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Schema: SWMET
Class SWType

Properties: maxOccurs = unbounded minOccurs = 1

Schema element: swTypeCode

Field type / facets: String100Type

Properties: maxOccurs =1 minOccurs = 1

Guidance on completion of schema element: Required. Member State code for the characterisation type of the water body, as reported for each water body in the surface water schema (SWB), and the RBMP and background documents. If typology for HMWBs and/or AWBs has been derived and used it should be reported here. This will allow reporting of e.g. physico-chemical standards linked to these types under the schema SWMET. 

Details on the typologies are no longer requested but a brief description of the type is required in TypeName and reference to where further details can be found in the RBMP and background documents.

In the previous reporting exercise in 2010, some Member States reported more characterisation types than were subsequently reported with surface water bodies. Please ensure consistency in the data reported.

Quality assurance checks:  Cross-schema check: The reported swTypeCode must be consistent with the codes reported in SWB/SurfaceWaterBody/surfaceWaterBodyTypeCode.