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Slot: Product Extent Description (spatial_extent_descriptor)

Human-readable description of the product extent, e.g. "CONUS + Hawaii + Puerto Rico", "global land surface 60°S-80°N".

Tier: recommended

Why this slot matters

The numeric bounding box is precise but opaque; a human-readable extent lets reviewers and data users sanity-check coverage at a glance (e.g. spotting that Alaska is not included) without decoding coordinates.

In plain terms

A plain-English description of where in the world the dataset has data — for example "the continental United States plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico" — so you can tell at a glance whether your study area is covered.

URI: envar:slot/spatial_extent_descriptor

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
SpatialReference Spatial provenance of an environmental exposure value: the native grid / foot... no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range String
Domain Of SpatialReference

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Examples

Value
CONUS + Hawaii + Puerto Rico

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
tier recommended
justification The numeric bounding box is precise but opaque; a human-readable extent lets reviewers and data users sanity-check coverage at a glance (e.g. spotting that Alaska is not included) without decoding coordinates.
explanation A plain-English description of where in the world the dataset has data — for example "the continental United States plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico" — so you can tell at a glance whether your study area is covered.
covered_by None

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self envar:spatial_extent_descriptor
native envar:spatial_extent_descriptor

LinkML Source

name: spatial_extent_descriptor
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: recommended
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: The numeric bounding box is precise but opaque; a human-readable extent
      lets reviewers and data users sanity-check coverage at a glance (e.g. spotting
      that Alaska is not included) without decoding coordinates.
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: A plain-English description of where in the world the dataset has data
      — for example "the continental United States plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico" —
      so you can tell at a glance whether your study area is covered.
  covered_by:
    tag: covered_by
    annotations:
      omop_gaia:
        tag: omop_gaia
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: gaia_db data_source.spatial_coverage; meta_dcat_*.json spatialCoverage
          note:
            tag: note
            value: GAIA's spatialCoverage string can act as a human-readable extent
              label, though it is not guaranteed to be a curated prose descriptor.
      degauss:
        tag: degauss
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: DeGAUSS emits no extent descriptor.
      amadeus:
        tag: amadeus
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Amadeus carries a numeric bbox (projectionBox/LatLonBox) but no
              human-readable extent description.
      cher:
        tag: cher
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: spatial-extent code prefix (Gxx=global, Txx=US+Terr, Cxx=CONUS,
              sxx=state)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: The coded spatial-extent prefix conveys a controlled-vocabulary
              extent label (§2.2) rather than free-text prose.
      codata:
        tag: codata
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: out_of_layer
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Human-readable extent of a specific product is instance/discovery-layer
              detail outside the conceptual layer.
description: Human-readable description of the product extent, e.g. "CONUS + Hawaii
  + Puerto Rico", "global land surface 60°S-80°N".
title: Product Extent Description
examples:
- value: CONUS + Hawaii + Puerto Rico
  description: Daymet V4 product extent
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- SpatialReference
range: string