ATTACHED
BINARY
OBJECT
DATA
STANDARD
Standard
No.:
1­
XXX
Version
1­
FINAL
DRAFT
July
26,
2005
This
standard
has
been
produced
through
the
Environmental
Data
Standards
Council
(
EDSC).

The
Environmental
Data
Standards
Council
(
EDSC)
is
a
partnership
among
EPA,
States
and
Tribal
partners
to
develop
and
agree
upon
data
standards
for
environmental
information
collection
and
exchange.
More
information
about
the
EDSC
is
available
at
http://
www.
envdatastandards.
net.
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
Std
No.:
1­
xxx
Version
1
 
Final
Draft
July
26,
2005
Page
3
Foreword
The
Environmental
Data
Standards
Council
identifies,
prioritizes
and
pursues
the
creation
of
data
standards
for
those
areas
where
information
exchange
standards
will
provide
the
most
value
in
achieving
environmental
results.
The
Council
involves
Tribes
and
Tribal
Nations,
state
and
federal
agencies
in
the
development
of
the
standards
and
then
provides
the
draft
materials
for
general
review.
Business
groups,
non­
governmental
organizations,
and
other
interested
parties
may
then
provide
input
and
comment
for
Council
consideration
and
standard
finalization.
Draft
and
final
standards
are
available
at
http://
www.
envdatastandards.
net.

1.0
INTRODUCTION
This
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
provides
the
elements
to
identify
the
characteristics
and/
or
catalog
an
attached
digital
data
item/
object.
The
standard
can
be
used
to
reference
documents,
images,
photos,
GIS
data
layers,
laboratory
materials
and
other
electronic
objects
attached
within
the
data
exchange,
as
well
as
information
used
to
describe
those
objects.

1.1
Scope
This
standard
provides
and
describes
data
groupings
that
are
used
to
exchange
documents,
images,
photos,
GIS
data
layers,
laboratory
materials
and
other
electronic
objects
attached
within
the
data
exchange,
as
well
as
information
used
to
describe
those
objects.

1.2
References
to
Other
Data
Standards
This
standard
relies
on
other
standards
to
make
it
complete
and
provide
the
necessary
support.
As
such
users
should
consider
the
references
to
other
data
standards
noted
below
as
integral
to
the
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard.
These
include:

 
Bibliographic
Reference
Data
Standard
(
Final
Draft
Version
1.0)

 
ISO
15836:
2003
Information
and
documentation
 
Dublin
Core
Metadata
Element
Set
1.3
Terms
and
Definitions
For
the
purposes
of
this
document,
the
following
terms
and
definitions
apply.

Term
Definition
Attached
Binary
Object
Reference
documents,
images,
photos,
GIS
data
layers,
laboratory
materials
and
other
electronic
objects
attached
within
the
data
exchange,
as
well
as
information
used
to
describe
those
objects.

1.4
Implementation
Users
are
encouraged
to
use
the
XML
registry
housed
on
the
Exchange
Network
Web
site
to
download
schema
components
for
the
construction
of
XML
schema
flows
(
http://
www.
exchangenetwork.
net).

1.5
Document
Structure
The
structure
of
this
document
is
briefly
described
below:

a.
Section
2.0
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standards
Diagram
illustrates
the
principal
data
groupings
contained
within
this
standard.
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Binary
Object
Data
Standard
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b.
Section
3.0
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
Table
provides
information
on
the
high
level,
intermediate
and
elemental
Attached
Binary
Object
data
groupings.
Where
applicable,
for
each
level
of
this
data
standard
a
definition,
XML
tag,
note(
s),
example
list
of
values
and
format
are
provided.
The
format
column
may
include
the
number
of
characters
for
the
associated
data
element,
where
"
A"
specifies
alphanumeric
and
"
N"
designates
numeric.
c.
Data
Standard
Numbering:
For
purposes
of
clarity
and
to
enhance
understanding
of
data
standard
hierarchy
and
relationships,
each
data
group
is
numerically
classified
from
the
primary
to
the
elemental
level.
d.
Code
and
Identifier
metadata:
Based
on
the
business
need,
additional
metadata
may
be
required
to
sufficiently
describe
an
identifier
or
a
code.
A
note
regarding
this
additional
metadata
is
included
in
the
notes
column
for
identifier
and
code
elements.
Additional
metadata
for
identifiers
may
include:

