, the following color scheme is used to identify the package in which the class exists. This is just for informative purposes.

Blue: Defined within the Timeseries Profile of O&M (conceptual model)

Yellow: Defined within this standard (XML implementation model)

Green: ISO19156 – Observations & Measurements

Red: Other (ISO or GML)

5.3    Finding Requirements and Recommendations

This standard is identified as http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2. For clarity, each normative statement in this standard is in one and only one place and defined within a requirements class table and identified with a URI, whose root is the specification URI. In this standard, all requirements are associated to tests in the abstract test suite in Annex A using the URL of the requirement as the reference identifier.

Requirements classes are separated into their own clauses and named and specified according to inheritance (direct dependencies). The Conformance test classes in the test suite are similarly named to establish an explicit and mnemonic link between requirements classes and conformance test classes.

6.    XML Implementation (normative)

In addition to the UML conceptual model this standard defines a GML XML Schema implementation that is compliant to the UML conceptual model. The XML Schemas for this implementation are published at:

http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/

Schematron patterns are implemented for some requirements where appropriate and are published at the same location.

6.1    XML encoding principles

The following principles apply to data encoded according to the TimeseriesML 1.2 XML schema.

6.1.1    Conformance to GML 3.3 encoding rules for codelists

This XML Schema implementation imports the OGC GML 3.2.1 schemas. However, codelists are implemented according to the clarified rules for codelists in the OGC GML 3.3 specification. Namely that items in codelists are referred to using gml:ReferenceType and not encoded with gml:CodeType.

None of the GML 3.3 schema types are used in this implementation and therefore only GML 3.2.1 schemas are imported by the TimeseriesML 1.2 XML schemas. This is consistent with the note in the GML 3.3 specification which reads: A GML application schema conforming to this standard will import the GML 3.2 schema plus zero or more additional GML 3.3 schemas as needed.

6.1.2    Extends the OGC Implementation Schema for Coverages

The TimeseriesML schema supports both an interleaved time-value pair encoding and a domain, range encoding. The domain, range encoding inherits from the coverage schema defined in the OGC Implementation Schema for Coverages (09-146r2). The interleaved timeseries encoding is a representation of a special case of the CV_DiscreteCoverage class from OGC Abstract Specification Topic 6, in which each GeometryValuePair has a ‘geometry’ which is a timestamp, and a ‘value’ which is a measure or other simple datatype. The OGC CIS v1.1 specification provides alternative representations of coverages, including an option for interleaving coverages, which can be useful for timeseries of more complex values.

6.1.3    Virtual typing

In accordance with OMXML, the specialization of the OM_Observation result type is provided through schematron restriction. The om:type element may be used to specify the type of OM_Observation that is being encoded. This shall be done using the OGC Name URI for the corresponding type from the following table.

Table 1: O&M URIs for observation specializations
TimeseriesML 1.2 OGC Name Content of om:result in TimeseriesML 1.2 XML1
MeasurementTimeseriesTVPObservation http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/timeseriesML/1.2/MeasurementTimeseriesTVPObservation

type=

’tsml:Timeseries'

result.value =

'tsml:MeasurementTVP'

CategoricalTimeseriesTVPObservation

http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/timeseriesML/1.2/CategoricalTimeseriesTVPObservation

type=

’tsml:Timeseries’

result.value =

'tsml:CategoricalTVP'

MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRangeObservation http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/timeseriesML/1.2/MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRangeObservation

type=

’tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange’

CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRangeObservation http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/timeseriesML/1.2/CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRangeObservation

type=

’tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange’

 

Likewise, a tsml:type property is present on the TimeseriesDomainRange type to enable a soft-typing approach to this class. The values for this property should be taken from Table 2.

Table 2: TimeseriesML URIs for TimeseriesDomainRange specializations
Timeseries Profile of O&M Type tsml:type value in tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange

MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRangeTimeseries

http://www.opengis.net/def/timeseriesType/timeseriesML/1.2/Time/MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRange

CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRangeTimeseries

http://www.opengis.net/def/timeseriesType/timeseriesML/1.2/Time/CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRange

6.1.4    Efficiency of encoding

This XML Schema implementation takes the approach that, where conceptual classes can be combined without loss of clarity, they are. For example, the same metadata classes are used for both Categorical and Measurement timeseries. This is to avoid a proliferation of similar classes in the XML encoding.

The following table outlines the mapping between the conceptual model and the XML Schema implementation.

Table 3: Mapping of Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurments toTimeseriesML 1.2 XML Schema types.
Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements TimeseriesML 1.2 XML

Collection

tsml:Collection

DocumentMetadata

tsml:DocumentMetadata

CategoricalTimeseriesTVPObservation

om:OM_Observation*

MeasurementTimeseriesTVPObservation

CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRangeObservation

MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRangeObservation

TimeseriesTVP

tsml:TimeseriesTVP

MeasurementTimeseriesTVP

CategoricalTimeseriesTVP

TimeseriesDomainRange

tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange

MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRange

CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRange

PointMetadata

tsml:PointMetadata

MeasurementPointMetadata

CategoricalPointMetadata

TimeValuePair

tsml:TimeValuePair (abstract)

MeasureTimeValuePair

tsml:MeasurementTVP

CategoricalTimeValuePair

tsml:CategoricalTVP

ObservationProcess

tsml:ObservationProcess

MonitoringFeature

tsml:MonitoringFeature

* The specialization of OM_Observation is provided through Schematron rather than a specialized XML type.

 

6.1.5    Abstract requirements and conformances classes

 

As noted in the OGC Modular Specification section 6.2, the tests for abstract conformance classes may need to be described in the subclass classes if the base requirements classes are ambiguous for the abstract class. This is the case for the two styles of timeseries conformance classes, domain-range and interleaved (time-value pair). Some requirements for these classes are re-specified in more concrete terms to allow more explicit testing.

6.2    XML Examples

XML examples are published alongside the XML schemas at http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/. In all examples, the following namespaces are used.

Table 4: XML Example Code Namespaces
Identifier Namespace URL
xsi http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance
Gml http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2
Om http://www.opengis.net/om/2.0
xlink http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
tsml http://www.opengis.net/timeseriesml/1.0
gmd http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd
gco http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco
sam http://www.opengis.net/sampling/2.0
sams http://www.opengis.net/samplingSpatial/2.0

 

6.3    Requirements Class: XML Rules

Requirements Class
http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Name

XML Rules

Dependency

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2

Dependency

http://standards.iso.org/iso/8601/2004/4

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/doc/IS/GML/3.2#clause-2.4

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/GML/3.3/req/definitions

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/SWE/2.0/req/xsd-simple-components

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/iso8601-time

All date-time elements shall be encoded using ISO8601 extended time format.

