Data Discovery (ECS)
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Earth Observation System Data and Information Core System (ECS) was designed for NASA in order to support 2 terabytes per day of data. ECS currently provides data ingest, archive, and distribution services at three data centers that manage Earth Observing System (EOS) data. It also supports data management for 9 instruments on 7 spacecraft. The spiral below lists recommended attributes for the ECS metadata model. Where compatible the spiral provides xpath references for DIF, ECHO, ECS, DCAT, ISO, ISO-1 and FGDC documentation dialects.
ECS for Data Discovery - Recommended
This spiral includes the attributes recommended for use with the NASA ECS metadata model. A more detailed descripion of these attributes can be found in the EMD Technical Paper.
Source: EMD Technical Paper| Concept | Description | Dialect (Fit) Paths |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | A paragraph describing the resource. Note: This concept is called "Desciption" in Catalog Services for the Web. | ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:descript/adiwg:abstract BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:descript/bdp:abstract CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:descript/csdgm:abstract DCAT /dct:description DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:descriptions/dcite:description[@descriptionType='Abstract'] DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Summary DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Summary/dif:Abstract DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Summary/dif:Abstract Dryad /*/dcterms:description ECHO /*/echo:Description ECS /*/ecs:CollectionDescription EML /eml:eml/*/abstract HCLS dct:description HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='summary']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='CollectionDescription']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:abstract//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:abstract//* MODS //mods:mods/mods:abstract Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:descript/mercury:abstract OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Abstract Onedcx /onedcx:metadata/onedcx:simpleDc/dcterms:description Onedcx /onedcx:metadata/onedcx:dcTerms/dcterms:abstract RDA-CISL /rda:dsOverview/rda:summary SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Summary/serf:Abstract THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:documentation[@type='abstract'] THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:documentation[@type='abstract'] UMM /umm:UMM/umm:Summary |
| Resource Long Name | The reference name used in describing the scientific contents of the data collection. | ECHO /*/echo:LongName ECS /*/ecs:LongName EML /eml:eml/*/title ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title//* |
| Resource Title | A short description of the resource. The title should be descriptive enough so that when a user is presented with a list of titles the general content of the data set can be determined. | ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:citation/adiwg:citeinfo/adiwg:title BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:citation/bdp:citeinfo/bdp:title CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:citation/csdgm:citeinfo/csdgm:title DCAT /dct:title DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:titles/dcite:title DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Entry_Title DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Title DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Entry_Title DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Dataset_Citation/dif:Dataset_Title Dryad /*/dcterms:title ECHO /*/echo:ShortName | /*/echo:LongName ECHO /*/echo:DataSetId ECS /*/ecs:ShortName | /*/ecs:LongName EML /eml:eml/*/title HCLS dct:title HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='title']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='LongName']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title//* MODS //mods:mods/mods:titleInfo/mods:title Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citation/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:title OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Title Onedcx /onedcx:metadata/onedcx:simpleDc/dcterms:title RDA-CISL /rda:dsOverview/rda:title SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Entry_Title THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/@name THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:metadata/dc:title THREDDS //thredds:dataset[1]/@name UMM /umm:UMM/umm:CollectionCitation/umm:Title |
| Resource Version | Version of the cited resource | CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:citeinfo/csdgm:edition DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:version DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Version DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Reference/dif:Edition DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Dataset_Citation/dif:Dataset_Version DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Entry_ID/dif:Version DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Reference/dif:Edition ECHO /*/echo:VersionId ECS /*/ecs:VersionId HCLS pav:version HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='VersionID']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:edition//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/mri:MD_DataIdentification/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:edition//* MODS //mods:mods/mods:originInfo/mods:edition Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:edition |
