Documenting People and Organizations
Many documentation dialects include mechanisms for connecting people and organizations to metadata records. There are two general approaches to these connections. The first involves including the roles of the people in the names of the metadata elements. For example, the netCDF Attribute Convention for Data Discovery includes fields titled creator_name, creator_email, and creator_url. This approach makes it difficult to standardize because new standard elements must be added in order to add a new role, i.e. processor_name, processor_email, processor_URL.
The second approach centers around a generic description of a person or an organization that includes an attribute that gives the role they play with respect to the resource being documented. This approach allows additions by extending the list of roles. See [[NetCDF,_HDF,_and_ISO_Metadata] for more details on this approach.
People
Connecting people to datasets is an important role of metadata
Role
function performed by the responsible party
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Role | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:Role | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode |
Position Name
Name of the job or position in an organization
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /Collection/Contacts/Contact/ContactPersons/ContactPerson/JobPosition | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:positionName/gco:CharacterString |
First Name
First name of the individual
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:First_Name | /Collection/Contacts/Contact/ContactPersons/ContactPerson/FirstName | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:individualName/gco:CharacterString |
Middle Name
Middle name of the individual
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Middle_Name | /Collection/Contacts/Contact/ContactPersons/ContactPerson/MiddleName | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:individualName/gco:CharacterString |
Last Name
Last name of the individual
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Last_Name | /Collection/Contacts/Contact/ContactPersons/ContactPerson/LastName | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:individualName/gco:CharacterString |
Email address of the individual or organization
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Email | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationEmails/echo:Email | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:electronicMailAddress/gco:CharacterString |
Hours of Service
Time period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organisation or individual
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:HoursOfService | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:hoursOfService/gco:CharacterString |
Contact Instructions
Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organisation
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:Instructions | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:contactInstructions/gco:CharacterString |
Phone
Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Phone | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationPhones/echo:Phone[echo:type='voice]'/echo:Number | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:phone/gmd:CI_Telephone/gmd:voice/gco:CharacterString |
Fax
Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted via facsimile (fax)
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Fax | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationPhones/echo:Phone[echo:type='fax]'/echo:Number | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:phone/gmd:CI_Telephone/gmd:facsimile/gco:CharacterString |
Address
Address line for the location
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Contact_Address/dif:Address | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationAddresses/echo:Address/echo:StreetAddress | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:deliveryPoint/gco:CharacterString |
City
City of the location
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Contact_Address/dif:City | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationAddresses/echo:Address/echo:City | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:city/gco:CharacterString |
Province or State
Province, state, or other administrative area of the location
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Contact_Address/dif:Province_or_State | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationAddresses/echo:Address/echo:StateProvince | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:administrativeArea/gco:CharacterString |
Postal_Code
Zip code or other postal code for the location
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Contact_Address/dif:Postal_Code | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationAddresses/echo:Address/echo:PostalCode | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:postalCode/gco:CharacterString |
Country
Country of the location
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Contact_Address/dif:Country | /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationAddresses/echo:Address/echo:Country | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:coountry/gco:CharacterString |
Web Page
On-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organisation
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:onlineResource/gmd:CI_OnlineResource |
Organization Name
Name of the organization
| DIF | ECHO | ECS | ISO | netCDF | THREDDS | OGC-SOS | EML | FGDC | Dryad |
| /echo:Collection/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationName | //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:organisationName/gco:CharacterString |