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/time-zone

The value of each time element (defined in the TimeValuePairType ‘time’ element) shall include a time zone definition using a signed 4-digit character or a ‘Z’ to represent Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This is defined by the following regular expression:

(Z|[+-]HH:MM)

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/unit-of-measure

All units of measure shall use the appropriate code from The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) code system. The unit of measure shall be identified by encoding the UCUM code1 in the ‘code’ attribute of the tsml:uom element. -------------------------

1 The UCUM base codes are available in XML form here:

http://unitsofmeasure.org/ucum-essence.xml.

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/swe-types

When using the SWE Common types, the following elements shall not be used: swe:quality (AbstractSimpleComponentType), swe:nilValues (AbstractSimpleComponentType), swe:constraint (QuantityType, QuantityRangeType, CategoryType). The attributes ‘optional’ and ‘updatable’ from the base type ‘AbstractDataComponentshall also not be used.

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/xlink-title

If an xlink:href is used to reference a controlled vocabulary item, the element should encode the xlink:title attribute with a text description of the referenced item.

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/vocabulary-references

When specifying references to vocabulary (code) items using an xlink:href, a resolvable HTTP URL should be used which, when resolved, should provide suitable description of the concept being referenced.

 Requirement

/req/xsd-xml-rules/xlink-valid-local-reference

If an xlink:href is a local reference then the referenced element must exist.

 

6.3.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class contains a set of general rules applicable to the XML encoding.

6.4    Requirements Class: Timeseries Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-observation

Name

Timeseries Observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/OMXML/2.0/req/observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-domain-range-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-domain-range-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-domain-range-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-tvp-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-observation/procedure

The xml element om:procedure shall contain an element which is a subtype of OM_Process, such as  tsml:ObservationProcess element, or a subtype of SWE AbstractProcess or a reference to an external definition of the process using the xlink:href attribute.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-observation/phenomenonTime

The om:phenomenonTime element shall contain a gml:TimePeriod element that represents the temporal extent of the timeseries result of the observation.

6.4.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class restricts the content model for the XML element OM_Observation relating specifically to timeseries observations. The requirements classes that depend on this class describe specific result types of time series. The restrictions rules for OM_Observation are captured in the ‘xsd-timeseries-observation.sch’ Schematron file.

6.5    Requirements Class: Timeseries (TVP) Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation

 Name

Timeseries (TVP) Observation

 Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

The xml element om:result shall contain a concrete subelement in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesTVP.

6.5.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class captures the core type of timeseries observation – one with a result of an interleaved time-value pair timeseries. This restriction is defined in the ‘xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation.sch’ Schematron file.

6.6    Requirements Class: Categorical Timeseries (TVP) Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation

 Name

Categorical Timeseries (TVP) Observation

 Requirement

/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

The xml element om:result shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:CategoricalTVP.

6.6.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class restricts the type of timeseries observation to one with a result of an interleaved time-value pair timeseries where each value is a Category. This restriction is defined in the ‘xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation.sch’ Schematron file.

6.7    Requirements Class: Measurement Timeseries (TVP) Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation

 Name

Measurement Timeseries (TVP) Observation

 Requirement

/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

The xml element om:result shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:MeasurementTVP.

6.7.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class restricts the type of timeseries observation to one with a result of an interleaved time-value pair timeseries where each value is a Measure. This restriction is defined in the ‘xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation.sch’ Schematron file.

6.8    Requirements Class: Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation

 Name

Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

 Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

The xml element om:result shall contain a concrete subelement in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange.

6.8.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class captures the domain range type of timeseries observation. This restriction is defined in the ‘xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation.sch’ Schematron file.

6.9    Requirements Class: Categorical Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-domain-range-observation

 Name

Categorical Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

 Requirement

/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

The xml element om:result shall contain a concrete subelement in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange with range element values of type Category contained in a (GML) ValueArray

6.9.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class captures the categorical domain range type of timeseries observation.

6.10    Requirements Class: Measurement Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-domain-range-observation

 Name

Measurement Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

 Requirement

/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

The xml element om:result shall contain a concrete subelement in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange with a rangeset of type QuantityList.

6.10.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class captures the measurement domain range type of timeseries observation.   

6.11    Requirements Class: Timeseries encoded as Time-Value Pairs

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp

Name

Timeseries encoded as Time-Value Pairs

Target Type

XML encoding

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-core

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/valid

 The content model of this XML element shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesTVP.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/time-increasing

The domain elements (implemented as the tsml:point element) shall be ordered in increasing time.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/record-homogenous

The type of the tsml:value element (range) shall be the same for each point in the timeseries, with the exception null values which may be used on any value.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/domain-time

The domain of the timeseries coverage shall consist only of a temporal component.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/default-point-metadata

If the element defaultPointMetadata is present, the specified metadata elements apply as default values to all subsequent point elements encoded in the timeseries. If a metadata element is specified for a point then it overrides the default value. For elements with multiple cardinality (e.g. qualifiers), defaults shall be overridden if a single element is defined in the metadata.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/equidistant-encoding

If the baseTime and spacing elements are defined, the time element shall not be encoded. The time instants shall be calculated according to the following:

time (n) = baseTime + (n * spacing)

n = zero-based point index.

e.g. baseTime= 2011-01-01T00:00:00, spacing=P15M

points:

[0] - 2011-01-01T00:00:00

[1] - 2011-01-01T00:15:00

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Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/time-mandatory

If the baseTime and spacing elements are not present, the time element shall be encoded.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/null-value

To indicate a value is null, the xsi:nil attribute shall be set to ‘true’.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/null-point-reason

If a point is specified as null, a nilReason or censoredReason shall be provided.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/nil-reason-vocab

When specifying a null point reason (nilReason), one of the following URLs should be used:

·       Inapplicable (http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/inapplicable)

·       Missing (http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/missing)

·       Template (http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/template) - value will be available at later date.

·       Unknown (http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown)

·       Withheld (http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/withheld.html)

6.11.1    Requirements class overview

The Time-Value Pair (TVP) Encoding schema contains types suitable for encoding TimeSeries (both Measurement and Categorical) in a sequence of time-value pairs.

Note that this time-value pair encoding of timeseries encoding takes the name ’TimeseriesTVP’.

The domain range encoding equivalent takes the name TimeseriesDomainRange.

TVPEncoding
Figure 1: TVPEncoding

The complete TVP encoding of timeseries, including associated metadata classes is shown in the figure above.

6.11.2    CategoricalTVP properties

CategoricalTVP is the encoding for time-value pairs where the value is a category.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity
value

The categorical value of the data point (e.g. 'High')

Category

1..1

6.11.3    Measure properties

Measure is a measure implementation with an optional unit of measure (so that the unit of measure can be set to a default for the whole timeseries rather than repeating the unit for each data value).

