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gml:TimeCalendarEra

gml:TimeCalendarEra inherits basic properties from gml:DefinitionType and has the following additional properties:
-	gml:referenceEvent is the name or description of a mythical or historic event which fixes the position of the base scale of the calendar era.  This is given as text or using a link to description held elsewhere.
-	gml:referenceDate specifies the date of the referenceEvent expressed as a date in the given calendar.  In most calendars, this date is the origin (i.e., the first day) of the scale, but this is not always true.
-	gml:julianReference specifies the Julian date that corresponds to the reference date.  The Julian day number is an integer value; the Julian date is a decimal value that allows greater resolution.  Transforming calendar dates to and from Julian dates provides a relatively simple basis for transforming dates from one calendar to another.
-	gml:epochOfUse is the period for which the calendar era was used as a basis for dating.

Element information

Content

Attributes

NameOccTypeDescriptionNotes
gml:id [1..1]xsd:IDfrom type gml:DefinitionBaseType

Used in

Sample instance

<gml:TimeCalendarEra gml:id="ID">
   <gml:metaDataProperty>
      <gml:GenericMetaData>Any text, intermingled with:
         <!--any element-->
      </gml:GenericMetaData>
   </gml:metaDataProperty>
   <gml:description>string</gml:description>
   <gml:descriptionReference/>
   <gml:identifier codeSpace="http://www.example.com/">string</gml:identifier>
   <gml:name>string</gml:name>
   <gml:remarks>string</gml:remarks>
   <gml:referenceEvent>string</gml:referenceEvent>
   <gml:referenceDate>2000-01-01</gml:referenceDate>
   <gml:julianReference>1.0</gml:julianReference>
   <gml:epochOfUse>
      <gml:TimePeriod gml:id="ID">
         <gml:metaDataProperty>...
         </gml:metaDataProperty>
         <gml:description>string</gml:description>
         <gml:descriptionReference/>
         <gml:identifier codeSpace="http://www.example.com/">string</gml:identifier>
         <gml:name>string</gml:name>
         <gml:relatedTime>...
         </gml:relatedTime>
         <gml:beginPosition>12:00:00</gml:beginPosition>
         <gml:endPosition>12:00:00</gml:endPosition>
         <gml:duration>P1Y2M3DT10H</gml:duration>
      </gml:TimePeriod>
   </gml:epochOfUse>
</gml:TimeCalendarEra>

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