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Document type and stage

Note

Document attributes listed below are unique to the processing of OGC documents in Metanorma.

For common document attributes, see Document attributes reference in general Metanorma author's documentation. That page describes attributes that apply to all Metanorma flavors, not just OGC.

For an introduction to Metanorma AsciiDoc document attributes and how Metanorma uses them, see the corresponding topic.

:abbrev:
The standard abbreviation of the document, used e.g. in URIs
:doctype:
Mandatory. Document type. Choices:
  • standard: Standard (a document subtype is necessary, see ogc-docsubtype) (default)
  • abstract-specification-topic: Abstract Specification
  • best-practice: Best Practice (a document subtype is necessary, see ogc-docsubtype)
  • change-request-supporting-document: Change Request Supporting Document
  • community-practice: Community Practice
  • community-standard: Community Standard
  • discussion-paper: Discussion Paper
  • engineering-report: Engineering Report
  • other: Note, Primer, etc.
  • policy: Policy, Policy -- Name Type Specification
  • reference-model: Reference Model
  • release-notes: Release Notes
  • test-suite: Test Suite
  • user-guide: User Guide
  • white-paper: White Paper

[ogc-docsubtype]]

:docsubtype:
Document subtype. Choices:
  • For doctype set to standard:
    • implementation: Implementation (default)
    • conceptual-model: Conceptual model
    • conceptual-model-and-encoding: Conceptual model and encoding
    • conceptual-model-and-implementation: Conceptual model and implementation
    • encoding: Encoding
    • extension: Extension
    • profile: Profile
    • profile-with-extension: Profile with extension
  • For doctype set to best-practice:
    • general: General (default)
    • encoding: Encoding
    • extension: Extension
    • profile: Profile
    • profile-with-extension: Profile with extension
:status:
Document status/stage. Synonym: :docstage:. Choices:
  • swg-draft: SWG Draft. This is the draft created after the TC approval and PC approval votes.
  • oab-review: OAB Review. This is the intended draft for the “OAB + OGC-NA Review”.
  • public-rfc: Public RFC. This is the draft for the (30 days) public comment period.
  • tc-vote: TC Vote. This is the intended draft for the TC adoption and PC adoption votes.
  • approved: Published. This is the document intended to be published, after comments are handled with the TC chair (after tc-vote). published is allowed as a synonym of approved metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.2.5.
  • deprecated: Deprecated. This document has been deprecated.
  • retired: Retired. This document has been retired and no longer considered normative.
: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; e.g. 2.3.1: major version 2, minor version 3, patch version 1.
:keywords:
Comma-delimited list of the keywords associated with the document.
Note

Abbreviations are sometimes used to designate that a document has a certain document type, document subtype and document stage. This is a mapping from legacy OGC document values to the current normalized list:

“AS” Abstract Specification
Now :doctype: abstract-specification-topic.
“BP” Best Practice
Now :doctype: best-practice.
“CAN” Candidate Standard
Now :doctype: standard and :docstage: swg-draft.
“CC” Conformance Class
Not a standalone document, but a part of a document with :doctype: standard. No longer exists.
“CR” Change Request
Now :doctype: change-request-supporting-document; the actual Change Request is a database entry.
“CS” Community Standard
Now :doctype: community-standard.
“CP” Community Practice
Now :doctype: community-practice.
“DP” Discussion Paper
Now :doctype: discussion-paper.
“DP-Draft” Draft Discussion Paper
Now :doctype: discussion-paper with :docstage: swg-draft.
“IPR” Interoperability Program Report -- Engineering Specification
Now :doctype: engineering-report.
“IS” Implementation Standard
Now :doctype: standard, :docsubtype: implementation.
“ISC” Implementation Standard Corrigendum
Now :doctype: standard, :docsubtype: implementation (TBD to indicate corrigendum).
“ISx” Extension Package Standard
Now :doctype: standard, :docsubtype: extension.
“Notes” Notes
Now :doctype: other, there is no specific type for “Notes”.
“ORM” OGC Reference Model
Now :doctype: reference-model.
“PC” Profile Corrigendum
Now :doctype: standard, :docsubtype: profile (TBD to indicate corrigendum).
“PER” Public Engineering Report
Now :doctype: engineering-report.
“POL” Policy
Now :doctype: policy.
“POL-NTS” Policy -- Name Type Specification
Now :doctype: engineering-report, there is no specific indication for “NTS”.
“Primer” Primer
Now :doctype: other, there is no specific type for “Primer”.
“Profile” Profile
Now :doctype: standard, :docsubtype: profile.
“RFC” Request for Comment
Now :doctype: standard and :docstage: public-rfc.
“Retired” Retired document
This is a document stage indicated :docstage: retired.
“SAP” Standard Application Profile
Now :doctype: standard, :docsubtype: profile.
“TS”
Test Suite (TBD)
“WhitePaper” Whitepaper
Now :doctype: white-paper.

