| id |
| Base Entity | D_Format |
| Attribute Name | id |
| Logical Rolename | |
| ColumnName | id |
| RoleName | |
| Definition | A cross reference code to indicate this particular dictionary entry |
| Note |
| name |
| Base Entity | D_Format |
| Attribute Name | name |
| Logical Rolename | |
| ColumnName | name |
| RoleName | |
| Definition | Descriptive name |
| Note |
| family |
| Base Entity | D_Format |
| Attribute Name | family |
| Logical Rolename | |
| ColumnName | family |
| 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 |
| Note |
| ms_id |
| Base Entity | D_Format |
| Attribute Name | ms_id |
| Logical Rolename | |
| ColumnName | ms_id |
| RoleName | |
| Definition | This attribute denotes a code indicating the encoding format. This number is assigned by the FDSN Data Exchange Working Group |
| Note |