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Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. is the process of customizing the contents of the SDSFIE to meet the information needs of local users without compromising the ability to share data both between organizations as well as up and down the Chain of Command. All Adaptations are constructed from a "Parent", which is, in itself, an Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. of SDSFIE Gold The sum of all modeling efforts for the SDSFIE. It includes Feature Types, Attributes, Enumerations, and Associations. . Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. is one of the more complex concepts within the new SDSFIE. A more detailed discussion can be found in Adaptation Concept.
Adaptation Steps
Step 1 – Create the Adaptation. All Adaptations are created from a parent Adaptation. The initial creation step involves selection of the Parent Adaptation (which must be approved), and the clicking of <Create> from the Toolbar. Initial creation permits “profiling” the Parent Adaptation, if permitted. See Step One for detailed Creation information.
Step 2 – Adaptation Modification and Extending the Adaptation. Additional feature types may be added into an Adaptation from other sources, including certain Prior Release Feature Types, as well as user defined Feature Types. See Step Two on Adaptation modification and extension.
Step 3 – Simple Feature Type modification. Once all required Feature Types have been included in the Adaptation, the mode of the Adaptor tool changes to Adapting Feature Types. See Step Three on Feature Type Modification.
Step 4 – Full Feature Type Adaptation. This permits full modification of attributes within the Feature Type, including ‘custom’ addition of a new attribute. See Step Four for Feature Type Adaptation
Step 5 – Submitting an Adaptation for Approval. Required before the Adaptation can be used unless the user is in an “AutoApproval” role
The Adaptation Toolbar is always visible. However, its buttons are alternately enabled or disabled based on the user of the Selector Control. See Adaptation Toolbar for additional information.
The Parameter Control is only visible during Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. Extension. This enables users to see other Adaptations and to include Feature Types from those Adaptations in their Adaptations. It is used to alter the display of the Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. Tree within the Secondary Extension Parent Selector. See Parameters Control for additional information and operation.
The Selector Control allows navigation to an Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. . It displays the both Disciplines as well as Adaptations in a "Tree" View. See the Selector Control for additional information and operation.
Configuration Level Adaptation
Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. within the SDSFIE takes place at two distinct levels. Remembering that Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. includes Extension (addition), Profiling (deletion), and Modification (naming), Adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. can take place at either the Configuration Any set of SDSFIE Feature Types. Configurations may be either Thematic Packages, Disciplines, or Adaptations.level or the Feature Type level.
At the Configuration Any set of SDSFIE Feature Types. Configurations may be either Thematic Packages, Disciplines, or Adaptations.Level - extension, profiling, and modification refer to Feature Types; e.g. within any given adaptation A customized collection of Featrue Types and Attributes, derived from SDSFIE Gold, intended to specifically satisfy an individual users geospatial information needs. , Feature Types may be added (extension), removed (profiled), or renamed (modified).
Feature Type Level Adaptation
At the Feature Type Corresponds to the class or table where geospatioal data is stored. Sometimes called a Feature Class and was know as an Entity Type in prior Releases.Level - extension, profiling, and modification refer principally to Attributes; e.g. within any given feature type Corresponds to the class or table where geospatioal data is stored. Sometimes called a Feature Class and was know as an Entity Type in prior Releases. , Attributes may be added (extension), removed (profiled), or renamed (modified).