<descriptor thcode="3"><thesaurus thcode="3" name="Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus" scope="Types of named geographic features.  Applicable also to many unnamed features but reflects the level of detail traditionally shown on maps, so some feature types specified in scientific studies may not be well represented here.  Not highly specific." creator="Alexandria Digital Library Project, University of California at Santa Barbara" rights="Copyright (c) 1999-2004 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.\r\n\r\nRedistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:\r\n\r\n   1. Redistributions of source code or dataset must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.\r\n   2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.\r\n   3. Neither the name of the University of California, Santa Barbara nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software or dataset without specific prior written permission.\r\n\r\nTHIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS &quot;AS IS&quot; AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE OR DATASET, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.\r\n\r\n[This statement is derived from the BSD license template, http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php]" edition="2.0" date="2002-07-03" codetype="number" prefix="feature" uri="http://www.usgs.gov/science/ADLFeatureType" tblname="feature" nonpref="featnp" relterm="featrt" root_code="1" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><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="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><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="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><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="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><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>ADLFTT</altlabel><altlabel>ADLFTT</altlabel><altlabel>ADLFeatureType</altlabel><altlabel>ADLFeatureType</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="3" code="202" name="cities" parent="850" scope="Incorporated populated places. [Adapted from USGS Circ 1048]"/><uf><usefor name="municipalities"/><usefor name="towns"/><usefor name="urban areas"/></uf><bt><term thcode="3" code="850" name="populated places" parent="10" scope="Places or areas with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population. [USGS Feature Class Definitions &lt;http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/feature_class.htm&gt;]"/><term thcode="3" code="10" name="administrative areas" parent="1"/><term thcode="3" code="1" name="Categories"/></bt><nt><term thcode="3" code="169" name="capitals" parent="202" scope="Towns or cities that are the official seats of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation. [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]"/></nt><rt><term thcode="3" code="671" name="Metropolitan Statistical Areas" parent="1077" scope="Defined urbanized areas for statistical purposes meeting requirements of the Census Bureau. [Adapted from &lt;http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/aboutmetro.html&gt;]"/></rt></descriptor>