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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- edited with by Falko Glöckler (MfN) -->
<!-- edited with XMLSpy v2005 rel. 3 U (http://www.altova.com) by Markus Döring (BGBM) -->
<!-- edited with XMLSPY v2004 rel. 2 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Charles Copp (EIM) -->
<!-- Proposed collection of global elements and extensions for Earth Sciences extension to the ABCD Schema -->
<xs:schema version="1.0"
targetNamespace="http://rs.tdwg.org/abcd/efg/1.0"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:efg="http://rs.tdwg.org/abcd/efg/1.0"
xmlns:abcd="http://www.tdwg.org/schemas/abcd/2.06"
elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:import namespace="http://www.tdwg.org/schemas/abcd/2.06" schemaLocation="http://www.bgbm.org/TDWG/CODATA/Schema/ABCD_2.06/ABCD_2.06.XSD"/>
<!--Elements extending ABCD Unit-->
<xs:complexType name="EarthScienceSpecimenType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for details that generally relate to the management of earth science specimens and their individual stratigraphic age (which may be different or more specific than that recorderd for the gathering site or the host rock.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="UnitSize" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text fiekd for describing the overall size of the specimen - frequently used information and therefore placed here as a summary. Details should be entered under MeasurementOrFact complex type.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="UnitWeight" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text field to enter gross weight of geological specimens. - frequently used information and used here as a summary. Details should be entered under MeasurementOrFact complex type</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Hazard" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for describing hazards that may be associated with the specimen e.g. radioactive, toxic, carcinogens etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="HazardText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text describing any hazards that may be associated with the specimen/unit e.g. is it radioactive, poisonous, carcinogenic?</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="HazardKeywords" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="acidic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="caustic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="carcinogenic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="heavy"/>
<xs:enumeration value="neurotoxin"/>
<xs:enumeration value="radioactive"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sharp edges/points"/>
<xs:enumeration value="toxic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="unknown"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="RockMineralUsage" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Description of the use to which this mineral or rock has been put e.g. building stone, ore, sculpture, cut gemstone.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="UnitStratigraphicDetermination" type="efg:StratigraphicAttributionsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Formal stratigraphic date or correlation for an individual earth science unit (e.g. a single fossil specimen). Use efgGathering for site-related stratigraphy. This allows for individual specimens to be given an exact stratigraphic date and the wider stratigraphy of the site to also be listed.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicDateComment" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text element to allow discussion of geological age of a specimen or observed feature</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="RockUnitType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for descriptive elements related to rock units</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="RockType" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>For simple classification e.g. igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary or meteorite - enumeration list is provisional!</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="carbonaceous"/>
<xs:enumeration value="carbonate"/>
<xs:enumeration value="clastic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="evaporite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="fault rock"/>
<xs:enumeration value="gneiss"/>
<xs:enumeration value="high-grade metamorphic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="hornfels"/>
<xs:enumeration value="igneous"/>
<xs:enumeration value="igneous extrusive"/>
<xs:enumeration value="igneous intrusive"/>
<xs:enumeration value="low-grade metamorphic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="metamorphic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="metasomatic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="meteorite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="migmatite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="mylomite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="plutonic intrusive"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sedimentary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="schist"/>
<xs:enumeration value="slate"/>
<xs:enumeration value="vein / pegmatite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="volcaniclastic"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="RockPhysicalCharacteristics" type="abcd:MeasurementOrFact" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for descriptive terms and measurements related to rocks e.g. grain size, grain sphericity, crystal sizes and orientations, laminations etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Petrology" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for petrographic descriptions related to a rock or mineral unit</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PetrologyDescriptiveText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text element for petrographic description of the associated rock or mineral unit.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Petrologicalanalyses" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container element for one or morre sets of analytical results relating to the petrogenesis of a rock unit.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PetrologicalAnalysis" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for a single analysis related to the petrogenesis of a rock unit</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PerologicalAnalysisComment" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text element describing a petrological analysis or its results</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PetrologicalAnalysisAtomised" type="efg:AnalysisAtomisedType" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AssociatedMineralAssemblage" type="efg:AssociatedMineralAssemblageType" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AssociatedFossilAssemblage" type="efg:AssociatedFossilAssemblageType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container element for describing fossil assemblage associated with the rock or mineral unit </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="DepositionalEnvironment" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for describing the original environment in which thr rock was deposited or the mineral formed e.g. hypersaline lagoon, lacustrine, intertidal etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DepositionalEnvironmentText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>free text describing the original environment in which thr rock was deposited or the mineral formed e.g. hypersaline lagoon, lacustrine, intertidal etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="DepositionalEnvironmentType" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>keywords from enumerated list for indexing of depositional environments</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="alluvial fan"/>