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity
uom

Unit of measure

Uom

0..1

6.11.4    MeasurementTVP properties

MeasurementTVP is the encoding for time-value pairs where the value is a measure.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity
Value

The measurement value for this data point (e.g. 5.3m)

Measure

1..1

6.11.5    TimeseriesTVP properties

The core class for the timeseries time-value pair encoding.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

point

Data points (time-value pairs) for the timeseries.

TimeValuePair

0..*

metadata

Metadata about the timeseries

TimeseriesMetadata

0..1

defaultPointMetadata

Default metadata for each point in the timeseries (can be over-ridden on a per-point basis).

PointMetadata

0..1

6.11.6    TimeValuePair properties

A base class for different time-value pair implementations.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

metadata

Point metadata for this point (over-rides any default point metadata for the timeseries).

PointMetadata

0..1

time

Time component of the time-value pair. (A point on the timeseries).

TM_Position

0..1

value

Value component of the time-value pair (a value result such as a measurement).

 

1..1

6.12    Requirements Class: Categorical (TVP) Timeseries

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp

Name

Categorical (TVP) Timeseries

Requirement

/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp/value-category

The type of the tsml:value XML element shall be a swe:Category.

6.12.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class restricts the value type of each time-value pair to be a Category.   

6.13    Requirements Class: Measurement (TVP) Timeseries

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp

 Name

Measurement (TVP) Timeseriess

 Requirement

/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp/value-measure

The type of the tsml:value element shall be a tsml:Measure.

6.13.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class restricts the value type of each time-value pair to be a Measure.   

6.14    Requirements Class: Timeseries encoded as Domain Range

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr

Name

Timeseries encoded as Domain Range

Target Type

XML encoding

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/doc/GML/GMLCOV/1.0.1#clause-6

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-core

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-domain-range

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-timeseries-domain-range

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-timeseries-domain-range

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/valid

 The content model of this XML element shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/time-increasing

The domain elements shall be ordered in increasing time.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/record-homogenous

The type of each range element shall be the same for each point in the timeseries, with the exception null values which may be used on any value.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/domain-time

The domain of the timeseries coverage shall consist only of a temporal component.

Requirement

/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/default-point-metadata

If the element defaultPointMetadata is present, the specified metadata elements apply as default values to all subsequent point elements encoded in the timeseries. If a metadata element is specified for a point then it overrides the default value. For elements with multiple cardinality (e.g. qualifiers), defaults shall be overridden if a single element is defined in the metadata.

6.14.1    Requirements class overview

The Domain Range Encoding schema contains types suitable for encoding TimeSeries (both Measurement and Categorical) in a domain (times), range (values) block. This schema extends the OGC GMLCov schema.

XML Schema Encoding of Timeseries Domain Range
Figure 2: XML Schema Encoding of Timeseries Domain Range

The TimeseriesDomainRange encoding extends the OGC Implementation Model for Coverages by adding bespoke metadata and annotation elements.

 

TimeSeries (Domain Range) Schema
Figure 3: TimeSeries (Domain Range) Schema

 

The class TimeseriesDomainRange is used for all domain range encodings. It extends the GMLCov DiscreteCoverage with a timeseries metadata extension.

6.14.2    TimeseriesMetadataExtension properties

TimeseriesMetadataExtension enables use of TimeseriesML metadata classes in GMLCov XML schema. The associated XML examples demonstrate how this is applied in practice.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

Annotation

An annotation coverage corresponding to points on the timeseries.

AnnotationCoverage

0..*

defaultPointMetadata

Default metadata for each point in the timeseries.

PointMetadata

0..1

timeseriesMetadata

Metadata applicable to the whole timeseries or individual regularly spaced segments of an irregularly spaced whole timeseries.

TimeseriesMetadata

0..*

6.14.3    AnnotationCoverage properties

An annotation coverage can be used to apply metadata to individual points in the timeseries.

Informative note: In the XML Schema the AnnotationCoverage is a specialization of the gmlcov:AbstractDiscreteGoverage XML Schema type. This standard is not otherwise prescriptive about the content of the AnnotationCoverage beyond that specified in the OGC Coverages Implementation Model, but it could be used to provide a value array or list of comments or other values as in the two examples below.


<tsml:AnnotationCoverage gml:id="quality_cov">
<gml:domainSet xlink:href="#temporal_domain"/>
<gml:rangeSet>
<gml:CategoryList codeSpace=“http://opengis.net/def/waterml/2.0/quality/”>good bad good missing good bad</gml:CategoryList>
</gml:rangeSet>
<gmlcov:rangeType/>
</tsml:AnnotationCoverage>
 
<tsml:AnnotationCoverage gml:id="comment_cov">
<gml:domainSet xlink:href="#temporal_domain"/>
<gml:rangeSet>
<gml:ValueArray gml:id="comment_array">
<gml:valueComponents>
<gml:Category>This is a free text comment</gml:Category>
<gml:Category xsi:nil=“true”/>
<gml:Category>Example comment</gml:Category>
<gml:Category>Another one</gml:Category>
<gml:Category>Has to be one for each point</gml:Category>
</gml:valueComponents>
</gml:ValueArray>
</gml:rangeSet>
<gmlcov:rangeType/>
</tsml:AnnotationCoverage>


6.14.4    TimeseriesDomainRange properties

The TimeseriesDomainRange element extends the OGC coverage model with metadata extensions for timeseries data. The metadata classes are the same as for the time-value pair encoding.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

metadata

Metadata extension to accommodate TimeseriesML 1.2 metadata classes.

TimeseriesMetadataExtension

0..*

type

If present, the sub-element 'type' shall indicate the class of timeseries. A register of type identifiers corresponding with the timeseries types in TimeseriesML 1.2, is provided by OGC at http://www.opengis.net/def/timeseriesType/timeseriesML/1.2/

Reference

0..1

6.15    Requirements Class: Collection

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection

Name

Collection

Target Type

XML encoding

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-collection

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-sampling-feature-collections

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Requirement

/req/xsd-collection/valid

The content model of this element shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:Collection.

Requirement

/req/xsd-collection/sampling-feature-single

Single sampling features shall be described using SF_SpatialSamplingFeature or a derivative thereof.

Requirement

/req/xsd-collection/sampling-feature-group

Groups of sampling points shall be described using SF_SamplingFeatureCollection feature type from ISO19156.

6.15.1    Requirements class overview

The Collection schema contains a collection element as well as other document specific types.

XML Implementation of Collection and associated classes
Figure 4: XML Implementation of Collection and associated classes

The XML Schema implementation of Collection maps closely to the conceptual model. The key implementation points to note are that all observationMembers are implemented by OM_Observation, and that ConformanceClass is implemented as a reference (xlink:href) from DocumentMetadata.

