MRGID {mregions2}R Documentation

Marine Regions Global Identifier or MRGID (Documentation)

Description

Many functions of mregions2 make use of the argument mrgid or return data with the numeric variable MRGID.

But what is this identifier?

This is an unique and persistent identifier of each entry in the Marine Regions Gazetteer. This identifier consists in a URI containing a number, unique for each entry in the Marine Regions Gazetteer. The R package mregions2 uses this number in its functions, and it should be considered a synonym of the standard definition of MRGID.

See the section details for a more in depth definition of the MRGID

Details

From https://marineregions.org/mrgid.php :

Standards

Place names change over time, and the same names may be used for different locations. Available gazetteers may find locations of some marine place names, but a truly global standard for marine place names is lacking. Marine Regions tries to establish for the first time a standardized list of georeferenced marine place names and marine areas. In order to preserve the identity of the marine geographic objects from the database, and to name and locate the geographic resources on the web, we promote the Marine Regions Geographic IDentifier, or the MRGID.

MRGID

The Marine Regions Geographic IDentifier is:

For an identifier to be persistent, it requires the governing body to arrange for the identifier to be available for the long term. Use of the MRGID, as URI and persistent identifier has the commitment of the Flanders Marine Institute, issuing the identifier to maintain the http domain registration, and a strategy for managing the domain and the web servers.

Value

Returns a help page: MRGID is not a function but documentation.

Examples

?MRGID

[Package mregions2 version 1.1.2 Index]