<xs:enumeration value="basinal carbonate"/>
<xs:enumeration value="basinal siliceous"/>
<xs:enumeration value="carbonate"/>
<xs:enumeration value="cave"/>
<xs:enumeration value="channel"/>
<xs:enumeration value="channel lag"/>
<xs:enumeration value="coarse channel fill"/>
<xs:enumeration value="coastal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="crater lake"/>
<xs:enumeration value="crevasse splay"/>
<xs:enumeration value="deep subtidal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="deep subtidal ramp"/>
<xs:enumeration value="deep subtidal shelf"/>
<xs:enumeration value="deltaic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="delta front"/>
<xs:enumeration value="delta plain"/>
<xs:enumeration value="dry floodplain"/>
<xs:enumeration value="dune"/>
<xs:enumeration value="estuarine"/>
<xs:enumeration value="eolian"/>
<xs:enumeration value="fissure fill"/>
<xs:enumeration value="floodplain"/>
<xs:enumeration value="fluvial"/>
<xs:enumeration value="fluvial-deltaic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="fluvial-lacustrine"/>
<xs:enumeration value="foreshore"/>
<xs:enumeration value="glacial"/>
<xs:enumeration value="interdistributary bay"/>
<xs:enumeration value="interdune"/>
<xs:enumeration value="karst"/>
<xs:enumeration value="lacustrine"/>
<xs:enumeration value="lagoonal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="levee"/>
<xs:enumeration value="loess"/>
<xs:enumeration value="marginal marine"/>
<xs:enumeration value="marine"/>
<xs:enumeration value="offshore"/>
<xs:enumeration value="offshore ramp"/>
<xs:enumeration value="offshore shelf"/>
<xs:enumeration value="open shallow subtidal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="paralic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="peritidal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="pond"/>
<xs:enumeration value="prodelta"/>
<xs:enumeration value="reef or bioherm"/>
<xs:enumeration value="shallow subtidal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="shoreface"/>
<xs:enumeration value="shore transition zone"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sinkhole"/>
<xs:enumeration value="slope"/>
<xs:enumeration value="swamp"/>
<xs:enumeration value="restricted shallow subtidal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sand shoal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="tar"/>
<xs:enumeration value="terrestrial"/>
<xs:enumeration value="wet floodplain"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PalaeontologicalUnitType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for descriptive elements related to palaeontological material</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PartOfOrganism" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description relating to the part or parts of the organism that have been preserved e.g. shell, skeleton, skull, soft tissue etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Completeness" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text descrbing the degree of completeness of the specimen e.g. complete, cephalon only, but may describe completeness of a part e.g. complete skull</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Articulation" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of the articulation in the preserved specimen - applies to invertebrate shells and exoskeletons as well as vertebrate skeletons. e.g. articulated, dis-articulated, single valves etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="FeedingPredationTraces" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description relating to aspects of feeding and predation e.g. ammonite with bite mark from plesiosaur, shell drilled by predatory gastropod etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Bioerosion" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of damage due to biological action, such as, boring worms and sponges.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Encrustation" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of biological encrustations, such as oysters and tube worms.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Orientation" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of the orientation of the fossil remains in the host rock e.g. unknown, life position, toppled etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AssemblageOrigin" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description relating to the mode of origin of the assemblage e.g. unknown, allocthonous, autocthonous, paraautocthonous etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PostBurialTransportation" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text relating to any post burial transport of fossil material e.g. river transport, scree slope etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PreservationQuality" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text describing the preservation quality e.g. poor, medium, good, excellent. Includes preservation of anatomical detail and softparts.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PreservationMode" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for preservation mode description and keywords</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PreservationModeText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text for describing the mode of preservation e.g. is the specimen a cast or mold,are soft parts preserved or mineralised etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PreservationModeKeywords" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>keywords for how fossil material has been preserved e.g. body, cast, mold, trace fossil, soft parts mineralised etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="adpression/compression"/>
<xs:enumeration value="body"/>
<xs:enumeration value="cast"/>
<xs:enumeration value="charcoalification"/>
<xs:enumeration value="coalified"/>
<xs:enumeration value="concretion"/>
<xs:enumeration value="dissolution traces"/>
<xs:enumeration value="mold/impression"/>
<xs:enumeration value="permineralised"/>
<xs:enumeration value="recrystallised"/>
