EDCS Reference Manual
EDCS Attribute Dictionary - Concepts whose label begin with the letter J |
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EDCS Attribute Symbolic Constant: EAC_JAINISM_DENOMINATIONAL_FAMILY
EDCS Attribute Code: 448
Definition:
The designation of a group of closely related Jain religious denominations, often ones which were at one time part of a single movement but are now separate religious denominations.
EDCS Attribute Value Data Type: ENUMERATION
Code | Label | Symbolic constant | Definition | Reference type | References |
1 | DIGAMBARA | EEC_JAINDENOMFAM_DIGAMBARA | Digambara. | DR | [NSOED] |
2 | SVETAMBARA | EEC_JAINDENOMFAM_SVETAMBARA | Svetambara. | DR | [NSOED] |
Reference Type: IR
References: [WCE]
EDCS Attribute Symbolic Constant: EAC_JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL_FAMILY
EDCS Attribute Code: 449
Definition:
The designation of a group of closely related Jewish religious denominations, often ones which were at one time part of a single movement but are now separate religious denominations.
EDCS Attribute Value Data Type: ENUMERATION
Code | Label | Symbolic constant | Definition | Reference type | References |
1 | ASHKENHAZI | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_ASHKENHAZI | The largest group of Judaism, displaced from Germany, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine; Yiddish-speaking; Ashkenhazi or "German rite" Judaism. | IR | [WCE] |
2 | CONSERVATIVE | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_CONSERVATIVE | A movement of Judaism that began in Germany and the United States about 1900 and which opposes Reform Judaism's neglect of the Halakhah.; Conservative Judaism. | IR | [WCE] |
3 | ORIENTAL | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_ORIENTAL | The third largest group of Judaism, displaced from Northern Africa and the middle east; Arabic speaking, now mostly in Israel; Oriental Judaism. | IR | [WCE] |
4 | ORTHODOX | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_ORTHODOX | Orthodox or Chassidic Judaism. | DR | [NSOED] |
5 | REFORM | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_REFORM | Liberal, Reformed or Progressive Judaism, mostly in the United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. | IR | [WCE] |
6 | SEFARDI | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_SEFARDI | The second largest division of Judaism; speaking Ladino, dating from medieval Spain, now scattered from North Africa to Afghanistan, speaking Arabic, Persian and Aramaic; Sefardi, Shepardi, or "Spanish-rite" Judaism. | IR | [WCE] |
7 | UNAFFILIATED | EEC_JUDDENOMFAM_UNAFFILIATED | Congregations not affiliated with one of the major groups of Judaism; unaffiliated. | IR | [WCE] |
Reference Type: IR
References: [WCE]
EDCS Attribute Symbolic Constant: EAC_JULIAN_DATE_TERRESTRIAL_TIME
EDCS Attribute Code: 450
Definition:
The Julian date (terrestrial time) of any instant is the Julian day number for the preceding noon plus the fraction of the day since that instant. A Julian date (terrestrial time) begins at 12 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds, and the length of a day is 86 400 seconds.
EDCS Attribute Value Data Type: REAL
EDCS Unit Equivalence Class Label: PURE_NUMBER
EDCS Group Labels: TIME
Reference Type: NR
References: none
EDCS Attribute Symbolic Constant: EAC_JULIAN_DAY
EDCS Attribute Code: 451
Definition:
The Julian day number associated with the solar day which is the number assigned to a day in a continuous count of days beginning with the Julian day number "0" assigned to the day starting at Greenwich mean noon on 1 January 4 713 BCE, Julian proleptic calendar -4 712.
EDCS Attribute Value Data Type: COUNT
EDCS Group Labels: TIME
Reference Type: NR
References: none
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