Metanorma for OGC document attributes
= Metanorma for OGC document attributes
See /flavors/ogc/ref/notes/ for legacy document-type abbreviations, the White Paper rename, branding schemes, and legacy AsciiDoc attribute synonyms.
Document type and stage
:abbrev:
The standard abbreviation of the document, used e.g. in URIs
:doctype:
Mandatory. Document type. Values:
standard: Standard (a document subtype is necessary, see ogc-docsubtype) (default)draft-standard: Standard (a document subtype is necessary, see ogc-docsubtype)abstract-specification-topic: Abstract Specificationbest-practice: Best Practice (a document subtype is necessary, see ogc-docsubtype)change-request-supporting-document: Change Request Supporting Documentcommunity-practice: Community Practicecommunity-standard: Community Standarddiscussion-paper: Discussion Paperengineering-report: Engineering Reportother: Note, Primer, etc.policy: Policy, Policy -- Name Type Specificationreference-model: Reference Modelrelease-notes: Release Notestest-suite: Test Suiteuser-guide: User Guidetechnical-paper: Technical Paper
(for documents issued/published on or after 2021-12-16).
Deprecated values:
white-paper: White Paper. Superseded by the “Technical Paper” document
type for a publication date on and after 2021-12-16. See legacy-ogc-whitepaper for further information.
:docsubtype:
Document subtype. Choices:
- For
doctypeset tostandard:implementation: Implementation (default)conceptual-model: Conceptual modelconceptual-model-and-encoding: Conceptual model and encodingconceptual-model-and-implementation: Conceptual model and implementationencoding: Encodingextension: Extensionprofile: Profileprofile-with-extension: Profile with extension
- For
doctypeset tobest-practice:general: General (default)encoding: Encodingextension: Extensionprofile: Profileprofile-with-extension: Profile with extension
:status:
Document status/stage. Synonym: :docstage:. Choices:
The following figure and table shows available document statuses for each document type.
image::/assets/author/ogc/ogc-doctype-pub-process.svg[]
|=== | | draft | work-item-draft | swg-draft | oab-review | public-rfc | tc-vote | approved (published) | deprecated | rescinded | retired
h| standard, draft-stadard, abstract-specification-topic | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x h| community-standard | | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x h| best-practice, community-practice | | x | | | x | x | x | x | x | x h| all other types | x | | | | | | x | | | x
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draftDraft. This is the only draft stage for document types that are not
standard,draft-standard,abstract-specification-topic,community-standard.work-item-draftWork item draft. This is the first stage for a
community-standard.swg-draftCandidate SWG Draft. This is the first stage for a
standardordraft-standard.oab-reviewCandidate OAB Review Draft. This is the intended draft for the “OAB + OGC-NA Review”. This stage is only valid for
standard,draft-standard,abstract-specification-topicandcommunity-standard.public-rfcPublic RFC. This is the draft for the (30 days) public comment period. This stage is only valid for
standard,draft-standard,abstract-specification-topic,community-standard,best-practiceandcommunity-practice.tc-voteCandidate TC Vote Draft. This is the intended draft for the TC adoption and PC adoption votes. This stage is only valid for
standard,draft-standard,abstract-specification-topic,community-standard,best-practiceandcommunity-practice.approvedmetanorma-ogc ≥ v1.2.5Published. This is the document intended to be published. This status is to be set after comments are handled with the TC chair (after
tc-vote).publishedis an allowed synonym ofapproved.deprecatedDeprecated. This document has been deprecated.
rescindedmetanorma-ogc ≥ v1.5.1Rescinded. This document has been rescinded as inaccurate.
retiredRetired. This document has been retired and no longer considered normative.
legacymetanorma-ogc ≥ v2.4.7Legacy. This document has been retired and replaced by a completely new standard.
:edition:
The version number of the document. Dot-delimited, consists of a major version number, a minor version number, and an optional patch version number.
2.3.1 means: major version 2, minor version 3, patch version 1.
:keywords:
Comma-delimited list of the keywords associated with the document.
:document-scheme:
20262026 OGC branding (logo and PDF color scheme). Default; also used when no scheme is specified, when an unrecognized value is given, or for deliverables published on or after 2026-01-01.
20222022 OGC branding, for deliverables published on or after 2021-11-08.
20182018 OGC branding, for deliverables dated prior to 2021-11-08.
Author info
:committee:
Mandatory. Name of relevant committee producing the document. Use one of:
technical: Technical Committeeplanning: Planning Committeestrategic-member-advisory: Strategic Member Advisory Committee
:subcommittee-type:
The type of the relevant subcommittee producing the document.
:subcommittee-number:
The number of the relevant subcommittee producing the document.
:workgroup:
Mandatory. Name of relevant working group producing the document.
:workgroup-type:
Type of the relevant workgroup producing the document.
:workgroup-number:
Number of the relevant workgroup producing the document.
:submitting-organizations:
Semicolon-delimited list of the submitting organizations for this document. The organization names themselves may contain commas.
University of Calgary, Canada; National Central University, Taiwan
:role:
Role of contributor (link:/author/ref/document-attributes/#role[:role:]). Legal values are author, editor, and contributor.
authoreditorcontributorContributor. Encoded by the gem as an
authorrole with descriptioncontributor.
:editor:
Same as link:/author/ref/document-attributes/#fullname[:fullname:] alongside link:/author/ref/document-attributes/#role[:role:] specified as editor.
URIs and IDs
:external-id:
External identifier referring to this document. If not supplied, a default value is generated: http://www.opengis.net/doc/{abbreviation of doctype}/{abbrev}/{version}. (Version is omitted if not provided. If :abbrev: and :doctype: are not provided, the default value is not generated.
:referenceURLID:
Identifier embedded into a document type-specific external URL.
:previous-uri:
URI of previous version of the document.