<xs:enumeration value="soft parts"/>
<xs:enumeration value="trace"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PreservationSpecialMode" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Keyword for any special mode of preservation e.g. preserved in amber or frozen in tundra, tar pit etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="amber"/>
<xs:enumeration value="anthropogenic"/>
<xs:enumeration value="bone collector"/>
<xs:enumeration value="concretion"/>
<xs:enumeration value="coprolite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="frozen soil"/>
<xs:enumeration value="hypersaline"/>
<xs:enumeration value="midden"/>
<xs:enumeration value="peat"/>
<xs:enumeration value="tar pit"/>
<xs:enumeration value="other"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PreservationAlteration" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for description of preservation and alsteration of specimen</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PreservationAlterationText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text relating to mineralogical changes in preserved specimens e.g. original shell material preserved, replacement minerals, re-crystallisation, silicification etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="OriginalBiominerals" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>List of original organcis or biomaterial preserved in the specimen</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="aragonite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="carbon"/>
<xs:enumeration value="calcite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="cellulose"/>
<xs:enumeration value="chitin"/>
<xs:enumeration value="phosphate"/>
<xs:enumeration value="silica"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sporopollenin"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ReplacementMinerals" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>List of replacement minerals in the specimen e.g. silica</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="calcite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="carbon"/>
<xs:enumeration value="dolomite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="haematite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="limonite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="opal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="phosphate"/>
<xs:enumeration value="pyrite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="siderite"/>
<xs:enumeration value="silica"/>
<xs:enumeration value="unknown"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="MineralogicalUnitType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for descriptive elements related to mineral units</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MineralHabit" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of the mineral habit. Minerals occur in a variety of forms, which mayor may not be directly dependent on their crystalline structure e.g. nodular, columnar, radiating, mamillated, botryoidal, granular etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MineralColour" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Description of coloration of the mineral</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CrystalForm" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container element for describing the crystal form of a mineral unit.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Twinning" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text to describe any twinning features dispalyed by a mineral unit. Types include interpenetrant, rotation and geniculate.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Pseudomorph" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text to describe any pseudomorph features associated with a mineral or rock unit. Types include substitution, encrustation and infill</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CrystalMeasurements" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>container for measurements of crystal physical and chemical characteristics</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="CrystalMeasurement" type="abcd:MeasurementOrFact" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Individual measurement or fact related to a crystal unit - container for standard MeasurementOrFact complex type from main schema</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CrystalFormText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of crystal form</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MineralMeasurementsOrFacts" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for measurements or facts related to physical properties of mineral e.g. streak, cleavage, specific gravity etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MineralMeasurementOrFact" type="abcd:MeasurementOrFact" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for a single physical measurement or fact related to mineral</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MineralDescriptionText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of mineral unit which may include observations on its form and occurrence, origin or other associated facts</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="AllocthonousMaterialType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for descriptive elements related to transported material ranging from glacial erratics to meteorites</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PlaceOfOrigin" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The place of origin for material that has been transported during its history e.g. glacial erratics and meteorites</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ModeOfTransport" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>How the material was transported e.g. glacier, turbidity current, meteorite etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="OriginalStratigraphy" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The original stratigraphic associations of allocthonous material e.g. a Devonian erratic obtained from a Pleistocene tillite.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicComment" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text comments relating to the straigraphy</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicAttributions" type="efg:StratigraphicAttributionsType"/>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicReferences" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for any documentary references relating to the stratigraphy</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicReference" type="abcd:Reference" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Details of individual documentary references to the straigraphy </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="UnitHostRockType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container relating to the host rock for units primarily described for their palaeontological or mineralogical interest</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="LithologyHostRock" type="efg:MineralRockIdentifiedType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The type of rock representing the host rock e.g. sandstone, mudstone, limestone etc </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="LithificationHostRock" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The degree of lithification of the host rock e.g. unlithified, poorly lthified, lithified etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="unlithified"/>
