<geoDecl>

<geoDecl> (geographic coordinates declaration) documents the notation and the datum used for geographic coordinates expressed as content of the geo element elsewhere within the document. [2.3.8 The Geographic Coordinates Declaration]
Module header — The TEI Header
Attributes
datum⚓︎ supplies a commonly used code name for the datum employed.
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Suggested values include:
WGS84
(World Geodetic System) a pair of numbers to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the World Geodetic System. [Default]
MGRS
(Military Grid Reference System) the values supplied are geospatial entity object codes, based on
OSGB36
(ordnance survey great britain) the value supplied is to be interpreted as a British National Grid Reference.
ED50
(European Datum coordinate system) the value supplied is to be interpreted as latitude followed by longitude according to the European Datum coordinate system.
Member of
Contained by
header: encodingDesc
May contain
Example
<geoDecl datum="OSGB36"/>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="geoDecl">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declarable.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="datum"
   a:defaultValue="WGS84">

   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>WGS84</rng:value>
    <rng:value>MGRS</rng:value>
    <rng:value>OSGB36</rng:value>
    <rng:value>ED50</rng:value>
    <rng:ref name="teidata.enumerated"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element geoDecl
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.declarable.attributes,
   attribute datum
   {
      "WGS84" | "MGRS" | "OSGB36" | "ED50" | teidata.enumerated
   }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}