| Distribution Contact | Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:distinfo/bdp:distrib/bdp:cntinfo CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:distinfo/csdgm:distrib/csdgm:cntinfo DCAT /dct:contactPoint DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Center/dif:Personnel/dif:Role DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Center/dif:Personnel/dif:Role ECHO /*/echo:ArchiveCenter ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'Data Manager')] ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'DATA CENTER CONTACT')] ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'Archive')] ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'Distributor')] ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'GHRC USER SERVICES')] ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'User Services')] ECS /*/ecs:ArchiveCenter EML /eml:eml/*/associatedParty/role[RoleType='distributor'] ISO /*/gmd:distributionInfo/gmd:MD_Distribution/gmd:distributor/gmd:MD_Distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty ISO //gmd:distributorContact/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:distributionInfo/mrd:MD_Distribution/mrd:distributor/mrd:MD_Distributor/mrd:distributorContact/cit:CI_Responsibility Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:distinfo/mercury:distrib/mercury:cntinfo Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Contact_Person Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:distinfo/mercury:distrib/mercury:cntinfo/mercury:cntperp/mercury:cntper SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Service_Provider |
| Processor | Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organisation(s) associated with the process step. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:dataqual/bdp:lineage/bdp:procstep/bdp:proccont CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:dataqual/csdgm:lineage/csdgm:procstep/csdgm:proccont ECHO /*/echo:ProcessingCenter ECS /*/ecs:ProcessingCenter ISO /*/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:processStep/gmd:LI_ProcessStep/gmd:processor ISO /*/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:processStep/gmi:LE_ProcessStep/gmd:processor ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:resourceLineage/mrl:LI_Lineage/mrl:processStep/mrl:LI_ProcessStep/mrl:processor |
| Metadata Modified Date | Date on which the metadata record (not the resource) was created or updated within the catalogue. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:metainfo/bdp:metd CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:metainfo/csdgm:metd DCAT /dct:modified DIF /*/dif:DIF_Creation_Date DIF /*/dif:Last_DIF_Revision_Date DIF-10 /*/dif:Metadata_Dates/dif:Metadata_Creation DIF-10 /*/dif:Metadata_Dates/dif:Metadata_Last_Revision ECHO /*/echo:RevisionDate ECHO /*/echo:DataGranule/echo:ProductionDateTime ECS /*/ecs:RevisionDate EML /eml:eml/*/maintenance/changeHistory/changeDate ISO /*/gmd:dateStamp/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:dateStamp/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:dateInfo/cit:CI_Date[cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode='lastUpdate']/cit:date/gco:DateTime MODS //mods:mods/mods:recordInfo/mods:recordChangeDate Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:timeperd/mercury:timeinfo/mercury:rngdates/mercury:enddate | /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:timeperd/mercury:timeinfo/mercury:rngdates/mercury:endtime Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:metainfo/mercury:metd |
| Version Description | A brief description of the differences between this collection version and another collection version. | DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Version_Description ECS /*/ecs:VersionDescription |
| Organization Name | Name of the organization | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:citation/bdp:citeinfo/bdp:origin CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:citation/csdgm:citeinfo/csdgm:origin DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:creators/dcite:creator/dcite:affiliation DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Center/dif:Data_Center_Name/dif:Short_Name DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Center/dif:Data_Center_Name/dif:Long_Name DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Center/dif:Data_Center_Name/dif:Short_Name DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Center/dif:Data_Center_Name/dif:Long_Name ECHO /*/ArchiveCenter ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationName ECS (1) /*/ecs:Contact/ecs:ContactOrganizationName EML /eml:eml/*/*/organizationName ISO //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:organisationName//* ISO-1 (1) //cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:party/cit:CI_Organisation/cit:name//* Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citation/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:origin Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:distinfo/mercury:distrib/mercury:cntinfo/mercury:cntperp/mercury:cntorg OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider/ows:ProviderName UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Personnel/umm:ContactPerson/umm:OrganizationName |
| Email address of the individual or organization | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Email DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Email ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationEmails/echo:Email ECS (1) /*/ecs:Contact/ecs:OrganizationEmail/ecs:ElectronicMailAddress ISO //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:electronicMailAddress//* ISO-1 //cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:party/cit:CI_Organisation/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:address/cit:CI_Address/cit:electronicMailAddress//* ISO-1 //cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:party/cit:CI_Individual/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:address/cit:CI_Address/cit:electronicMailAddress//* Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:distinfo/mercury:distrib/mercury:cntinfo/mercury:cntemail Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:metainfo/mercury:metc/mercury:cntinfo/mercury:cntemail Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Contact_Person/mercury:Email OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider/ows:ServiceContact/ows:ContactInfo/ows:Address/ows:ElectronicMailAddress UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Personnel/umm:ContactPerson/umm:Email | |