<xs:enumeration value="poorly lithified"/>
<xs:enumeration value="lithified"/>
<xs:enumeration value="metamorphosed"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="LithologyAttributesHostRock" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Lithological description of host rock e.g. cross-bedded, finely laminated etc. could use an enumeration or lookup list</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="HostRockText" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text element for general description of host rock</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="HostRockStratigraphy" type="efg:StratigraphicAttributionsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for any stratigraphic determination specific to the host rock. For instance the gathering site may include a range of stratigraphic horizons whilst the unit host rock may represent just one. The unit itself might be different if it is allocthonous in origin. Minerals may be of a different age from their host rock.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="AlterationType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for describing metasomatic, metamorphic or diagentic changes to units</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="AlterationType" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text describing the type of change that has taken place e.g. chloritisation, migmatisation, cataclastic brecciation etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AlterationDegree" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text describing the degree of alteration or metamorphic phase that has affected a rock. [This element may need to be split into hydrothermal mineralogical change and metamorphic phases]</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ShockMetamorphicGrade" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text for describing the type of alteration caused by impact, as in meteorites. Also called shock stage.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="DiageneticChange" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text for describing any physical and chemical changes that took place in a sediment during the lithification process e.g. compaction, cementation, recrystallisation, dolomitisation and replacement.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<!--Elements extending ABCD Unit/Identifications/Identification/Result-->
<xs:complexType name="MineralRockIdentifiedType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for mineral and rock identifications. Equivalent of TaxonIdentified in main schema. This global should be added as an extension to the abcd identification - result</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MineralRockGroup" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Equivalent to higher taxon for plants and animals. Container for multiple higher groupings for minerals (e.g. silicates, inosilicates) and rocks (e.g. sedimentary, clastic, igneous, extrusive etc.) </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MineralRockGroupName" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>A single instance of a higher 'taxon' for minerals e.g. Silicates or for rocks e.g. Pyroclstic or meteorites e.g. Carbonaceous Chondrite</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MineralRockClassification" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Classification to which the group name belongs e.g. Dana, Strunz etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ClassifiedName" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The formal name for the rock or mineral according to a given classification scheme</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="FullScientificNameString" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Full formal name string as used in 'Taxon Identified' in main schema</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MineralRockNameAtomised" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for formal name elements for rocks, minerals and meteorites</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ScientificNameString" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Equivalent of Scientific Name but minerals and rocks do not use binomials e.g. Quartz, Fluorite etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AuthorTeamAndYear" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>who named the mineral or rock and when</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MineralRockClassification" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The classification from which this mineral or rockname has been taken</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="InformalNameString" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Common name or language variant of formal mineral or rock name e.g. Fluor Spar. Includes attribute for language.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="VarietalNameString" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Name given to a variety of the mineral, usually based on its colour or form e.g. Saphire is a blue form of Corundum, Moss Agate and Carnelian are varieties of cryptocrystalline Quartz. Marston Marble is a varietal trade name for a biomicrite from Lower Jurassic. Includes attribute for language.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="NameAddendum" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>element from TaxonIdentified complex type</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="IdentificationQualifier" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Element as used in TaxonIdentified</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:Certainty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="NameComments" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text relating to the identification of the mineral or rock</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="IdentificationAnalysis" type="efg:IdentificationAnalysisType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>container for analytical techniques employed for identifying a mineral or rock. Note that this differs from the existing Measurement element in that it allows for multiple values to be obtained from a single analysis e.g. percentage values of elements in a mineral.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<!--Elements extending ABCD Gathering-->
