EDCS Reference Manual
EDCS Attribute Dictionary - Concepts whose label begin with the letter J

EDCS Attribute Label: JAINISM_DENOMINATIONAL_FAMILY

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]

EDCS Group Labels: ABSTRACT_CONCEPT

Reference Type: IR

References: [WCE]


EDCS Attribute Label: JUDAISM_DENOMINATIONAL_FAMILY

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]

EDCS Group Labels: ABSTRACT_CONCEPT

Reference Type: IR

References: [WCE]


EDCS Attribute Label: JULIAN_DATE_TERRESTRIAL_TIME

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 Label: JULIAN_DAY

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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