| Role | function performed by the responsible party | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Role DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Role ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:Role ECS (1) /*/ecs:Contact/ecs:Role ISO //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode ISO-1 (1) //cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Personnel/umm:Role |
| Phone | Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:distinfo/bdp:distrib/bdp:cntinfo/bdp:cntvoice BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:metainfo/bdp:metc/bdp:cntinfo/bdp:cntvoice CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:distinfo/csdgm:distrib/csdgm:cntinfo/csdgm:cntvoice CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:metainfo/csdgm:metc/csdgm:cntinfo/csdgm:cntvoice DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Phone DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel/dif:Phone ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact/echo:OrganizationPhones/echo:Phone[echo:type='voice']/echo:Number ECS (1) /*/ecs:Contact/ecs:OrganizationTelephone[ecs:TelephoneNumberType='Voice']/ecs:TelephoneNumber ISO //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:phone/gmd:CI_Telephone/gmd:voice//* ISO-1 //cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:party/cit:CI_Individual/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:phone/cit:CI_Telephone[normalize-space(cit:numberType/cit:CI_TelephoneTypeCode)='voice'] ISO-1 //cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:party/cit:CI_Organisation/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:phone/cit:CI_Telephone[normalize-space(cit:numberType/cit:CI_TelephoneTypeCode)='voice'] Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:distinfo/mercury:distrib/mercury:cntinfo/mercury:cntvoice Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:metainfo/mercury:metc/mercury:cntinfo/mercury:cntvoice Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Contact_Person/mercury:Phone OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider/ows:ServiceContact/ows:ContactInfo/ows:Phone/ows:Voice |
| Phone Type | The type of telephone number being provided (voice, TDD/TTY, faxsimile). | ECS /*/ecs:Contact/ecs:OrganizationTelephone/ecs:TelephoneNumberType |
| Theme Keyword | A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types. Note: The general identification keywords usually have a type of "theme" and are refered to as "theme keywords". Other types and vocabularies are used for other information. Service Entry Resource Format (SERF) requires a Science and a Service GCMD Keyword. This concept is called Subject in the CSW Specification. | ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:keywords/adiwg:theme/adiwg:themekey BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:keywords/bdp:theme/bdp:themekey CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:keywords/csdgm:theme/csdgm:themekey DCAT /dct:keyword DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:subjects/dcite:subject DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Category DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Topic DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Term DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_1 DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_2 DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Detailed_Variable DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Category DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Topic DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Term DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_1 DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_2 DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Detailed_Variable DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Science_Keywords ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:DisciplineKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:TopicKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:TermKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:VariableKeyword EML /eml:eml/*/keywordSet/keyword HCLS dcat:keyword HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='keywords']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSDisciplineKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSTermKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSTopicKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSVariableKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Group[@Name='ECSParameter']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSParameterKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/gmd:keyword//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(mri:type/mri:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/mri:keyword//* MODS //mods:mods/mods:subject/mods:topic MODS //mods:mods/mods:genre Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:keywords/mercury:theme/mercury:themekey OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords[ows:Type='theme']/ows:Keyword RDA-CISL rda:dsOverview/rda:variable RDA-CISL rda:dsOverview/rda:keyword SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Keyword THREDDS (1) //thredds:metadata/thredds:keyword THREDDS (1) //thredds:dataset/thredds:keyword UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Category UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Topic UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Term UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:VariableLevel2/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:VariableLevel2/umm:VariableLevel3/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:DetailedVariable |
| Platform Long Name | The expanded or long name of the platform associated with an instrument. | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Source_Name/dif:Long_Name DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Platform/dif:Long_Name ECHO /echo:Collection/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:LongName ECS (1) /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:PlatformLongName ISO /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:platform/eos:EOS_Platform/gmi:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:description//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:acquisitionInformation/mac:MI_AcquisitionInformation/mac:platform/*/mac:description//* UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Platform/umm:LongName |
