(Resolver Descriptive Profile) A structured statement that describes the organization currently providing first (resolver) contact access to the object.
Elements: [RDP_name](https://n2t.net/99152/h12
26), [RDP_identifier](https://n2t.net/99152/h1227),[RDP_model](https://n2t.net/99152/h1229), [RDP_mission](https://n2t.net/99152/h1231), [RDP_successor](https://n2t.net/99152/h1233), [RDP_more](https://n2t.net/99152/h1234)
The business model of the organization named in [RDP_name](https://n2t.net/99152/h1226). Takes [FP](https://n2t.net/99152/h1221) or [NP](https://n2t.net/99152/h1223) as values.
The name of another organization that will provide resolution if the current provider, identified in [RDP_name](https://n2t.net/99152/h1226), is unable to do so.
The time required for a change in forcing of mass balance to result in an observable response of the geometry, particularly the length, of the glacier. The reaction time is not a physical property of
the glacier. Estimates of the reaction time depend on, among other things, the precision of observation and the extent to which the glacier is out of equilibrium. See response time.