The International Federation of Digital Seismograph
Networks (FDSN) defines miniSEED as a format
for digital data and related information. The primary intended uses
are data collection, archiving and exchange of seismological data.
The format is also appropriate for time series data from other
geophysical measurements such as pressure, temperature, tilt, etc. In
addition to the time series, storage of related state-of-health and
parameters documenting the state of the recording system are
supported. The FDSN metadata counterpart of miniSEED is StationXML
which is used to describe characteristics needed to interpret the data
such as location, instrument response, etc.
This repository contains the source of the documentation and serves as a coordination point for additions and changes to the specification.
Specification releases are at: https://docs.fdsn.org/projects/miniSEED3
- The
draftbranch contains the latest draft documentation. All changes are first applied to this branch for review and merged with main for releases. - Specification releases are tags in the form
v.#.#-d#.
The versioning scheme used in tags uses the following form: vMAJOR.MINOR-dDOC where:
MAJOR.MINORare the version of the specification, andDOCis the version of the documentation.
The DOC version changes when the documentation has been updated with clarifications, typos,
etc. and does not imply any functional change to the specification.
The specification is maintained by FDSN Working Group II.
To propose changes a submitter must provide two things:
- A written description of the change (motivations, potential impact, etc.).
- A fork of the most recent
draftbranch of the repository submitted as a pull request (PR) on GitHub. The PR should include the changes being proposed.
The procedure is as follows:
- Submitter sends written proposal to the WG-II mailing list, with or without a link to a GitHub pull request or issue.
- If written proposal is approved by WG-II but no pull request was submitted, the proposer should submit a pull request to the repository and send a link to the WG-II for technical review.
- If the written proposal and technical review of the pull request are approved by WG-II, a gatekeeper will merge the pull request.
The change will then be included in the next release.
For technical discussion of a potential change without creating pull request, an issue may be created. The procedure for Working Group II, described above, must be followed for any changes.
Changes and issues should only be grouped together when logically related in order to streamline review and acceptance.