rdfs:comment | - The Technological/Sociopolitical Index was an overall assessment of a planet and its inhabitants, covering its scientific, engineering, social, economic and political achievements, developed by the Federation. It was divided into two parts: the Technological Index and the Sociopolitical Index. Each covered a number of areas, as worlds and races could develop in different areas at different rates, becoming advanced in one area while knowing little about another. The Technological/Sociopolitical Index is similar to the Richter Scale of Culture.
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abstract | - The Technological/Sociopolitical Index was an overall assessment of a planet and its inhabitants, covering its scientific, engineering, social, economic and political achievements, developed by the Federation. It was divided into two parts: the Technological Index and the Sociopolitical Index. Each covered a number of areas, as worlds and races could develop in different areas at different rates, becoming advanced in one area while knowing little about another. A Technological/Sociopolitical Index followed the format "abcdef-gh", with a digit or capital letter in each place to represented development in a scientific, technology, or social field. A 0 represented absolutely no development, while a 9 indicated the absolute highest level of development in that area known to Federation science at the time that the Index was adopted. Intermediate numbers represented proportions in between the two. It represented wide-spread adoption; research could begin into elements of the next classification while still in the previous one. If a civilization had gone beyond Federation capabilities in some way, it was marked by a letter; an A was equivalent to a 10, and so on. The Technological/Sociopolitical Index is similar to the Richter Scale of Culture.
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