6.15.1.1    Collection properties

TimeseriesML defines a generic collection feature type, Collection, to allow the grouping of observations and/or sampling features with metadata to describe the nature of the collection. Such collections are required in a number of data exchange scenarios; whether the underlying transport technology is web services, FTP or other technologies.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

observationMember

One or more timeseries observations

OM_Observation

0..*

samplingFeatureMember

A sampling feature or group of sampling features.

SamplingFeatureMember

0..*

communityExtension

Use this extension point for community-agreed extensions to the schema.

Any

0..*

internalExtension

Use this extension point for internal extensions that have not been defined for external use.

Any

0..*

generationDate

The date this data was generated.

TM_DateAndTime

1..1

generationSystem

The system from which this data was generated.

CharacterString

0..1

Version

This version property is distinct from the version of the TimeseriesML schema. It is a version of the whole standards package: schema, vocabularies, used profiles etc. I.e., a version to allow specific versions associated with usage of a schema version with other components.

Reference

0..1

temporalExtent

Describes the temporal extent of the all the timeseries contained within the collection (if they exist).

TM_Period

0..1

localDictionary

A dictionary containing definitions of terms.

Dictionary

0..*

sourceDefinition

Provides a context for identification of particular data elements through use of MD_DataIdentification. These can be referenced from individual timeseries values.

MD_DataIdentification

0..*

Parameter

A soft-typed parameter for extra metadata properties.

NamedValue

0..*

Profile

Profile may be used to reference a definition of a conformance class that this document conforms to.

Reference

0..*

6.15.1.2    SamplingFeatureMember properties

A sampling feature member may be either a single sampling feature (e.g. MonitoringFeature) or a group of features (SF_SamplingFeatureCollection). This is a Union class.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

byGroup

A group of sampling features.

SF_SamplingFeatureCollection

0..1

byFeature

A sampling feature.

SF_SpatialSamplingFeature

0..1

6.16    Requirements Class: MonitoringFeature

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-monitoring-feature

Name

MonitoringFeature

Target Type

XML encoding

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-monitoring-feature

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Requirement

/req/xsd-monitoring-feature/valid

The content model of this element shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:MonitoringFeature.

6.16.1    Requirements class overview

The Monitoring Feature schema contains the definition of the Monitoring Feature type that is the (sampling) feature of interest of a TimeSeries observation.

MonitoringFeature Schema
Figure 5: MonitoringFeature Schema

6.16.1.1    MonitoringFeature properties

A MonitoringFeature is a spatial sampling feature (O&M) where observations are recorded. This monitoring feature often corresponds to a fixed instrument or monitoring site but it can also be an anonymous spatial location. The monitoring feature is a proxy for a real-world feature.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

daylightSavingsTimeZone

The timezone that the MonitoringFeature is located in when daylight savings applies.

TimeZone

0..1

timeZone

The timezone that the MonitoringFeature is located in.

TimeZone

0..1

relatedParty

The details of a party related to this MonitoringFeature.  Multiple related parties may be described using the role code list (from ISO 19115). The most common relationships are likely to be: owner, originator, pointOfContact, principalInvestigator and distributor.

CI_ResponsibleParty

0..*

representativePoint

A point location that is representative of the monitoring feature's location. Typically, this is used when the shape of the monitoring feature is an area or other non-point geometry. It may also be used to provide an approximate point location in sensitive observation scenarios.

GM_Point

0..1

descriptionReference

Provide extra descriptive information about a monitoring feature. This could be a link to an HTML page describing the location, photos of a monitoring point, history records etc.

Reference

0..*

verticalDatum

Specifies the elevation that is used as the zero point, or datum, for height-related measurements. The datum is defined using a vertical datum, which may be defined using the ISO19111 type CD_VerticalDatum, or an agreed upon datum may be reference by its identifier. E.g., the Australian Height Datum (AHD), Tasmania = “EPSG::5112.”

The CD_VerticalDatum type allows specification of the local vertical datum as a height above another reference datum. E.g., local vertical datum is 23m above the AHD.

CD_VerticalDatum

0..*

monitoringType

A thematic characterisation of the type of monitoring feature. E.g., meteorological, surface water, groundwater, water quality etc.

Reference

0..*

6.16.1.2    TimeZone properties

Representation of a timezone.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

zoneAbbreviation

Abbreviation for a timezone e.g., AEST.

CharacterString

0..1

zoneOffset

Time zone offset e.g. +10:00 GMT

CharacterString

1..1

6.17    Requirements Class: MonitoringFeature as Feature of Interest

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-monitoring-feature-feature-of-interest

Name

MonitoringFeature as Feature of Interest

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/OMXML/2.0/req/observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-monitoring-feature-foi

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Requirement

/req/xsd-monitoring-feature-feature-of-interest/featureOfInterest

The featureOfInterest element of TimeseriesObservation shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:MonitoringFeature.

6.17.1    Requirements class overview

This requirements class captures the restriction of OM_Observation where the feature of interest is a monitoring feature. This class is to be used for most in-situ style monitoring situations where the TimeseriesML 1.2 monitoring feature is sufficient for representing the location metadata.   

6.18    Requirements Class: ObservationProcess

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-observation-process

Name

ObservationProcess

Target Type

XML encoding

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-observation-process

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesrml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Requirement

/req/xsd-observation-process/valid

The content model of this element shall have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:ObservationProcess.

6.18.1    Requirements class overview

The ObservationProcess schema defines a basic process type that may be used to describe the procedure used in a TimeSeries Observation event.

ObservationProcess Schema 
Figure 6: ObservationProcess Schema 

6.18.1.1    ObservationProcess properties

Information about the process used in the Observation.

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

operator

Describes the party responsible for performing the process. E.g., the person performing the method or operating the sensor. 

CI_ResponsibleParty

0..1

originatingProcess

Used to identify a process that is a source to this process. For example, an earlier processing step.

OM_Process

0..1

aggregationDuration

A list of the inputs used in the process. This may be a list of references to the data sets used (e.g., model input series) or an input array to an algorithm.

TM_PeriodDuration

0..1

verticalDatum

Specifies the datum that is used as the zero point for level measurements. This can be process-specific as opposed the gauge at the actual monitoring point.

CD_VerticalDatum

0..1

input

A list of the inputs used in the process. This may be a list of references to the data sets used (e.g., model input series) or an input array to an algorithm.

Reference

0..*

comment

Comments specific to the process from the operator.

CharacterString

0..*

parameter

A definition of the type of process used in the observation. This may be a Sensor, ManualMethod, Algorithm, or Simulation (including models).

NamedValue

0..*

processReference

Reference to an external process definition.

Reference

0..1

processType

A definition of the type of process used in the observation. This may be a Sensor, ManualMethod, Algorithm, or Simulation (including models).

ProcessTypeCode

1..1

6.19    Requirements Class: Timeseries Metadata

Requirements Class

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata

Name

Timeseries Metadata

Target Type

XML encoding

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-core

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-metadata

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-metadata

Requirement

/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-metadata

Metadata about the entire timeseries shall be provided using the tsml:TimeSeriesMetadata type.

