SET (4): THEME RECORDS 
Each Theme (class) in the 
by several Records: 
- Overall theme’s characteristics 
- Definition of theme’s entity-types (subclasses) 
- List of objects and object's descriptors in each 
entity-type 
Theme-Group is defined 
SUB-SET (4.1): THEME DEFINITION RECORDS 
SUB-SET (4.1.1): THEME HEADER RECORD 
It gives Theme-ID, Theme definition and No., 
definition and list of Entity-Types in this Theme 
and index to their records in the Transfer. 
SUB-SET (4.1.2): THEME QUALITY RECORDS 
Two sets of records are provided: 
- First set: overall quality evaluation for the 
whole of the theme’s content, such as source and 
methods of data acquisition, date of cultural 
validity, completeness, reliability of 
positional and classification accuracy 
(miscloser matrix of a selected sample) 
- Second set: set of records to provide quality 
evaluation for sub-sets of theme’s objects. The 
quality parameters included are: 
. indicator for source and method of data 
acquisition 
. indicator for cultural validity and rate of 
change 
. Resolution indicator and its map scale 
equivalence 
. Positional Accuracy (numerical statistical 
estimate for coordinate miscloser) 
. Indicator for attribute Accuracy 
(misclassification matrix of a selected 
sample) 
SUB-SET (4.2): THEME ENTITY-TYPE DEFINITION 
RECORDS 
THEME ENTITY TYPE HEADER RECORD 
Theme-Entity Type in order to 
give definition of this sub-class: its. ID, 
description, code and no. of attributes for 
theme’s objects in this sub-class. 
SUB-SET (4.2.1): 
A record per one 
SUB-SET (4.2.2): ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION RECORDS 
One set of records per one Theme’s Entity-Type in 
order to give definition of the Object’s 
Attributes in this sub-class. The Attribute 
Descriptors include ID, definition and source of 
authority for attribute definition, format, and 
range of valid values. 
SUB-SET (4.3): OBJECT LIST RECORDS 
One set of records per one Theme Entity Type in 
order to give list of objects in this Entity Type: 
its Name, ID, Class-Code, Bounding Rectangle, 
Reference Point, Orientation, Evaluation code and 
reference to Theme’s Quality Records, List of 
Attribute ID and Values, References to object’s 
components (other objects in this Theme and/or Map 
Elements in Theme 0 which form this object). 
SET (5): MAP ELEMENTS 
ELEMENTS) 
One set of data per Theme-Group (Theme 0) in order 
to give spatial and topological descriptors to the 
Primitive Elements (point/line/area) which form 
the Objects in the Themes of this Theme-Group. 
This set consists of: 
(TOPOLOGICALLY RELATED 
SUB-SET (5.1): NODE/POINT-RECORDS 
A group of records to provide the Node/Point ID, 
location, No. and list of Line-ID of the Lines 
attached to this Node, List of classes (themes) 
vhich share this element, source and quality 
parameter for data acquisition. 
SUB-SET (5.2): LINE-RECORDS 
A group of records to provide the Line’s ID,, list 
of Line’s vertices, start and end Nodes, left and 
right Areas, list of classes (themes) which share 
this element, source and quality parameter for 
data acquisition. 
SUB-SET (5.3): AREA-RECORDS 
A group of records to provide the Area’s ID, list 
of bounding Lines, Area’s label point, list of 
classes (themes) which share this element, source 
and quality parameter for data acquisition. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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