Attribute

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002397",
  "term": "Attribute",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A quality or characteristic of an ecological entity. An attribute is one component of an assessment endpoint.\n\n2. A measurable component of a biological system.\n\n3. A characteristic that describes a person, thing, or event.\n\n4. The characteristics or elements of products or services that determine the type and extent of their short and longer term impacts on the environment or human health. Environmental attributes include, for example, biodegradability, recyclability, VOC emissions, energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor air emissions, hazardous waste, carcinogenicity, etc.\n\n5. Any property, quality, or characteristic of sampling unit. The indicators and other measures used to characterize a sampling site or resource unit are representations of the attributes of that unit or site. A characteristic of a map feature (point, line, or polygon) described by numbers or text; for example, attributes of a tree, represented by a point might include height and species.\n\n6. The characteristics or elements of products or services that determine the type of extent of their short- and long-term impacts on the environment and/or human health. Environmental attributes include, for example, biodegradability, recyclability, volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor air emissions, hazardous waste, and carinogenicity.\n\n7. Any piece of metadata associated with a resource, such as version, steward's name, or owner.\n\n8. Risk factor that is an intrinsic characteristic of the individual person, animal, plant, or other type of organism under study (e.g., genetic susceptibility, age, sex, breed, weight).\n\n9. A characteristic of a map feature (point, line, or polygon) described by numbers or text; for example, attributes of a tree, represented by a point might include height and species.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "see_also": [
    "On-frame data"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary; EPA 235-R97-001",
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "Greener Products Glossary",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary; EMAP Master Glossary",
    "Glossary of Sustainable Manufacturing Terms",
    "Reusable Component Services (RCS) Glossary",
    "CDC Glossary: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice at https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/SS1978.pdf",
    "EMAP Master Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/attribute/"
}