optional (required for Project Dive Exploration), single

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The element <platform> describes where the dive started from; this element was adopted from the DL7 Standard by DAN — Project Dive Exploration, http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/research/projects/pde/.

Allowed integer values are: 1 – beach/shore, 2 – pier, 3 – small boat, 4 – charter boat, 5 – live-aboard, 6 – barge, 7 – landside, 8 – hyperbaric facility, 9 – other.

<dive>

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<apparatus>, <dive>, <diveplan>, <divetable>, <program>, <purpose>

(see also <dive>)

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<platform>5</platform>