Hi Joachim, hi all,
the QuakeML standard document
http://quakeml.org/docs/REC?
action=AttachFile&do=view&target=QuakeML-BED-20130214a.pdf (pages 27/28/29)
contains a reference to the Storchak et al. whitepaper (without the URL, since
it was not known/available when the standard was written).
The standard document lists the "correct" spelling of the EventTypes: all
lowercase, separated with one blank space. I would suggest that in the event
web service, we make the match case insensitive and allow also word separation
by underscores:
'induced event' matches 'induced_event' matches 'INDUCED_EVENT' matches
'INDUCED event'
I would not allow camel case, since it is typically used for element/attribute
names, and not the values.
Cheers,
Fabian
it shouldn't even refer to QuakeML at all as QuakeML adopted its event
type list from a list compiled by the ISC [1], which I would regard as
more "authoritative" instance on this matter than any QuakeML
specification adopting it. Perhaps the ISC can elaborate on the status
of this event type list and whether a revision / addition is planned.
IIRC there were comments about some kinds of volcanic events missing on
that list (and consequently the QuakeML list, too).
Another potential source for confusion may be the spelling even if said
QuakeML event type list shall be used. The default value of the event
type is "Earthquake". In the QuakeML list, however, we have either
"EARTHQUAKE" or "earthquake". This may be solved by specifying that the
event type must be case insensitive but that still wouldn't resolve
"NuclearExplosion" vs. "nuclear explosion" vs. "NUCLEAR_EXPLOSION".
IMHO these issues should be resolved before the adoption as a standard
feature.
Regards
Joachim
[1] http://www.isc.ac.uk/standards/event_types/event_types.pdf
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