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Revise Temporal Reference Systems section
Added Temporal CRS to definition of Temporal Reference Systems.
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//### 6.2. Temporal Reference Systems
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==== Temporal Reference Systems
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Time is referenced by a temporal reference system (temporal RS). In the current version of this Community Standard, only a string-based notation for time values is defined. Future versions of this Community Standard may allow for alternative notations, such as recording time values as numeric offsets from a given temporal datum (e.g. “days since 1970-01-01”).
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Time is referenced by a temporal reference system (temporal RS). A Temporal Reference System may be Calendar based, using dat-time specified with strings, or may be a Temporal Coordinate Reference System, using numeric values rather than strings.
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In the orignal version, V1.0, of this Community Standard, only a string-based notation for time values is defined.
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- A temporal RS object MUST have a member `"type"`. The only currently defined value of it is `"TemporalRS"`.
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This version, v1.0.1, of the Community Standard allows for the alternative notation, allowing the recording of time values as numeric offsets from a given temporal datum (e.g. “days since 1970-01-01”).
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The temporal datum, also know as an epoch, for both kinds of Temporal Reference Systems is always specified as a calendar based string.
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- A temporal RS object MUST have a member `"type"`. The only currently defined values are `"TemporalRS"` or `"TemporalCRS"`.
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- A temporal RS object MUST have a member `"calendar"` with value `"Gregorian"` or a URI.
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- If the Gregorian calendar is used, then `"calendar"` MUST have the value `"Gregorian"` and cannot be a URI.
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- A temporal RS object MAY have a member `"timeScale"` with a URI as value.

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