element

An element is the smallest item stored in a database. It can be a number or a text string that is related to a specific fiducial value. A fiducial is a numbering scheme that is used to relate elements from different data sources.

Element types can be byte, ushort (unsigned 2-byte integer), short (2-byte integer), long (4-byte integer), float (4-byte real), double (8-byte real) and string (a fixed length text string).