17.2.3 Indexing

Because the values in property series are dependent on some additional axes, it is important to define the influence of the new axes on the value indexing and the place of these new dimensions in the HDF dimension orders.

For property series (and only for property series), values are structured this way in HDF (top is the slowest dimension, bottom is the fastest dimension). The property model results in some attributes that are optional and some that are required in the schema (XSD):

• RealizationCount: Optional, don't provide this dimension if the property series is not related to several realizations (no stochastic simulation).
• TimeCount: Optional, don't provide this dimension if the property series is not related to several time information.
• IndexableElementCount: Required, always provide this dimension even if equal to 1.

• ValueCountPerIndexableElement: Optional, don't provide this dimension if the property values are scalar ones. Provide this dimension if the property values are vectorial ones.

Remarks:

• The time count for property series is only related to the series time indices. It is not related to the inherited time index, which should be ignored if also present.
• The realization count for property series is only related to the realization indices. It is not related to the inherited realization index, which should be ignored if also present.