Requirement

/req/xsd-metadata/point-metadata

Metadata about individual data points shall be provided using the tsml:PointMetadata type

Requirement

/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-comments

Comments about the timeseries may be provided using the tsml:CommentBlock type.

Requirement

/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-metadata-extension

Metadata about a domain range timeseries shall be provided using the tsml:TimeseriesMetadataExtension type.

6.19.1    Requirements class overview

This requirement captures metadata requirements common across all timeseries classes.

TimeSeries Metadata XMLSchema Implementation
Figure 7: TimeSeries Metadata XMLSchema Implementation

The XML Schema Implementation collapses many of the conceptual model metadata classes together for simplicity of encoding. There are three metadata classes:

·      ObservationMetadata: Metadata about the whole timeseries observation;

·      TimeseriesMetadata: Metadata about the whole timeseries or individual regularly spaced segments of an irregularly spaced whole timeseries; and

·      PointMetadata: Metadata about individual points in the timeseries. PointMetadata may be set to a default across the whole timeseries and over-ridden for individual points.

Mapping of TimeseriesMetadata and CommentBlock to Conceptual Model 
Figure 8: Mapping of TimeseriesMetadata and CommentBlock to Conceptual Model 

Mapping of XML Schema PointMetadata to Conceptual Model
Figure 9: Mapping of XML Schema PointMetadata to Conceptual Model

6.19.2    CommentBlock properties

Comment blocks may be used to make comment about the timeseries. Each comment applies to a specified period of the timeseries (it could apply to the whole timeseries).

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

applicablePeriod

The time period to which the comment applies.

TM_Period

1..1

comment

Free text comment about some aspect of the timeseries.

CharacterString

1..1

6.19.3    PointMetadata properties

Metadata relating to individual data points (can be set to a default for the whole timeseries).

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

quality

This property is for specifying a quality assertion using the TimeseriesML 1.0 defined concepts of quality as described in the DataQualityCode list. When a non-standard quality code is required a SWE Qualifier property shall be used.

DataQualityCode

0..1

uom

Unit of measure for the point data (typically a default will apply to the whole timeseries).

UnitOfMeasure

0..1

interpolationType

Defines the nature of the relationship between the time instant and the recorded value. For example, the value may represent an average across the time period since the last point (average in preceding interval). This value should be taken from the InterpolationCode list.

The interpolation type is defined per point within the timeseries as it is possible for this to change mid series. Within the XML encoding it is possible to set a default interpolation for the series.

InterpolationCode

0..1

nilReason

This property describes the reason that a point has been identified as null. This provides context for interpreting null points (e.g., missing, withheld etc.).

NilReason

0..1

censoredReason

Used to indicate the reason the value has been censored (e.g., below a threshold).

CensoredReasonCode

0..1

comment

Context information that does not fit into a controlled list of qualifiers, processing or quality information is often provided in free text per point. The comment property provides a placeholder for such textual information.

CharacterString

0..1

uncertainty

This property allows for a quantitative assertion of the estimated uncertainty of the measurement value. The term uncertainty is used here in line with 'measurement uncertainty' as defined in the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM3, http://www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides/vim.html), however it is acknowledged that it is still quite common practice (e.g., in instrument specifications) for the word accuracy to be used in place of uncertainty.

Quantity

0..1

relatedObservation

This property allows individual points to be associated with related observations. This is used when a timeseries consists of interleaved observations from different sources and understanding the relationship to existing observation(s) is important.

OM_Observation

0..1

aggregationDuration

Specifies the time period over which the values have been aggregated. E.g., 15 minutely.

TM_PeriodDuration

0..1

qualifier

A more loosely-typed qualifier that allows assertions using the SWE Common union (quality, categories etc.)

Quantity

0..*

processing

A code item indicating the processing that has occurred to the point.

ProcessingCode

0..1

source

A code item indicating the processing that has occurred to the point. By reference only.

MD_DataIdentification

0..1

 

6.19.4 TimeseriesMetadata properties

Metadata applicable to the whole timeseries or individual regularly spaced segments of an irregularly spaced whole timeseries.

 

Property Definition Data types and values Multiplicity

commentBlock

Comment blocks may be used to make comment about the timeseries. Each comment applies to a specified period of the timeseries (it could apply to the whole timeseries).

CommentBlock

0..*

temporalExtent

The extent of the temporal domain of the timeseries. As the domain of the timeseries is temporal, the temporalExtent is a time period defining the start and end of its temporal domain (i.e., the start and end of the timeseries). Note that this often the same as the phenomenon time as specified in the OM_Observation; it is still useful here for timeseries that are described separately from an OM_Observation header.

TM_Period

0..1

baseTime

Timeseries that are regularly spaced, such as those that are generated from automatic sensors, can be represented without specifying the individual time instant for each point. The spacing property of the timeseries is used to specify the time between points. This is then used as the spacing for each point encountered, starting from the time set by baseTime.

TM_Position

0..1

intendedObservationSpacing

The extent of the temporal domain of the timeseries. As the domain of the timeseries is temporal, the temporalExtent is a time period defining the start and end of its temporal domain (i.e., the start and end of the timeseries). Note that this often the same as the phenomenon time as specified in the OM_Observation; it is still useful here for timeseries that are described separately from an OM_Observation header.

TM_Period

0..1

cumulative

This boolean property indicates whether the series is sequentially increasing and accumulates over time; i.e., each value is added to the last so the value represents the total of a value since accumulation began.

Boolean

0..1

accumulationAnchorTime

Defines the time at which accumulation begins. e.g., 9am.

TM_Period

0..1

accumulationIntervalLength

Defines the length of time over which accumulation is recorded e.g., 24 hours

TM_PeriodDuration

0..1

startAnchorPoint

StartAnchorPoint specifies a ‘ghost’ point to allow the first value of the timeseries to be interpolated correctly.

TM_Position

0..1

endAnchorPoint

EndAnchorPoint specifies a ‘ghost’ point to allow the last value of the timeseries to be interpolated correctly.

TM_Position

0..1

spacing

The time between points in a regularly spaced timeseries.

TM_PeriodDuration

0..1

status

Indicates the statues of the observation. E.g., unreleased, verified etc.

StatusCode

0..1

sampledMedium

Indicates the medium that was sampled. E.g., water, air, etc.

SampledMediumCode

0..1

maxGapPeriod

When any analysis is run over a timeseries it is important to know if it is possible to interpolate between any two adjoining points. If the join period between two adjoining points is greater than the maxGapPeriod then the series should not be interpolated between these adjoining points.

TM_PeriodDuration

0..1

Parameter

This is a named value extension point that allows extra metadata to be added at the timeseries level. The parameters here are soft-typed (i.e., this standard does not define the properties semantics). Commonly used parameters here would be future candidates for definition within later versions or community extensions.

