NIEM Progression 5

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cbrn:Characteristic

A description of an additional characteristic of something, such as a radiation instrument, detector, or item being inspected.

cbrn:Characteristic holds other objects.

cbrn:Characteristic can hold any of these following objects, starting with the most specific and becoming more generic as you move down the list:


cbrn:CharacteristicName

A name of the Characteristic.

Holds text.


cbrn:CharacteristicValueText

A value of a Characteristic.

Holds text.


cbrn:CharacteristicValueUnitsText

A unit of measure of a CharacteristicValue.

Holds text.


cbrn:CharacteristicValueDataClassCode

A data class of a CharacteristicValue.

Holds code table entries.


@cbrn:valueDateTime

A DateTime stamp for when a characteristic value was sampled.

Holds date-related information.


@cbrn:valueOutOfLimitsIndicator

True if the CharacteristicValue exceeds a control limit high or low value; false otherwise.

Holds true/false values.


cbrn:RemarkText

A placeholder for comments intended to help the consumer of the data to understand better the information encapsulated by the parent element.

Holds text.