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 concerned;
debimetric measures.