NamedValue

0..*

 


Annex A
(Normative)

Abstract Test Suites

 

A.1 Conformance class: XML Rules

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-xml-rules

Dependency

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2

Dependency

http://standards.iso.org/iso/8601/2004/4

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/doc/IS/GML/3.2#clause-2.4

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/GML/3.3/req/definitions

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/SWE/2.0/req/xsd-simple-components

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/iso8601-time

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/iso8601-time

 

Test Purpose

Verify that all time instants are valid according to the XML Schema implementation of ISO8601.

 

Test Method

Validate the content of each time element against the XML Schema dateTime content type, available here ttp://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#schema. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/time-zone

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/time-zone

 

Test Purpose

Verify that all time instants include a time zone specifier.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-xml-rules.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the “time-zone” test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/unit-of-measure

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/unit-of-measure

 

Test Purpose

Verify that all time units are specified using the UCUM units system.

 

Test Method

Inspect the XML document and ensure all units of measure are valid according to UCUM. Fail otherwise. (No automated check against UCUM currently available).

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/swe-types

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules/swe-types

 

Test Purpose

Ensure that only applicable SWE types are used. Some SWE types are related specifically to the SWE encoding style, which is not used.

Verify that following SWE elements are not used in the encoding:

- swe:quality(AbstractSimpleComponentType)

- swe:nilValues (AbstractSimpleComponentType)

- swe:constraint (QuantityType, QuantityRangeType, CategoryType)

Verify the following SWE attributes are not used:

- ‘optional’ and ‘updatable’ from the base type ‘AbstractDataComponent’

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-xml-rules.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the “swe-types” test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-xml-rules/xlink-title

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-xml-rules/xlink-title

 

Test Purpose

Verify that an element using a xlink:href to encode reference a controlled vocabulary item also encodes a xlink:title attribute with a text description of the referenced item.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-xml-rules.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the “xlink-title” test. Report otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-xml-rules/vocabulary-references

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-xml-rules/vocabulary-references

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-xml-rules/xlink-valid-local-reference

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-xml-rules/xlink-valid-local-reference

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the element referenced by a local xlink:href reference exists.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-xml-rules.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the “xlink-valid-local-reference” test. Report otherwise.

A.2 Conformance class: Timeseries Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/OMXML/2.0/req/observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-domain-range-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-domain-range-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-domain-range-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-tvp-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-observation/procedure

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-observation/procedure

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:procedure element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:ObservationProcess or an appropriate reference is used.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the “procedure” test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-observation/phenomenonTime

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-observation/phenomenonTime

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the phenomenon time describes the temporal extent of the observation result.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the “phenomenonTime" test. Fail otherwise.

A.3 Conformance class: Timeseries (TVP) Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:result element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesTVPType or is in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesTVP.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-tvp-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.4 Conformance class: Categorical Timeseries (TVP) Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:result element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:CategoricalTVPType or is in the substitution group tsml:CategoricalTVP.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.5 Conformance class: Measurement Timeseries (TVP) Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation/result

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:result element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:MeasurementTVPType or is in the substitution group tsml:MeasurementTVP.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.6 Conformance class: Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:result element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesDomainRangeType or is in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-domain-range-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.7 Conformance class: Categorical Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-categorical-timeseries-domain-range-observation

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:result element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesDomainRangeType or is in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange and that all the range elements are of type Category.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-categorical-timeseries-domain-range-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.8 Conformance class: Measurement Timeseries (Domain Range) Observation

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-measurement-timeseries-domain-range-observation

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-domain-range-observation/result

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:result element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesDomainRangeType or is in the substitution group tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange and that all the range elements are of type Quantity.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-measurement-timeseries-domain-range-observation.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.9 Conformance class: Timeseries encoded as Time-Value Pairs

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-core

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-timeseries-tvp

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/valid

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/valid

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the XML instance is a valid timeseries.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/time-increasing

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/time-increasing

 

Test Purpose

Verify that each point in the timeseries is increasing in time.

 

Test Method

Inspect the value of each tsml:time element in the series and ensure the time instant is after the previous tsml:time instant.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/record-homogenous

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/record-homogenous

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the record type for each point in the series is the same. E.g. all of type MeasurementTVP or CategoricalTVP.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/domain-time

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/domain-time

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the XML instance is a valid coverage timeseries consisting of single temporal element.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/default-point-metadata

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/default-point-metadata

 

Test Purpose

Ensure the default metadata is applied to each point in the timeseries unless it has been overridden.

 

Test Method

This requirement describes the logic for defaulting behavior. Conformance is to be tested when creating or parsing the instance document, rather than directly on an instance document.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/equidistant-encoding

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/equidistant-encoding

 

Test Purpose

Ensure the equidistant timeseries metadata has been sufficiently defined.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-tvp.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the ‘equidistant-encoding’ test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/time-mandatory

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/time-mandatory

 

Test Purpose

Ensure that the time component of the timeseries coverage is sufficiently specified. Ensure each point in the series has a time specified, either through definition of an equidistant series or explicitly for each point.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-tvp.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the ‘equidistant-encoding' test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/null-value

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/null-value

 

Test Purpose

Ensure that @xsi:nil = 'true' is specified for each point that is defined as null.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-tvp.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the ‘null-value’ test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/null-point-reason

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-tvp/null-point-reason

 

Test Purpose

Ensure that a reason is specified for each point that is defined as null.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-tvp.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the ‘null-point-reason’ test. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-timeseries-tvp/nil-reason-vocab

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/rec/xsd-timeseries-tvp/nil-reason-vocab

 

Test Purpose

Ensure that where a nilreason is provided it comes from the OGC nils vocabulary at http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-timeseries-tvp.sch. Pass if no errors are reported for the ‘nil-reason-vocab’ test. Fail otherwise

A.10 Conformance class: Categorical (TVP) Timeseries

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp/value-category

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp/value-category

 

Test Purpose

Verify that each point in the timeseries has a value-type of a category.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd and the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/waterml/2.0/xsd-categorical-timeseries-tvp.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.11 Conformance class: Measurement (TVP) Timeseries

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp/value-measure

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-measurement-timeseries-tvp/value-measure

 

Test Purpose

Verify that each point in the timeseries has a value-type of a measure.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.12 Conformance class: Timeseries encoded as Domain Range

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-timeseries-dr

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/doc/GML/GMLCOV/1.0.1#clause-6

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-core

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-domain-range

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-timeseries-domain-range

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-timeseries-domain-range

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/valid

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/valid

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the XML instance is a valid timeseries.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesDR.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/time-increasing

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/time-increasing

 

Test Purpose

Verify that each point in the timeseries is increasing in time.

