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TWG-SD Data Specification on Species Distribution 2012-07-05 Page 6
2.4 Terms and definitions
General terms and definitions helpful for understanding the INSPIRE data specification documents are
defined in the INSPIRE Glossary 15 .
Specifically, for the theme Species Distribution, the following terms are defined:
(1) Aggregation
To form multiple objects into a class or cluster.
(2) Amalgamation
To combine multiple objects to form one structure.
2.5 Symbols and abbreviations
2.6 Notation of requirements and recommendations
To make it easier to identify the mandatory requirements and the recommendations for spatial data
sets in the text, they are highlighted and numbered.
IR Requirement X Requirements that are reflected in the Implementing Rule on interoperability
of spatial data sets and services are shown using this style.
TG Requirement X Requirements that are not reflected in the Implementing Rule on
interoperability of spatial data sets and services are shown using this style.
Recommendation X Recommendations are shown using this style.
2.7 Conformance
TG Requirement 1 Any dataset claiming conformance with this INSPIRE data specification shall
pass the requirements described in the abstract test suite presented in Annex
A.
3 Specification scopes
This data specification does not distinguish different specification scopes, but just considers one
general scope.
NOTE For more information on specification scopes, see [ISO 19131:2007], clause 8 and Annex D.
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The INSPIRE Glossary is available from http://inspireregistry.jrc.ec.europa.eu/registers/GLOSSARY