QuakeML 2.0

QuakeML 2.0 will be the next generation of QuakeML. In contrast to the existing QuakeML versions up to 1.2, it will not be a monolithic and monothematic schema, but can be seen as an umbrella term for a collection of several data models/schemas for different thematic areas. The Basic Event Description covered in QuakeML 1.2 will be a part of it, with slight modifications and updates. QuakeML 2.0 will introduce a few general policy changes compared to version 1.2:

• publicIDs do not have to follow the restrictions to URI format defined in the ResourceReference type. They are allowed to be anyURI.

• Values of enumerations are URIs. An implicit hierarchy of terms can be defined in an SKOS file.

The following sub-packages of QuakeML 2.0 are currently in RfC state:

• StrongMotion

• SiteCharacterization

• StationCharacterization

• Macroseismic

Currently, the following packages are under development:

Packages with new first-level elements (child elements of quakeml):

• QuakeML2.0/BasicEventDescription

• QuakeML2.0/BasicEventDescription-RT

• QuakeML2.0/Borehole

• QuakeML2.0/Hydraulic

• QuakeML2.0/Macroseismic

• QuakeML2.0/SeismicSource

• QuakeML2.0/SiteCharacterization

• QuakeML2.0/StationCharacterization

• QuakeML2.0/StrongMotion

Helper packages that do not define first-level elements:

• QuakeML2.0/BasicEventDescriptionTypes

• QuakeML2.0/Common

• QuakeML2.0/Filter

• QuakeML2.0/ResourceMetadata

• QuakeML2.0/Waveform

Documents

Here you can find QuakeML 2.0 documents (schemas) for download. Note: Relax NG is not yet available, will be added as soon as possible.

UML class diagrams in XMI format

You can download a tarball with the UML XMI files here.

QuakeML schema generator

You can download a tarball with the schema generator here.

The schema generator is written in Python. It requires the following Python packages:

• Cheetah
• lxml
• Google flags