Glossary of Terms

Marine Data Register Terms

SUBMISSION	A collection of Acquisitions submitted to AusSeabed as a package of data
ACQUISITION	Data Acquisition from one or more Platforms and Sensors, usually covering over a shorter defined period of time and a specific geographical extent. The acquired data is used to generate multiple products and resolutions and can be combined with others to create a compilation
ACQUISITION CODE	This is generally considered the SURVEY ID. An identifier provider from the data acquirer
COMPILATION	A combination of distinct Acquisitions from multiple sources, platforms and sensors that is often covers a considerable time period and geogrpahical extent.
CRS	Coordinate Reference System
Contributing Data Partner	A contributing data partner is an organisation that has agreed to assign custodianship for a data product to GA, as an implemented AusSeabed Data Hub.
Contributing Hub	A Contributing Hub is: A data store that provides data processed to the AusSeabed standard A data Catalogue that stores metadata Connected to the broader AusSeabed Data Hub component infrastructure for seamless delivery to the end user Meaningfully supported from within their own organisation with a forward commitment to continue for at least 12months.
DOI	Persistent Digital Object Identifier (https://www.doi.org )
GEOMETRY	The shape of a feature defined by a type and coordinate pairs. e.g a Point, Line, Polygon
INSTRUMENT	A term to describe different categories
L0	An AusSeabed term to categorise a data level relating to Raw data, derived directly from Sensors
L2	An AusSeabed term to categorise a data level relating to Processed data
L3	An AusSeabed term to categorise a data level relating to generated products often Gridded.
PLATFORM	Platform is the structure or vehicles on which instruments are mounted. (Ground based, Airborne, Satellite, Water based)
SHAPEFILE
SENSOR	The specific device that senses and captures measurements
UTC	Coordinat