Author info

:committee:
Mandatory. Name of relevant committee producing the document. Use one of:
  • technical: Technical Committee
  • planning: Planning Committee
  • strategic-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.
:workingGroup:
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.
Example

EXAMPLE: University of Calgary, Canada; National Central University, Taiwan

:editor:
Same as :fullname: alongside :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.
:docnumber:
The document number assigned to the OGC document (without the “OGC” prefix).

The number is formulated following the following rules:

  • The final two digits of the year are used at the start of the number (YY).
  • A three digit number is assigned sequentially for each document in the year (NNN).
  • The first edition of a document has the document number YY-NNN; for example, 00-027 is OGC document 027 first published in 2000.
  • Minor editorial changes and corrigenda do not result in a change to the document number
  • The YY-NNN identifier for a document (the document number root) is maintained if the document undergoes content changes (revisions). These revisions are numbered sequentially, and are indicated with r followed by the revision number. So 05-020r27 is revision 27 of OGC document 020 first published in 2005. (Revision 27 may appear years later than 2005.)
  • A new major version of a document receives a new document number, including likely a new year.

Mapping to OGC legacy AsciiDoc

Metanorma-OGC permits legacy OGC AsciiDoc template attributes, and are treated as synonyms of the corresponding Metanorma attributes:

OGC Metanorma AsciiDoc OGC legacy AsciiDoc
:copyright-year: :copyrightYear
:workgroup: :workingGroup:
:published-date: :publicationDate:
:issued-date: :approvalDate:
:received-date: :submissionDate:
:docnumber: :docReference:
:fullname:, with :role: = editor :editor:
:edition: :version:

Markup

General

The rendering of OGC documents has changed over the years. Metanorma formats OGC documents following current practice:

  • All body text is left justified, with no exceptions allowed.
  • Where section obligations are named (i.e. in annex names), they are only given as "normative" or "informative"; the alternate text of "non-normative" is disallowed.
  • Ordered lists follow ISO style numbering, i.e. "a), b), c) ...", with no exceptions allowed.

Inline formatting

Metanorma-OGC supports highlighting of text metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.2.16:

This is #text to be highlighted#.

Sections

The Normative References section may be named just “References”, reflecting OGC practice.

Preliminary elements

General

The following clauses are preliminary elements, and are moved into the frontispiece of the document (in Metanorma, the document preface).

The OGC DocTeam has specified that all these elements are MANDATORY in OGC documents (in this order):

The Foreword and Introduction are not recognised as part of the document preface by default metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.0.2.

Note

Additional preliminary sections are allowed but not encouraged. There are two mechanisms for adding additional content as preliminary elements:

  1. Add their content in the Full Preface as additional sub-sections
  2. Add them as additional preliminary elements

Abstract

The abstract is recognized as the first clause with an abstract style attribute:

[abstract]
== Abstract
This standard describes a conceptual and logical model for the exchange
of groundwater data, as well as a GML/XML encoding with examples.