 
Code
List
Identifier,
which
is
a
standardized
reference
to
the
context
or
source
of
the
set
of
codes
Additional
metadata
for
codes
may
include:

 
Code
List
Identifier,
which
is
a
standardized
reference
to
the
context
or
source
of
the
set
of
codes
 
Code
List
Version
Identifier,
which
identifies
the
particular
version
of
the
set
of
codes.

 
Code
List
Version
Agency
Identifier,
which
identifies
the
agency
responsible
for
maintaining
the
set
of
codes
 
Code
List
Name,
which
describes
the
corresponding
name
for
which
the
code
represents
e.
Appendix
A,
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
Structure
Diagram
illustrates
the
hierarchical
classification
of
the
Attached
Binary
Object
data
standard.
This
diagram
enables
business
and
technical
users
of
this
standard
to
quickly
understand
its
general
content
and
complexity.
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Binary
Object
Data
Standard
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2005
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2.0
ATTACHED
BINARY
OBJECT
DATA
STANDARD
DIAGRAM
This
diagram
specifies
the
major
data
groups
that
may
be
used
to
identify
the
characteristics
and/
or
to
catalog
an
attached
binary
object.

Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
1.0
Binary
Object
Exchange
Characteristics
2.0
Binary
Object
Bibliographic
Reference
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Binary
Object
Data
Standard
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7,
2005
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6
3.0
ATTACHED
BINARY
OBJECT
DATA
STANDARDS
TABLE
1.0
Binary
Object
Exchange
Characteristics
Definition:
The
object
and
its
exchange
characteristics.

Relationships:
None.

Notes:
None.

XML
Tag:
BinaryObject
Name
Definition
Notes
Format
XML
Tag
1.1
Binary
Object
The
actual
binary
object.
Example
list
of
values:

 
Reference
document
 
Image
Photo
 
GIS
data
layer
 
Audio
recording
 
Laboratory
material
A(
50)
BinaryObjectCont
ent
1.2
Binary
Object
File
Name
The
text
describing
the
descriptive
name
used
to
represent
the
file,

including
file
extension.
Example
list
of
values:

 
"
Chain
of
Custody.
doc"
A(
50)
BinaryObjectFileN
ame
1.3
Binary
Object
Document
File
Type
The
text
or
acronym
describing
the
binary
content
type
of
a
file
Example
list
of
values:

 
XML
an
XML
document
 
Flat
a
flat
text
file
 
Bin
a
binary
object
 
ZIP
a
compressed
file
in
ZIP
 
Other
an
unspecified
file
format
A(
15)
BinaryObjectFileT
ypeCode
1.4
Binary
Object
Size
Indicates
the
binary
object
size
in
bytes.
May
be
useful
for
sender
or
receiver
to
determine
how
best
to
handle
file.
A(
15)
BinaryObjectSize
Value
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Object
Data
Standard
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2005
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2.0
Binary
Object
Bibliographic
Reference
Definition:
The
descriptors
used
to
identify
and
catalog
an
object.

Relationships:
None.

Notes:
Reference
the
Bibliographic
Reference
Information
Data
Standard
XML
Tag:
BinaryObjectBibliographicReference
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Binary
Object
Data
Standard
Std
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xxx
Version
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June
7,
2005
Page
8
Appendix
A
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
Structure
Diagram
Attached
Binary
Object
Data
Standard
1.0
Binary
Object
Exchange
Characteristics
1.1
Binary
Object
1.2
Binary
Object
File
Name
1.3
Binary
Object
Document
File
Type
1.4
Binary
Object
Size
2.0
Binary
Object
Bibliographic
Reference
