<descriptor thcode="15"><thesaurus thcode="15" name="ISO 19115 Topic Category" scope="General subjects for which geospatial data may be relevant. Few, broad terms." creator="ISO" rights="May be covered under ISO copyright." edition="1.0" date="2013-04-16" codetype="alpha" prefix="iso19115" tblname="isotopic" root_code="000" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="5" name="theme" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate domains of human concern, such as scientific discipline, societal problems, or characteristics of earth, space, oceans, and living things."/><term thcode="25" code="15" name="flat" parent="11" scope="The vocabulary consists of a list of terms that are of roughly equal generality. This applies also in the case where a single broader term serves as parent to the entire vocabulary."/><term thcode="25" code="14" name="not transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms cannot reliably be understood as parts of, types of, or instances of the terms that are broader than them."/><term thcode="25" code="29" name="distinct labels" parent="26" scope="Preferred labels (descriptor texts) are distinct within the thesaurus. A concept can be specified either by its unique identifier (code) or by the text of its descriptor."/><term thcode="25" code="5" name="theme" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate domains of human concern, such as scientific discipline, societal problems, or characteristics of earth, space, oceans, and living things."/><term thcode="25" code="15" name="flat" parent="11" scope="The vocabulary consists of a list of terms that are of roughly equal generality. This applies also in the case where a single broader term serves as parent to the entire vocabulary."/><term thcode="25" code="14" name="not transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms cannot reliably be understood as parts of, types of, or instances of the terms that are broader than them."/><term thcode="25" code="29" name="distinct labels" parent="26" scope="Preferred labels (descriptor texts) are distinct within the thesaurus. A concept can be specified either by its unique identifier (code) or by the text of its descriptor."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</altlabel><altlabel>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</altlabel><altlabel>iso19115</altlabel><altlabel>iso19115</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="15" code="000" name="ISO 19115 Topic Category" scope="High-level geospatial data thematic classification to assist in the grouping and search of available geospatial datasets, defined in ISO 19115:2003."/><nt><term thcode="15" code="002" name="biota" parent="000" scope="Flora or fauna in natural environment, for example wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sea life, wetlands, habitat, biological resources"/><term thcode="15" code="003" name="boundaries" parent="000" scope="Legal land descriptions, for example political and administrative boundaries, governmental units, marine boundaries, voting districts, school districts, international boundaries"/><term thcode="15" code="004" name="climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere" parent="000" scope="Processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, for example cloud cover, weather, climate, atmospheric conditions, climate change, precipitation"/><term thcode="15" code="005" name="economy" parent="000" scope="Economic activities, conditions, and employment, for example production, labor, revenue, business, commerce, industry, tourism and ecotourism, forestry, fisheries, commercial or subsistence hunting, exploration and exploitation of resources such as minerals, oil and gas"/><term thcode="15" code="006" name="elevation" parent="000" scope="Height above or below sea level, for example altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, derived products, DEMs, TINs"/><term thcode="15" code="007" name="environment" parent="000" scope="Environmental resources, protection and conservation, for example environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape, water quality, air quality, environmental modeling"/><term thcode="15" code="001" name="farming" parent="000" scope="Rearing of animals or cultivation of plants, for example agriculture, irrigation, aquaculture, plantations, herding, pests and diseases affecting crops and livestock"/><term thcode="15" code="008" name="geoscientificInformation" parent="000" scope="Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"/><term thcode="15" code="009" name="health" parent="000" scope="Health, health services, human ecology, and safety, for example disease and illness, factors affecting health, hygiene, substance abuse, mental and physical health, health services, health care providers, public health"/><term thcode="15" code="010" name="imageryBaseMapsEarthCover" parent="000" scope="Base maps, for example land/earth cover, topographic maps, imagery, unclassified images, annotations, digital ortho imagery"/><term thcode="15" code="012" name="inlandWaters" parent="000" scope="Inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, for example rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods and flood hazards, water quality, hydrographic charts, watersheds, wetlands, hydrography"/><term thcode="15" code="011" name="intelligenceMilitary" parent="000" scope="Military bases, structures, activities, for example barracks, training grounds, military transportation, information collection"/><term thcode="15" code="013" name="location" parent="000" scope="Positional information and services, for example addresses, geodetic networks, geodetic control points, postal zones and services, place names, geographic names"/><term thcode="15" code="014" name="oceans" parent="000" scope="Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"/><term thcode="15" code="015" name="planningCadastre" parent="000" scope="Information used for appropriate actions for future use of the land, for example land use maps, zoning maps, cadastral surveys, land ownership, parcels, easements, tax maps, federal land ownership status, public land conveyance records"/><term thcode="15" code="016" name="society" parent="000" scope="Characteristics of society and culture, for example settlements, housing, anthropology, archaeology, education, traditional beliefs, manners and customs, demographic data, tourism, recreational areas and activities, parks, recreational trails, historical sites, cultural resources, social impact assessments, crime and justice, law enforcement, census information, immigration, ethnicity"/><term thcode="15" code="017" name="structure" parent="000" scope="Man-made construction, for example buildings, museums, churches, factories, housing, monuments, shops, towers, building footprints, architectural and structural plans"/><term thcode="15" code="018" name="transportation" parent="000" scope="Means and aids for conveying persons or goods, for example roads, airports/airstrips, shipping routes, tunnels nautical charts, vehicle or vessel location, aeronautical charts, railways"/><term thcode="15" code="019" name="utilitiesCommunication" parent="000" scope="Energy, water and waste systems and communications infrastructure and services, for example hydroelectricity, geothermal, solar and nuclear sources of energy, water purification and distribution, sewage collection and disposal, electricity and gas distribution, data communication, telecommunication, radio, communication networks"/></nt></descriptor>