FDSNNetwork

Description

FDSN network contains specifications compatible with the FDSN standards to describe the Network. This class is not actually implemented as such in the Python code, its attributes are assigned in the __init__() method of the Network class.

Python class:

None: These attributes are treated in Network.

YAML / JSON label:

network

Corresponding StationXML structure

None: Individual attributes in this class belong to the Network attribute.

Object Hierarchy

Superclass

None

Subclasses

None

Relationships

Is part of the specification of a Network

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Default	Equivalent StationXML	Remarks
code	string	Y	None	code	Codes are assigned by FDSN according to this process
name	string	Y	None	None	Will be added as a Comment
description	string	Y	None	Description	Not required in StationXML
comment	string	N	None	Comment
start_date	date	Y	None	startDate	Not required in StationXML
end_date	date	Y	None	endDate	Not required in StationXML

JSON schema

https://www.gitlab.com/obsinfo/obsinfo/data/schemas/network.schema.json

https://www.gitlab.com/obsinfo/obsinfo/obsinfo/data/schemas/definitions.schema.json

Example

FDSN Network_info section referred in network information file.

network:
       code: "4G"
       name: "Short period OBSs"
       start_date: "2007-07-01"
       end_date: "2025-12-31"
       description: "Short period OBS network example"
       comments: ["Lucky Strike Volcano, North Mid-Atlantic Ridge"]