Preface

General

The “Preface” can be specified in two ways, depending on whether it is a “simple clause”, or a “full clause”.

Simple preface clause

If the “Preface” does not contain subclauses, it is considered a simple preface clause.

A simple preface clause is entered as text after the .Preface label, placed between the AsciiDoc document attributes and the first AsciiDoc section title. It should not be given a section title of its own.

:received-date: 2019-01-01
.Preface
Your preface text...
More preface text...
Full preface clause

If the “Preface” contains subclauses, it needs to be encoded as a full preface clause.

A full preface clause is recognized as a full Metanorma AsciiDoc section, with the title “Preface”. Simple preface content can also be encoded this way. \metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.0.1

:received-date: 2019-01-01
== Preface
Your preface text...
=== Preface sub-clause
More preface text...

Keywords

“Keywords” are entered as document attributes as :keywords:, with the value as a comma-delimited list.

Prefatory text is generated automatically.

EXAMPLE:

:keywords: ogcdoc, OGC document, groundwater, hydrogeology, GWML2

Security Considerations

The Security Considerations section is entered as a clause with the title “Security Considerations”

EXAMPLE:

== Security Considerations
The following security considerations apply...

If the Security Considerations are not provided in the source document, the clause is inserted with the text “No security considerations have been made for this standard.”

Submitting Organizations

“Submitting Organizations” are entered using the :submitting-organizations: document attribute. The values are entered using a semi-colon delimited list.

Prefatory text is generated automatically.

EXAMPLE:

:submitting-organizations: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Canada; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), United States of America

Submitters

“Submitters” are entered using a table, contained in a section with the title Submitters.

EXAMPLE:

== Submitters
|===
|Name |Affiliation |OGC member
|Steve Liang | University of Calgary, Canada / SensorUp Inc. | Yes
|===

EXAMPLE:

== Submitters
All questions regarding this submission should be directed to the editor or the submitters:
|===
|Name |Affiliation
|Boyan Brodaric |GSC
|Alexander Kmoch |U Salzburg
|===

Additional preliminary elements

The OGC DocTeam has specified that additional preliminary elements are allowed but not encouraged. This is useful for document backwards-compatibility and cross-published standards at other SDOs.

Additional preliminary elements should be encoded under the [.preface] element, and they will be rendered after the five mandatory preliminary elements.

Functionality implemented in https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-ogc/issues/83.

EXAMPLE:

.Preface
...
[.preface]
== Intended audience
...

Examples

Unlike the normal case in Metanorma, examples can have captions:

[example]
.Example caption
====
Text
====

Recommendations, requirements, and permissions

In this clause we will use the term “requirement” to refer to the generic class of recommendations, requirements and permissions.

Note
This subsection supplements Requirements and provisions in general Metanorma documentation.

Requirement verifications (tests)

A requirement with type=verification is cross-referenced and captioned as a “{Requirement} Test”. It is rendered differently from the actual requirement itself.

Note
Verifications for Recommendations will be captioned as Recommendation Tests, similarly for Requirement Tests and Permission Tests.

Requirement verifications are excluded from the “Table of Requirements” in Word output metanorma-ogc ≥ v0.2.10.

A requirement with type=abstracttest is cross-referenced and captioned as an "Abstract Test", and is otherwise rendered identically to a Requirement Verification metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.0.4.

Requirement classes

A requirement with type=class is cross-referenced and captioned as a “{Requirement} Class”, and is rendered differently to the actual requirement itself metanorma-ogc ≥ v0.2.11.

Note
Classes for Recommendations will be captioned as Recommendation Classes, similarly for Requirement Classes and Permission Classes.

Requirement Classes must use the following Metanorma Requirement attributes:

  • Target Type. Specified in the subject attribute.
  • Name. Specified as the requirement's title.
  • Dependencies (optional). Specified with the inherit attribute (which can take multiple semicolon-delimited values).
  • Nesting (optional). Requirements contained in a class are presented as nested requirements.

