The reference entity that describes the orientation of a vertical coordinate axis with respect to a coordinate system. This is defined as either "upwards" or "downwards" with respect to the Earth.

r_vaxis_ornt_s (PK, M: CHAR VARYING(19))

Surrogate key of the table.


r_vaxis_ornt_name (M: CHAR VARYING(40))

ref_vertical_axis_orientation.name
The orientation of the vertical axis with respect to the surface of the Earth. "Upwards" is defined as away from the center of the Earth. "downwards" is defined as towards the center of the Earth.


source (FNK, M: CHAR VARYING(40))

reference_behavior.source
The provider of this instance of reference information. If this instance is provided by POSC, then this attribute must be "POSC".
Defines a foreign key to table r_source.


description (O: CHAR VARYING(2000))

ref_vertical_axis_orientation.description
The description of the vertical axis orientation.


status (O: CHAR VARYING(11))

reference_behavior.status
The status of this instance in the version of Epicentre running in a data store. This is an enumerated datatype for which the following are the possible values: current, provisional, deprecated. Current - use without restriction. Provisional - use with caution, this value is for comment and may not appear in future releases of Epicentre. Deprecated - avoid use if possible, it is planned to remove this value in the next major release of Epicentre.


source_reference_s (FSK, O: CHAR VARYING(19))

reference_behavior.source_reference
The reference used by source to provide the standard instance, such as Petroleum Industry Data Dictionary (PIDD), Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, etc.
Defines a foreign key to table r_source_ref.


version (FNK, O: CHAR VARYING(40))

reference_behavior.version
Describes the version of Epicentre when this status was assigned to this instance of reference behavior
Defines a foreign key to table r_epcnt_version.