<xs:complexType name="SiteStratigraphyType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for information relating to stratigraphy and the identification of absolute and relative dates and correlations. This complex type extends Gathering, covering the location, the geology of the site.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="SiteStratigraphicAttributions" type="efg:StratigraphicAttributionsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Individual stratigraphic determinations related to the Gathering site - not measured sections.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="StratigraphyComment" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text for describing the stratigraphic context, correlation or similar notes</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicReferences" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for complex type Reference. There may be more than one reference describing the stratigraphy.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="StratigraphicReference" type="abcd:Reference" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Complex type for individual reference pertaining to stratigraphy uses abcd:Reference type</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="TectonicSetting" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text description of the relationship of the observed stratigraphy to its tectonic context e.g. sequence stratigraphy related to basin development and eustatic change, syn-tectonic stratigraphy related to plate movements and orogenesis.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="SequenceStratigraphicSetting" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Keyword for position in sequence stratigraphy setting. Enumerated list.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="highstand systems tract"/>
<xs:enumeration value="lowstand systems tract"/>
<xs:enumeration value="maximum flooding surface"/>
<xs:enumeration value="parasequence boundary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="regressive"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sequence boundary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="transgressive"/>
<xs:enumeration value="transgressive surface"/>
<xs:enumeration value="transgressive systems tract"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="SiteSections" type="efg:StratigraphicSectionType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Measured section or borehole record associated with the gathering site.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="NamedGeologicalFeature" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The name for a geologic feature that is not a placename e.g. 'The Great Whin Sill', 'Bodmin Granite' or 'The Great Glen Fault'. Many landscape scale geologic and geomorphic features have names.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<!--library of reused types, elements, etc.-->
<!--Stratigraphy related types-->
<xs:complexType name="StratigraphicAttributionsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for statements relating to the absolute and relative dating and correlation of geological units and gathering sites. Equivalent to 'Result' in Taxon Identification schema. Where a range of dates is associated with a unit, use multiple entries for attibution e.g. if a named unit definitely includes lower raricostatum zone set to certain but may range up into spinatum zone, use one record for raricostatum zone set to certain and another for spinatum zone set to uncertain. If necessary include all intermediate horizons at same or higher level terms that encompass range, to ensure proper indexing.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ChronostratigraphicAttributions" type="efg:ChronostratigraphicAttributionsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Allows for multiple and range declarations of chronostratigraphic terms. This element combines both chronostratigraphic and geochronologic terms with preference for chronostratigraphic. (Zalasiewicz et al. 2004)</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="LithostratigraphicAttributions" type="efg:LithostratigraphicAttributionsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Allows for multiple identifications of any named lithostratigraphic units (e.g. Penarth Group, Langport Member, Rhaetic Bone Bed)</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="BiostratigraphicAttributions" type="efg:BiostratigraphicAttributionsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for optional multiple references to fossil zones e.g. where a range of zones and subzones might be represented.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MagnetostratigraphicDeterminations" type="efg:MagnetostratigraphicDeterminationsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for details of any magnetostratigraphic evidence cited to support the dating of rocks. Magnetostratigraphy uses a range of readings over a sequence of rocks to provide a pattern that is correlated with known dated sequences. It includes its own series of divisions including superchrons, chrons and subchrons.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="IsotopeStratigraphicDeterminations" type="efg:IsotopeStratigraphicDeterminationsType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for detail referring to any isotope concentration study. Isotope stratigraphy uses a range of readings over a sequence of rocks to create profiles that are correlated with dated sequences.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="RadiometricDates" type="efg:RadiometricDatesType" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for absolute dates obtained from radiometric analysis.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PositionInSequence" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The position this stratigraphic 'unit' has in the sequence for the site. e.g. a bed number</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="ChronostratigraphicAttributionsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>container for one or more identified chronostratigraphic dates</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ChronostratigraphicAttribution" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>A single declaration of an identifed chronostratigraphic date</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ChronoStratigraphicDivision" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Classification level for the term e.g. eon, system, stage etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ChronostratigraphicName" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The formal geo/chrono chronologic name e.g. Jurassic, Kimmeridgian etc.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:DatingQualifier" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:Certainty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="RangePosition" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>text field to mark if this date is the earlest in a possible range, midway or the latest. May need to be used if there is a possibility of a range of dates.