ReferenceSystem
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A Reference System is a directive information content entity consisting of the conventions by which measurements or positions are assigned. Coordinate systems, datums and unit systems are reference systems: they fix how a value or a position is to be interpreted.
Examples
- a geographic coordinate system
- the SI system of units
Where it sits in the suite
Reference System is defined in the Common Core Ontologies, a mid-level suite that specialises the top-level categories of Basic Formal Ontology. It is released as part of the maintained, logically consistent CCO release and is reused across the connected ontology modules.