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Name: | attribute |
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Description: | In connection with a database entry, the term attribute is used to denote one of the characteristics of the entry specified for the entry. Thus, attributes are the columns of a database table. For example, in a database table containing a list of persons, a entry (i.e., a row in the table) may have the attributes (columns) 'Family Name', 'Given Name', 'Affiliation', and 'Country'.URR-Comment:In the description of the URR as a database, the term attribute is used in the database-related meaning. In connection with Earth observation parameters, an attribute denotes a specific property of the parameter. For example, if a requirements for measurements of the transformation of a chemical component into another component is entered, then "transformation" would be the attribute to be specified in in this requirements. |
Type: | Noun |
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