Author : Michael Scharber Organization : Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center (SOPAC) Date : September 10, 2003 Description : These schema components were desgined to encapsulate and validate : physical equipment (hardware) used in the field of geodesy. : Notes : Provides a base non-instantiable element type whose structure is a derived complex type. This element can then be referenced as a substitutionGroup for equipment cataloges and such. Base Geodetic Equipment class. Serves as a platform for the construction of other, more specific, types of equipment related to the field of geodesy. More specifically, this class is designed for equipment that can be uniquely-identified. In other words, actual physical objects used in geodetic practices.