Topic Category Enumeration

The value domain of Topic Category Enumeration is defined in the following table.

#	Code	English Name	Definition
1	farming	Farming	rearing of animals and/or cultivation of plants (Examples: agriculture, irrigation, aquaculture, plantations, herding, pests and diseases affecting crops and livestock)
2	biota	Biota	flora and/or fauna in natural environment (e.g., wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat)
3	boundaries	Boundaries	legal land descriptions (e.g., political and administrative boundaries)
4	climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere	Climatology, Meteorology and Atmosphere	processes and phenomena of the atmosphere (e.g., cloud cover, weather, climate, atmospheric conditions, climate change, precipitation)
5	economy	Economy	economic activities, conditions and employment (e.g., production, labour, revenue, commerce, industry, tourism and ecotourism, forestry, fisheries, commercial or subsistence hunting, exploration and exploitation of resources such as minerals, oil and gas)
6	elevation	Elevation	height above or below sea level (e.g.: altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, derived products)
7	environment	Environment	environmental resources, protection and conservation (e.g., environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape)
8	geoscientificInformation	Geoscientific Information	information pertaining to earth sciences (e.g., geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth’s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion)
9	health	Health	health, health services, human ecology, and safety (e.g., disease and illness, factors affecting health, hygiene, substance abuse, mental and physical health, health services)
10	imageryBaseMapsEarthCover	Imagery Base Maps Earth Cover	base maps (e.g., land cover, topographic maps, imagery, unclassified images, annotations)
11	intelligenceMilitary	Intelligence / Military	military bases, structures, activities (e.g., barracks, training grounds, military transportation, information collection)
12	inlandWaters	Inland Waters	inland water features, drainage systems and their characteristics (e.g., rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilisation plans, dams, currents, floods, water quality, hydrographic charts
13	location	Location	positional information and services (e.g., addresses, geodetic networks, control points, postal zones and services, place names)
14	oceans	Oceans	features and characteristics of salt water bodies, excluding inland waters (e.g., tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs)
15	planningCadastre	Planning / Cadastre	information used for appropriate actions for future use of the land (e.g., land use maps, zoning maps, cadastral surveys, land ownership)
16	society	Society	characteristics of society and cultures (e.g., settlements, anthropology, archaeology, education, traditional beliefs, manners and customs, demographic data, recreational areas and activities, social impact assessments, crime and justice, census information)
17	structure	Structure	man-made construction (e.g., buildings, museums, churches, factories, housing, monuments, shops, towers)
18	transportation	Transportation	means and aids for conveying persons and/or goods (e.g., roads, airports/airstrips, shipping routes, tunnels, nautical charts, vehicle or vessel location, aeronautical charts, railways)
19	utilitiesCommunication	Utilities / Communication	energy, water and waste systems and communications infrastructure and services (e.g., hydroelectricity, geothermal, solar and nuclear sources of energy, water purification and distribution, sewage collection and disposal, electricity and gas distribution, data communication, telecommunication, radio, communication networks)
20	disaster	Disaster	Information related to disasters Examples: site of the disaster, evacuation zone, disaster-prevention facility, disaster relief activities