 

Test Method

Inspect the value of each element in the coverage domain and ensure the time instant is after the previous instant.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/record-homogenous

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/record-homogenous

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the record type for each point in the series is the same.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesDR.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/domain-time

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/domain-time

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the XML instance is a valid coverage timeseries consisting of single temporal element.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesDR.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/default-point-metadata

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-timeseries-dr/default-point-metadata

 

Test Purpose

Ensure the default metadata is applied to each point in the timeseries unless it has been overridden.

 

Test Method

This requirement describes the logic for defaulting behavior. Conformance is to be tested when creating or parsing the instance document, rather than directly on an instance document.

A.13 Conformance class: Collection

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-collection

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-collection

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-sampling-feature-collections

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection/valid

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection/valid

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:Collection is valid.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/collection.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection/sampling-feature-single

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection/sampling-feature-single

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:samplingFeatureMember element has a value that matches the content model defined by sams:SF_SamplingFeature (or derivative) or an appropriate reference is used.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema Document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/collection.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection/sampling-feature-group

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-collection/sampling-feature-group

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:samplingFeatureMember element has a value that matches the content model defined by sams:SF_SamplingFeatureCollection or an appropriate reference is used.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema Document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/collection.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.14 Conformance class: MonitoringFeature

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-monitoring-feature

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-monitoring-feature

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-monitoring-feature/valid

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-monitoring-feature/valid

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:MonitoringFeature is valid.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/monitoringFeature.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.15 Conformance class: MonitoringFeature as Feature of Interest

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-monitoring-feature-feature-of-interest

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/OMXML/2.0/req/observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-observation

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-monitoring-feature-foi

Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-monitoring-feature-feature-of-interest/featureOfInterest

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-monitoring-feature-feature-of-interest/featureOfInterest

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the om:featureOfInterest element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:MonitoringFeature.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the Schematron document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/xsd-monitoring-feature-feature-of-interest.sch. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.16 Conformance class: ObservationProcess

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-observation-process

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-observation-process

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesrml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-observation-process/valid

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-observation-process/valid

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:ObservationProcess is valid.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/observationProcess.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

A.17 Conformance class: Timeseries Metadata

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/conf/xsd-metadata

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-xml-rules

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-timeseries-core

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-measurement-metadata

 Dependency

http://www.opengis.net/spec/timeseries/1.2/req/uml-categorical-metadata

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-metadata

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-metadata

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:Timeseries/tsml:metadata element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesMetadata.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema Document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/point-metadata

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/point-metadata

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:CategoricalTVP/tsml:metadata and tsml:MeasurementTVP/tsml:metadata elements have a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:PointMetadata.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema Document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesTVP.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-comments

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-comments

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:TimeseriesMetadata/tsml:commentBlock element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesMetadata.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema Document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesMetadata.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

/conf/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-metadata-extension

 

Requirement

/req/timeseriesml/1.2/req/xsd-metadata/timeseries-metadata-extension

 

Test Purpose

Verify that the tsml:TimeseriesDomainRange/tsml:metadata element has a value that matches the content model defined by tsml:TimeseriesMetadataExtension.

 

Test Method

Validate the XML document using the XML Schema Document http://schemas.opengis.net/tsml/1.2/timeseriesDR.xsd. Pass if no errors are reported. Fail otherwise.

 

Annex B - Codelists (informative)

This annex contains copies of codelists that are initially defined in the OGC Timeseries Profile of Observations and Measurements and used in the TimeseriesML XML encoding.

They are reproduced in this standard for convenience only. The normative definitions are not maintained in this standard.

Normative definitions can be found at http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2 and are maintained outside of this specification.

B.1             DataQualityCode Codelist

Terms in this codelist are used to indicate the quality of individual data points.

Table 5: Values from the DataQualityCode codelist
Code Label Definition

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/DataQualityCode/Good

Good

The data has been examined and represents a reliable measurement.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/DataQualityCode/Suspect

Suspect

The data should be treated as suspect.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/DataQualityCode/Estimate

Estimate

The data is an estimate only, not a direct measurement.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/DataQualityCode/Poor

Poor

The data should be considered as low quality and may have been rejected.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/DataQualityCode/Unchecked

Unchecked

The data has not been checked by any qualitative method.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/DataQualityCode/Missing

Missing

The data is missing.

B.2             InterpolationCode Codelist

Terms in this codelist are used to indicate how data should be interpolated between neighboring points in a timeseries.

Table 6: Values from the InterpolationCode codelist
Code Label Definition

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/Continuous

Continuous

 A continuous timeseries indicates the observation result is the value of a property at the indicated instant in time. The points are essentially connected and interpolation may occur between points in order to estimate the value of the property between points. The appropriate time spacing between successive points to minimize interpolation errors is related to rate of change (with respect to time) of the property.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/Discontinuous

Discontinuous

 The sampling of the property occurs such that it is not possible to regard the series as continuous. The time between samples is too large to classify the measurements as continuous.

Example: An infrequent water sample measuring pH.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/InstantTotal

Instant Total

 Value represents a total attributed to a specific time instant. This is normally generated from an event-based measuring device.

Example: An individual tip of a tipping bucket rain gauge.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/AveragePrec

Average Preceding

 Value represents the average value over the preceding interval.   

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/MaxPrec

Maximum Preceding

Value represents the maximum value that was measured during the preceding time interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/MinPrec

Minimum Preceding

Value represents the minimum value that was measured during the preceding time interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/PrecTotal

Preceding Total

Value represents the total of measurements taken within the previous time interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/AverageSucc

Average Succeeding

Value represents the average value over the following interval.   

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/TotalSucc

Total Succeeding

Value represents the average value over the following interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/MinSucc

Minimum Succeeding

 Value represents the minimum value for the following interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/MaxSucc

Maximum Succeeding

Value represents the maximum value for the following interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/ConstPrec

Constant Preceding

Value is constant in the preceding interval.

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/InterpolationCode/ConstSucc

Constant Succeeding

Value is constant in the succeeding interval.

B.3             ProcessTypeCode Codelist

Terms from this codelist are used to indicate the type of process that was used in an observation.

Table 7: Values from the ProcessTypeCode codelist
Code Label Definition

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/ProcessTypeCode/Algorithm

 Algorithm

 Timeseries data is generated by applying an algorithm to input data

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/ProcessTypeCode/ManualMethod

Manual Method

Timeseries data is collected manually

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/ProcessTypeCode/Sensor

 Sensor

Timeseries data is collected from an automated sensor

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/ProcessTypeCode/Simulation

Simulation

Timeseries is generated from a simulation

http://opengis.net/def/timeseries/1.2/ProcessTypeCode/Unknown

Unknown

 Timeseries is collected or generated by an unknown process

B.4             ProcessingCode Codelist

The contents of this codelist is not defined in the Timeseries Profile. It is a stub for any community or vendor specific codelist that defines processing codes relevant to timeseries observations (for example to indicate what processing level or step has been reached).

