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(Use Case Vocabulary) Geotechnical borehole
Boreholes drilled for the purposes of site investigations. In-situ borehole measurements and results of geotechnical laboratory tests are taken on samples to gain an understanding of the engineering properties of rocks and soils. Several geotechnical in-situ tests do not rely on borehole.
In UK, for geotechnical data, the AGS format is the the industry standard for the electronic transfer of this data. → https://www.ags.org.uk/data-format/
Tentative of having a web compliant exchange format (XML) for AGS was pushed by DIGGS → https://www.diggsml.org/
In France, the MINnD UC8-GT (on going project) propose a conceptual model for Geotechnical investigations.
In Germany, GeoValML (on going project) propose a similar approach.
Both projects were presented in the GeoScienceDWG session in Stuttgart TC and rely on ISO19156 → http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/GeoScienceDWG/WebHome
"A borehole is the generalized term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground.". INSPIRE definition (removing ", either vertically, horizontally, or inclined." from the initial GeoSciML one).
In French distinction exist between two terms "Sondage" and "Forage". The first is used for a drill that aimed at studying the sub-soil, while the second is used when the drill is done in order to exploit a subsurface resource (eg water, oil, …).
These are concepts that support the use and generation of the AGS Format but does not completely affect the use of the data. Details of the Site Investigation Report: Also the project information could capture the terms and conditions for that project. Some of these concepts/groups (e.g. abbr, units, types) are however, necessary to understand some parameters attributed in the data.