Basic specification
| Optimal soil texture |
| The best type of soil for providing a support base and for retaining/releasing available water. |
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Displayed using a drop-down list with dual color codes. |
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Climate view |
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Storage details
| SoilTexture |
| A text value up to 35 characters in length. |
| Internally the codes are stored rather than the
description of the item. If a non-standard value is supplied,
it's stored as is. |
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Import / export notes
When importing and exporting the column name for this item is
SoilTexture.
When importing with the Merge option, the existing comma-separated values of this item will be
merged with the values specified in the input file.
| Delimited file |
1) A comma-separated list of soil codes, or 2) A range of soil
codes, something like "01-04", or
3) A free form description. |
| XML file |
A comma-separated list of soil codes or a free
form description. |
| Delimited file |
A comma-separated list of soil codes or a free
form description. |
| XML file |
A comma-separated list of soil codes or a free
form description. |
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Publication templates
The replacement tag is <cb:SoilTexture>.
The possible attributes for this tag are shown below.
Values marked with an asterisk are used by default.
| on * |
For single coded values the color code is
displayed. For a range of coded values the first and last color
codes are displayed. |
| off |
No color codes are shown. |
| on This is the default value when graphics is
on. |
Include the code with the color. |
| off This is the default value when graphics is
off. |
Do not show the code with the color. |
| on This is the default value when graphics is
off or for free form text. |
The text description of the codes -- something
like:
Sandy
Soil texture 01-04 |
| off This is the default value when graphics is
on. |
No text is written. |
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For similar pages in the "Specifications" series see:
Alphabetical index to column specifications
For an index to other topics see
Specimen
Last reviewed March 25, 2004
