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# mdJson codelists
# base codelist for ISO 19115-2, 19115-1

codelistType: "staticList"
codelistName: iso_"dataType"
source: "ISO"
sourceName: "MD_DatatypeCode"
extensible: true
description: "datatype of element or entity"
codelist:
  - {code: "001", codeName: class, description: "descriptor of a set of objects that share the same attributes, operations, methods, relationships, and behavior"}
  - {code: "002", codeName: codelist, description: "flexible enumeration useful for expressing a long list of values, can be extended"}
  - {code: "003", codeName: enumerations, description: "data type whose instances form a list of named literal values, not extendable"}
  - {code: "004", codeName: codelistElement, description: "permissible value for a codelist or enumeration"}
  - {code: "005", codeName: abstractClass, description: "class that cannot be directly instantiated"}
  - {code: "006", codeName: aggregateClass, description: "class that is composed of classes it is connected to by an aggregate relationship"}
  - {code: "007", codeName: specifiedClass, description: "subclass that may be substituted for its superclass"}
  - {code: "008", codeName: datatypeClass, description: "class with few or no operations whose primary purpose is to hold the abstract state of another class for transmittal, storage, encoding or persistent storage"}
  - {code: "009", codeName: interfaceClass, description: "named set of operations that characterize the behavior of an element"}
  - {code: "010", codeName: unionClass, description: "class describing a selection of one of the specified types"}
  - {code: "011", codeName: metaClass, description: "class whose instances are classes"}
  - {code: "012", codeName: typeClass, description: "class used for specification of a domain of instances (objects), together with the operations applicable to the objects. A type may have attributes and associations"}
  - {code: "013", codeName: characterString, description: "free text field"}
  - {code: "014", codeName: integer, description: "numeric filed"}
  - {code: "015", codeName: association, description: "semantic relationship between two classes that involves connections among their instances"}
  - {code: "016", codeName: typeClass, description: "class used for specification of a domain of instances (objects), together with the operations applicable to the objects. A type may have attributes and associations"}