root element
Remark (i.e., comment)
Contains instrument data in the form of Measurement elements
A "measurement" from an instrument
Calibration data
A "measurement" from an instrument
Description of the instrument
Description of measured item: what it is and where the measurement was done
A single spectrum collected by a spectroscopic instrument
Data measured by a gross count or spectroscopic portal monitor
Data measured by a survey meter or personal radiation detector
Results of the analysis of the measurement
Unique identifier for this measurement
Data measured by a survey meter or personal radiation detector
Measurement start date/time
Duration of each sample measurement/interval at which samples are taken
Effective duration (i.e., live time) of each sample measurement
Did the instrument alarm (one boolean per sample)?
Did instrument alarm during this measurement?
Description of the alarm, if any
Calibration data
Count rate
Counts
Dose rate
Total accumulated dose
Absorbed dose rate
Total accumulated absorbed dose
Exposure rate
Total accumulated exposure
Identifies the calibrations that apply to this data
Detector identification/description
detector type
Quality of data
Count rate
Units of count rate
dose rate
Units of dose
Absorbed dose rate
Units of absorbed dose
Exposure rate
Units of exposure
Description of the instrument
Instrument type (e.g., spectrometer, personal radiation detector, ...)
Instrument manufacturer
Instrument model
Instrument version
Instrument identification (e.g., serial number)
Description of intrument's probe (i.e., detector)
Instrument mode (measure, calibrate, test, ...)
Instrument quality control information
Quality control information
Date of most recent instrument inspection
Is the instrument in service?
Description of measured item and where the measurement was done
Description of measured item
Quantity or size of item and the uncertainty in that value
Location of the measurement
Reference date for activity calculations (i.e., activities decay-corrected to this date)
An image or other visual/audio information relating to the item or measurement
Description of the measurement geometry
Effective item-to-detector distance
Identifies the instrument's operator
Effective item-to-detector distance
Units of the item-to-detector distance
Quantity or size of item and the uncertainty in that value
Units of "quantity"
The physical location where the measurement was performed
Name or description(e.g., address) of the measurement location
Geographical coordinates (latitude, longitude, optional elevation)
Geographical coordinates (latitude, longitude, optional elevation)
EPSG map datum reference identification number (see www.epsg.org)
Date/time of coordinates measurement
Multimedia (image, sound, etc.) data
Format of multimedia data
Multimedia data encoding type
Remarks describing the multimedia data
Multimedia data sequence number
Date/time of multimedia data collection
URI of multimedia data if not present as element contents
Results of nuclide analysis
Individual nuclide results
Activity units used
Name/description of nuclide analysis algorithm
Name/version of nuclide analysis algorithm
individual nuclide
Nuclide name (e.g., Co-60)
Description of the type of the nuclide (e.g., Industrial, Medical, SNM, ...)
Nuclide activity and its uncertainty
Confidence in nuclide identification/presence
Description of confidence in nuclide identification/presence
Data measured by gross count or spectroscopic portal monitor
Date/time of first sample measurement
Duration of each sample measurement (i.e., interval at which samples are taken)
Was the RPM occupied?
Speed of RPM occupant (vehicle, train, etc.)
Did the instrument alarm (summary)?
Description of the alarm, if any
RPM measurements from one detector
Speed of vehicle (can be the average, an entrance/exit speed pair, or per sample)
Units of speed
RPM measurements from one detector
Gross count portal monitor measurements
Spectroscopic portal monitor measurements
Detector identification/description
detector type
Gross count portal monitor measurements
Effective duration (i.e., live time) of each sample measurement
Did the detector alarm (one value per sample)?
Gross count data, one value per sample
Background count data; can be one value for all samples, or a unique value for each sample
Gamma detector window start energy
Gamma detector window end energy
Energy units
Data quality status
Spectroscopic portal monitor measurements
Indicates which samples have spectra available
Did the RPM alarm (one value for each sample)?
Spectral data
Spectral data
Date/time spectrum data collection was initiated
Spectrum measurement real (clock) time
Spectrum measurement live (true) time
Dwell time per sweep (used only for an MCS spectrum)
Number of sweeps (used only for an MCS spectrum)
Type of spectrum measurement (item measurement, background, calibration...)
Description of the type of detector
Calibration data
The spectrum: counts vs. channel for the entire spectrum or a region of interest
Spectrum type: PHA or MCS
Identification/description of the detector that collected the spectrum
Quality of data
Spectrum element identifier
Identifies calibrations that apply to this spectrum
Identifies the background spectrum that applies to this spectrum
Identifies the calibration spectrum that applies (or is to be applied) to this spectrum
The sample number (starting from 1) of this spectrum (used only when the spectrum is contained within a SpectrumMeasurement element)
The spectrum: counts vs. channel for the entire spectrum or a region of interest
The channel number (one-based) of the first value in this element
The algorithm used to compress the channel data
Calibration data
Date/time of calibration's creation
Unique identifier of the measurement(s) used to develop this calibration
The equation governing this calibration
Calibration data as ordinal pairs
Calibration type (e.g., Energy, FWHM, ...)
Energy units
Detector resolution units
Count rate units
Dose units
Absorbed dose units
Exposure units
Encapsulates an equation and its coefficients
The coefficients of the equation
The covariance matrix for the equation coefficients
Type of equation (polynomial, etc.)
Description of the form of the equation
Lower bound of validity of the abscissa
Upper bound of validity of the abscissa
Equation coefficients
Index of the subequation to which this set of coefficients applies
Array of ordinal pairs
An (abcsissa, ordinate) pair
Abscissa data description
Ordinate data description
An (abscissa, ordinate) pair
Abscissa value
Ordinate value
Results of data analysis of a measurement
Overall conclusion of the data analysis
Results of nuclide analysis
Double value with uncertainty: first entry is value, second entry is uncertainty (absolute error, one standard deviation)
Duration (time) value with uncertainty: first entry is value, second entry is uncertainty (absolute error, one standard deviation)
Geographic coordinates: first two entries are latitude and longitude; third entry (optional) is elevation in meters relative to ellipsoid
List of booleans
List of decimals
List of doubles
List of durations
List of nonNegativeIntegers
Energy units
Activity units
FWHM (Full Width at Half-Maximum) (i.e., resolution) units
Count rate units
Dose units
Absorbed dose units
Exposure units
Speed units
Distance units
Gross counting detector type
Equation type
Calibration type
Instrument type
Instrument mode
Data quality
Measurement type
Spectrum type
The algorithm (if any) by which the spectrum has been compressed