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string"/>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Identifiers" type="efg:IdentifiersType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:StratigraphicMeasurementsOrFacts" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="LithostratigraphicAttributionsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for one or more identications or attributions of lithostratigraphic units</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="LithostratigraphicAttribution" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>An individual identification of a named lithostratigraphic unit e.g. The Hotwells Limestone Group. The higher lithostratigraphic terms are also allowed to cover the possibility of rock name homonyms and indexing in the absence of a complete dictionary of rock names.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Supergroup" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Highest level of lithostratigraphic classification</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Group" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Lithostratigraphic unit consisting of two or more formations</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Formation" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The primary lithostratigraphic unit characterised by its lithologic features although it may be diachronous. </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Member" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>A sub-division of a formation which may be local in extent or exhibits a distinctive lithology</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Bed" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The smallest division of a named stratified series normally with well defined division from adjacent deposits.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="InformalLithostratigraphicName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>An informal lithostratigraphic name (ie. one not yet characterised as a formation or member or an old name still in general use e.g. Schaumkalk as part of the Muschelkalk or Keuper Marl as a synonym of the Mercia Mudstone Group. includes language as an attribute.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:Certainty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:DatingQualifier" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Identifiers" type="efg:IdentifiersType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:StratigraphicMeasurementsOrFacts" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="BiostratigraphicAttributionsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for one or more attributions or identifications of fossil time zones</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="BiostratigraphicAttribution" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>A single declaration of a fossil zone or subzone.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ZonalFossilType" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>What sort of biozone is being recorded? e.g. what animal or plant group is it based on? (ammonite, brachiopod,coral, plant, foram, nanoplankton etc.)</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="FossilZoneName" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The actual name of the biozone. Ideally this should be in its expanded form although common usage tends to abbreviate the generic epithet.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="FossilSubzoneName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>The subzone name, if any, this should ideally be in expanded form rather than abbreviated.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:Certainty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="RangePosition" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Range position if this attribution is the earliest, midway or latest in a possible range. e.g. It is not always clear what zone a particular taxon belongs to and therefore a range may be needed.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:DatingQualifier" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Identifiers" type="efg:IdentifiersType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:StratigraphicMeasurementsOrFacts" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="MagnetostratigraphicDeterminationsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for one or more magnetostratigraphic determinations</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MagnetostratigraphicDetermination" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Single record of magnetostratigraphic dating</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="PolaritySuperchron" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>largest division of magnetostratigraphic terms</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PolarityChron" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Reference to numerical scheme for labelling time divisions based on magnetic anomalies and reversals</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PolaritySubchron" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Any named subdivision of a Polarity Chron</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MagnetostratigraphicDetail" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text describing the use of magnetostratigraphic correlation. </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:AnalysisDateTime" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:Certainty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:DatingQualifier" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Identifiers" type="efg:IdentifiersType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:AnalysisReferences" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="IsotopeStratigraphicDeterminationsType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for one or more isotope stratigraphic determinations</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="IsotopeStratigraphicDetermination" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Single record of an isotope stratigraphic determination</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="IsotopesMeasured" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>What isotopes were used for this correlation e.g. Oxygen, Strontium, Carbon or more specific (O18/O16)</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="IsotopeStratigraphicDetail" type="xs:string">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Free text describing the isotope correlation result.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="efg:AnalysisDateTime" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:Certainty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:DatingQualifier" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Identifiers" type="efg:IdentifiersType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="efg:AnalysisReferences" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="RadiometricDatesType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Container for one or more radiometric date determinations</xs:documentation>