id

Base Table | D_Format
Attribute Name | id
ColumnName | id
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | A cross reference code to indicate this particular dictionary entry
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name

Base Table | D_Format
Attribute Name | name
ColumnName | name
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Descriptive name
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family

Base Table | D_Format
Attribute Name | family
ColumnName | family
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | This field is used by the data decoder to describe the data family type. It tells a potential program what general algorithm to use to decode the associated data. Each algorithm requires some number of decoder keys that contain special additional information, enabling the algorithm to decode the data
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ms_id

Base Table | D_Format
Attribute Name | ms_id
ColumnName | ms_id
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | This attribute denotes a code indicating the encoding format. This number is assigned by the FDSN Data Exchange Working Group
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