This standard covers the semantics (meaning) of data exchanged between data producers, users and databanks, independently from the software device and the formats used to exchange the files.
It provides a consistent set of terms defining selected objects and their related attributes.
The standard is not applicable to:
- data describing domestic uses (drinking water, waste water) or qualitative aspects;
- real time data or data calculated from models;
- all the various characteristics on the organizations exchanging data concerted;
- debimetric measures.