Talk:Device

=Structure of Devices:=

6 Main groups, followed by subgroups:


 * 1) Experimental Equipment (Colonization, Experiment)
 * 2) Device Platform (AUV, Lander, Mooring, ROV, Ship)
 * 3) Measurement Device (CTD, Drifter, Hydroacustic....)
 * 4) Sampling Device: Subgroup: (not implemented yet: Aerial Sampler, Catching Devices, Water Sampling, Coring Devices)
 * 5) Other Devices: Subgroup: (not implemented yet: all kinds of unknown devices)
 * 6) No Device: Subgroup: (not implemented yet: no real device)

=Structure Proposal by Janine & Robert=


 * Device Platform
 * Aircraft
 * Gauge Station
 * Lander
 * Mooring
 * Underwater Vehicles
 * Remotely Operated Vehicle
 * Remotely Operated Towed Vehicle
 * Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
 * Submersible
 * Ships &amp; Boats
 * Ship
 * Boat
 * Sled
 * Towed Vehicle
 * Observatory
 * Boat
 * Glider
 * Sampling Device
 * Aerial sampler
 * Bags &amp; Boxes
 * Catching Device
 * Dredge
 * Filter
 * Hook
 * Line
 * Net
 * Plankton Net
 * Trap
 * Trawl
 * Coring Device
 * Box Corer
 * Grab Sampler
 * Gravity &amp; Piston Corer
 * Hand Corer
 * Multicorer
 * Rotary Corer
 * Gas sampler
 * Imaging &amp; Multimedia Devices
 * Water Sampler
 * Rosette
 * Experiment equipment
 * Colonization Device
 * Cosm
 * Benthic Chamber
 * Experimental tank
 * Measurement Device
 * Benthic Chamber
 * Bubble &amp; Particle Detector
 * Plankton Recorder
 * Bubble Detector
 * Particle Counter
 * Particle Camera
 * Buoys, Floats &amp; Profiler
 * Benthic Profiler
 * Buoy
 * Drifter
 * Float
 * Profiler
 * Chemical Property Sensor
 * CTD &amp; XBT
 * Current Meter
 * Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
 * Depth &amp; Pressure Sensors
 * Distance &amp; Length Meter
 * Electromagnetic Device
 * Flourescence Sensor
 * Imaging &amp; Multimedia Devices
 * Laboratory Device
 * Multiprobe
 * Settling Tube
 * Meteorologic &amp; Atmospheric Sensor
 * Multi Sensor Device
 * Optical and Radiometric Sensors
 * Radiometer
 * Remote Sensing
 * Penetrometer
 * Cone Penetration Device
 * Position &amp; Direction Sensors
 * Respirometer
 * Seismic Device
 * Sonar &amp; Radar Devices
 * Sound Velocity Probe
 * Temperature Sensors &amp; Probes
 * Turbidity Meter
 * Other Device
 * Communication Module
 * Preparation Device

=CHANGES:=
 * Device should be included in the method table because there is no clear difference between using a device or a method to produce samples or data. Forget about DeviceType.
 * remove field diameter
 * remove field gear type
 * remove field abbreviation and use ID for import in event tables instead