B.5             SampledMediumCode Codelist

The contents of this codelist is not defined in the Timeseries Profile. It is a stub for any community or vendor specific codelist that defines codes for sampled media relevant to timeseries observations.

B.6             StatusCode Codelist

The contents of this codelist is not defined in the Timeseries Profile. It is a stub for any community or vendor specific codelist that defines status codes relevant to timeseries observations (for example to indicate what verification checks have taken place).


 

Annex C - Mapping of TimeseriesML 1.0 XML Schema types to WaterML2.0 XML Schema types (Normative)

This annex contains a mapping of the TimeseriesML1.0 XML Schema to the WaterML 2.0 XML Schema.

In the TimeseriesML XML Schema implementation emphasis has been placed on minimizing the number of classes. This has been achieved by a combination of soft typing and by merging classes where appropriate (e.g., ObservationMetadata and TimeseriesMetadata are merged in the Timeseries conceptual model).

WaterML2.0 Part 1
XML Schema Type
TimeseriesML
XML Schema Type
Notes

DocumentMetadata

collection.xsd

None

DocumentMetadata has been removed as a separate type. Properties of the WML2 DocumentMetadata class have been included in the TSML Collection.

Collection

collection.xsd

Collection

collection.xsd

Addition of DocumentMetadata properties to the Collection type.

SamplingFeatureMember

collection.xsd

SamplingFeatureMember

collection.xsd

 

Timeseries

timeseries.xsd

TimeseriesTVP

timeseries.xsd

 

MeasurementTimeseries

timeseries.xsd

TimeseriesTVP

timeseries.xsd

Soft typing, primary distinction is in the encoding of the time-value pairs.

CategoricalTimeseries

timeseries.xsd

TimeseriesTVP

timeseries.xsd

Soft typing, primary distinction is in the encoding of the time-value pairs.

TimeseriesMetadata

timeseries.xsd

TimeseriesMetadata

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

 

MeasurementTimeseriesMetadata

timeseries.xsd

TimeseriesMetadata

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

No distinction made between timeseries-level metadata type for Measure and Categorical timeseries.

ObservationMetadata

timeseriesObservationMetadata.xsd

None

 

ObservationMetadata has been removed however properties of the class were retained and added to TimeseriesMetadata.

 

ObservationMetadata in WaterML2 specialised 19115 MD_Metadata.

 

19115 MD_Metadata may still be supplied using the om:metadata association role of OM_Observation.

TVPMetadata

timeseries.xsd

PointMetadata

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

 

TVPMeasurementMetadata

timeseries.xsd

PointMetadata

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

No distinction made between point-level metadata type for Measure and Categorical timeseries. Both use the same PointMetadata type.

DefaultCategoricalTVPMetadata

timeseries.xsd

PointMetadata

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

No distinction made between point-level metadata type for Measure and Categorical timeseries. Both use the same PointMetadata type.

MeasurementTVP

timeseries.xsd

MeasurementTVP

timeseriesTVP.xsd

 

CategoricalTVP

timeseries.xsd

CategoricalTVP

timeseriesTVP.xsd

 

Measure

timeseries.xsd

Measure

timeseriesTVP.xsd

 

 

CommentBlock

timeseries.xsd

CommentBlock

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

 

ObservationProcess

observationProcess.xsd

 

ObservationProcess

observationProcess.xsd

Schema is not restricted to use of ObservationProcess. Any valid derivation of OM_Process or SWE AbstractProcess may be used.

MonitoringPoint

monitoringPoint.xsd

   MonitoringFeature

monitoringFeature.xsd

No longer restricted to point monitoring features. Same inheritance from SF_SpatialSamplingFeature.

TimeZone

monitoringPoint.xsd

TimeZone

monitoringFeature.xsd

 

TimeListSimple

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimeListSimple

timeseriesDR.xsd

 

TimePositionList

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimePositionList

timeseriesDR.xsd

 

AnnotationCoverage

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

AnnotationCoverage

timeseriesDR.xsd

 

TimeseriesCoverage

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

None

timeseriesDR.xsd

No new coverage types are defined.

TimeseriesDomainRange

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimeseriesDomainRange

timeseriesDR.xsd

 

MeasurementTimeseriesCoverage

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

None

No new coverage types are defined.

MeasurementTimeseriesDomainRange

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimeseriesDomainRange

timeseriesDR.xsd

Soft-typing

CategoricalTimeseriesCoverage

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

None

No new coverage types are defined.

CategoricalTimeseriesDomainRange

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimeseriesDomainRange

timeseriesDR.xsd

Soft-typing

MeasurementTimeseriesMetadataExtension

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimeseriesMetadataExtension

timeseriesDR.xsd

Soft-typing

CategoricalTimeseriesMetadataExtension

timeseries-domain-range.xsd [Informative]

TimeseriesMetadataExtension

timeseriesDR.xsd

Soft-typing

 


 

Annex D - Additions/Modifications to TimeseriesML 1.0 XML Schema

This annex contains additions/modifications to the TimeseriesML 1.0 XML Schema.

Updated TimeseriesML XML Schema Type TimeseriesML 1.0 XML Schema Notes

TimePeriodList (in Version 1.2)

timeseriesDR.xsd

Previously, the TimeseriesML Domain-Range schema only allowed for a list of instantaneous time positions to be encoded under the gml:domainSet element (TimePositionList).

An amendment to the timeseriesDR.xsd allows the encoding of a list of Time Periods, which contain both a beginning dateTime and an ending dateTime. This has been added primarily to denote an observation's valid time that spans a range in time. For example, a maximum temperature that is valid from 12Z to 00Z needs a valid time that is denoted by both a beginning and ending time. Ver1.2 contains this update.

timeseriesMetadata (in Version 1.2)

timeseriesDR.xsd

timeseriesMetadata.xsd

In order to accommodate metadata applicable to an irregularly spaced whole timeseries for Domain- Range encoding, an amendment to increase the cardinality of timeseriesMetadata from "1" to "unbounded" has been added to timeseriesDR.xsd.

The amendment allows for dividing the entire irregularly spaced timeseries with different time spacings into segments that do contain regularly spaced time steps. Metadata can then be used to describe each of these individual segments.

The amendment also necessitates an update to the documentation of both timeseriesMetadata in timeseriesDR.xsd and its' child element TimeseriesMetadata in timeseriesMetadata.xsd to denote that metadata can be applied to the whole timeseries or individual regularly spaced segments of the whole irregularly spaced timeseries.

 

 

 

Annex E - Revision history

 

Date Release Author Paragraph modified Description

2018-08-06

1.2

Editors

See Annex D

See Annex D

2018-11-18

1.2

S. Simmons

All

Prepare for publication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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