- From: Svensson, Lars <L.Svensson@dnb.de>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:14:19 +0000
- To: "Simon.Cox@csiro.au" <Simon.Cox@csiro.au>, "public-sdw-wg@w3.org" <public-sdw-wg@w3.org>
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:43 PM, Simon.Cox@csiro.au wrote: > I had a go at this in the recent revision of ISO 19109. Here's clause 7.2.2. The > first paragraph in particular might help: > > 7.2.2 Coverages > > Many aspects of the real-world may be represented as features whose > properties are single-valued and static. These conventional features provide a > model of the world in terms of discrete objects located in it. However, in some > applications it is more useful to use a model focussing on the variation of > property > values in space and time, formalized as coverages. Users of geographic > information may utilize both viewpoints. While coverages are themselves > strictly features as well, it is common to contrast coverages and non-coverage > features when discussing the functionality provided by each viewpoint. In the > following discussion the name ‘feature’ refers to non-coverage features. [...] Thanks, Simon, yes that helps at least me. I'd be curious what an average web developer would say, though... Best, Lars
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