Glossary

AGS

The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists

Note

Upstream links

• Home page at http://ags.org.uk

ags3

An AGS version v3 format CSV file

ags4

An AGS version v4 format CSV file

See also

See also

• AGS4 - Rules
• AGS4 Data Dictionary
• The ogt.ags.ags4 module

Note

Upstream links

• Home page at http://www.agsdataformat.com/datatransferv4/intro.php
• Download spec at http://www.agsdataformat.com/datatransferv4/download.php
• Groups and headings at http://www.agsdataformat.com/User/tablesv4.php

abbreviation
abbreviations
ABBR

• Rule 16 - Abbreviations
• ogt.ags.ags4.get_all_abbreviations()
• AGS4 Abbreviations at http://www.agsdataformat.com/User/pickoverviewv4.php

DATA

A data

DATA DESCRIPTORS

• Rule 3 - Data Descriptors
• ogt.ags.ags4.AGS4_DATA_DESCRIPTORS

DICT

A Dict descr

FIELD

A field

Geotechnical

Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_engineering

GROUP

• Rule 19 - Group headings
• OGTGroup
• AGS4GroupDataDict

GROUP HEADER

The header block is the HEADER, UNIT and TYPE rows at the top of each group

• Rule 2b - GROUP HEADER

HEADER

A header

HEADING

A Heading

KEY

• Rule 10a - KEY

KEY FIELD

describe

PARENT GROUP

• Rule 10c - PARENT GROUP

PROJ

A Project

• Rule 13 - Mandatory Project Details

Record Link

• Rule 11 - Record Links

REQUIRED

• Rule 10b - REQUIRED

TRAN GROUP

• Rule 14 - TRAN GROUP

TYPE

• Rule 17 - TYPE

UNIT

• Rule 8 - Units
• Rule 15 - UNIT GROUP

VARIABLE

variable