To access feature type parameters, click the gear icon 
on a feature type in the workspace to open the Feature Type Parameter Editor. To always display the editor in Workbench, you can select View > Windows > Parameter Editor.
All feature types share similar General Parameters. This includes Name and Writer Name. From here, you can also control Dynamic Properties.
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Keyword Suffix |
Value |
Required/Optional |
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TYPE |
The feature type of the file. In IDRISI, each file can contain only one feature type. The allowable types are idrisi_point, idrisi_line, idrisi_area and idrisi_text. |
Required |
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FILE_TITLE |
Contains the descriptive name of the file. It is the name which is displayed at the top of the data file. If not specified, this defaults to “unknown”. |
Optional |
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REF_SYSTEM |
The name of the geographic reference system used with the file. This may be Plane, or Lat/Long and so forth. If not specified, this defaults to “unknown”. |
Optional |
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REF_UNITS |
The unit of measure used by the reference system. The recognized units are meters, feet, miles, kilometers, degrees and radians. This defaults to “meters” if not specified. |
Optional |
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UNIT_DIST |
The scaling factor of the map in relation to the ground. This should be 1 in most cases and this defaults to 1 if not specified. |
Optional |
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POSN_ERROR |
The degree of accuracy of the position of the feature in the vector file. If not specified, this defaults to “unknown”. |
Optional |
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RESOLUTION |
The typical distance between points of a feature in the vector file. If not specified, this defaults to “unknown”. |
Optional |
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VALUE_UNITS |
The unit of measure of the values used in the vector file. If not specified, this defaults to “unspecified”. |
Optional |
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VALUE_ERROR |
The degree of error in the data values. For qualitative data, this is recorded as a proportional error value. For quantitative data, this should be recorded as a RMS error value. |
Optional |
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FLAG_VALUE |
Any value in the vector file, which is not a data value, but has special meaning. This entry should remain blank if such value does not exist. |
Optional |
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FLAG_DEF |
The definition of the above FLAG_VALUE. This field should remain blank if FLAG_VALUE does not exist. |
Optional |
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LEGEND_CAT {<number>} |
The legend categories which shows up in the legend box when the vector file is displayed. The <number> can be any positive integer which is larger than 0. |
Optional |
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COMMENT {<number>} |
Any additional information about the data. The <number> starts from 1 and increments by one for each additional comment line. |
Optional
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LINEAGE {<number>} |
Any information regarding the history of how the data is recorded. The <number> starts from 1 and increments by one for each additional lineage line. |
Optional
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completeness {<number>} |
The degree of how well the values describe the subject matter indicated. The <number> starts from 1 and increments by one for each additional lineage line. |
Optional
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consistency {<number>} |
The logical consistency of the file. The <number> starts from 1 and increments by one for each additional consistency line. |
Optional
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