A requirement with type=conformanceclass is cross-referenced and captioned as a "Conformance Class", and is otherwise rendered identically to a Requirement Class metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.0.4.

Example
[requirement,type="class",label="http://www.opengis.net/spec/waterml/2.0/req/xsd-xml-rules[*req/core*]",obligation="requirement",subject="Encoding of logical models",inherit="urn:iso:dis:iso:19156:clause:7.2.2;urn:iso:dis:iso:19156:clause:8;http://www.opengis.net/doc/IS/GML/3.2/clause/2.4;O&M Abstract model, OGC 10-004r3, clause D.3.4;http://www.opengis.net/spec/SWE/2.0/req/core/core-concepts-used"]
.GWML2 core logical model
====
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/encoding"]
======
======
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/quantities-uom"]
======
======
[recommendation,type="general",label="/req/core/codelist"]
======
======
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/codelistURI"]
======
======
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/identifier"]
======
======
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/feature"]
======
======
====

Embedded requirements (such as are found within Requirement Classes) will automatically insert cross-references to the non-embedded requirements with the same label metanorma-ogc ≥ v1.0.8:

[requirement,type="class",label="/req/conceptual"]
.GWML2 core logical model
====
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/encoding"]
======
======
====
[requirement,type="general",label="/req/core/encoding"]
====
Encoding requirement
====

renders as:

Requirement Class 3: GWML2 core logical model/req/conceptual

| Requirement 1: | /req/core/encoding

Requirement 1: /req/core/encoding

Encoding requirement

Rendering requirements

Note
In order to match the Metanorma encoding of requirements to existing OGC AsciiDoc markup of requirements, users can refer to the rendering of Metanorma requirements which is aligned the existing, tabular OGC encoding of requirements.

An OGC requirement is rendered as follows:

  • It is a table
  • The CSS class of the requirement table is the type attribute of the requirement.

    The only types recognised are:

    • verification,
    • abstracttest,
    • class,
    • conformanceclass, and
    • recommend (default).
  • The heading of the table (spanning two columns) is its name (the AsciiDoc role or style of the requirement, e.g. [.permission] or [permission]), optionally followed by its title (the caption of the requirement, e.g. .Title).
  • The title of the table (spanning two columns) is its label attribute.
  • The initial rows of the body of the table are:
  • The obligation attribute of the requirement, if given: Obligation followed by the attribute value
  • The subject attribute of the requirement, if given: Target Type (for Class or Conformance Class requirement) or Subject, followed by the attribute value
  • The inherit attribute of the requirement, if given: Dependency followed by the attribute value
  • The classification attributes of the requirement, if given: the classification tag (in capitals), followed by the classification value.
  • The remaining rows of the requirement are the components of the requirement, encoded as table rows instead of as a definition table (as they are by default in Metanorma).
  • Components can include nested requirements; these are expected in the class of Class and Conformance Class requirements.
  • Components can include descriptive text.
  • Components can include open blocks marked with role attributes.

    The components recognized are:

  • [.specification]
  • [.measurement-target]
  • [.verification]
  • [.import]
  • Other components are not currently supported.

Legacy Metanorma AsciiDoc syntax

For legacy reasons, a second Metanorma AsciiDoc syntax is permitted for recommendations, requirements and permissions.

In this syntax, Metanorma AsciiDoc tables are used to express the data needed for requirements:

  • Type of requirement. Specified in the first table cell, one of Recommendation, Requirement or Permission. Optionally followed by a number (which is ignored in parsing; the elements are renumbered automatically in rendering.)
  • Internal label. First paragraph of the second table cell.
  • Body of requirement. Second and subsequent paragraphs of the second table cell.
Example
[[recommendation1]]
|===
|Recommendation |/ogc/recommendation/wfs/2 +
If the API definition document uses the OpenAPI Specification 3.0,
the document SHOULD conform to the
<<rc_oas30,OpenAPI Specification 3.0 requirements class>>.
|===

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