| Platform Short Name | The platform used to collect the observations. | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Source_Name/dif:Short_Name DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Platform/dif:Short_Name ECHO /*/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:ShortName ECS /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:PlatformShortName ISO //gmi:platform/*/gmi:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:code//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:acquisitionInformation/mac:MI_AcquisitionInformation/mac:platform/*/mac:identifier/mcc:MD_Identifier/mcc:code//* UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Platform/umm:ShortName |
| Platform Type | The most relevant platform type. | ECHO /*/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:Type ECS (1) /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:PlatformType ISO-1 /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:platform/eos:EOS_Platform/gmi:description//* UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Platform/umm:Type |
| Instrument Long Name | Full name (unabbreviated) for the Instrument used to collect the observations. | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Source_Name/dif:Long_Name DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Instrument/dif:Long_Name ECHO /echo:Collection/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:Instruments/echo:Instrument/echo:LongName ECS /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:Instrument/ecs:InstrumentLongName ISO /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:Instrument/*/gmi:description//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:acquisitionInformation/mac:MI_AcquisitionInformation/mac:instrument/*/mac:description//* UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Instrument/umm:LongName |
| Instrument Short Name | Short name (abbreviation) for the Instrument used to collect the observations. | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Sensor_Name/dif:Short_Name DIF-10 /*/dif:Platform/dif:Instrument/dif:Short_Name ECHO /*/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:Instruments/echo:Instrument/echo:ShortName ECS (1) /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:Instrument/ecs:InstrumentShortName ISO //gmi:instrument/*/gmi:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:code//* ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:acquisitionInformation/mac:MI_AcquisitionInformation/mac:instrument/*/mac:identifier/mcc:MD_Identifier/mcc:code//* UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:Instrument/umm:ShortName |
| Sensor Long Name | The generic or long name description of a sensor (e.g. Visible-Near Infrared, Human Visual, Human Auditory). | DIF /dif:Sensor_Name/dif:Long_Name DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Platform/dif:Instrument/dif:Sensor/dif:Long_Name ECHO /echo:Collection/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:Instruments/echo:Instrument/echo:Sensors/echo:Sensor/echo:LongName ECS /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:Instrument/ecs:Sensor/ecs:SensorLongName |
| Sensor Short Name | The sensory sub-component of an instrument. | DIF-10 /*/dif:Platform/dif:Instrument/dif:Sensor/dif:Short_Name ECHO /*/echo:Platforms/echo:Platform/echo:Instruments/echo:Instrument/echo:Sensors/echo:Sensor/echo:ShortName ECS /*/ecs:Platform/ecs:Instrument/ecs:Sensor/ecs:SensorShortName ISO //eos:sensor/eos:EOS_Sensor/eos:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:code//* Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Parameter_Description/mercury:Sensor |
| Easternmost Longitude | The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute can be used to identify the bounding offering. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:spdom/bdp:bounding/bdp:eastbc CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:spdom/csdgm:bounding/csdgm:eastbc DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Easternmost_Longitude DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Easternmost_Longitude ECHO /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:WestBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:EastBoundingCoordinate EML /eml:eml/*/coverage/geographicCoverage/boundingCoordinates/eastBoundingCoordinate HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lon_max']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:eastBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:eastBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:spdom/mercury:bounding/mercury:eastbc Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Site_Information/mercury:Easternmost_Longitude Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Granule_Details/mercury:Granule/mercury:Easternmost_Longitude OGC-SOS (2) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:upperCorner UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:EastBoundingCoordinate |
| Northernmost Latitude | The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute (e.g. gml:id="network-all") can be used to identify the bounding offering. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:spdom/bdp:bounding/bdp:northbc CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:spdom/csdgm:bounding/csdgm:northbc DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Northernmost_Latitude DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Northernmost_Latitude ECHO /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:NorthBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:NorthBoundingCoordinate EML /eml:eml/*/coverage/geographicCoverage/boundingCoordinates/northBoundingCoordinate HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lat_max']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:northBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:northBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:spdom/mercury:bounding/mercury:northbc Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Site_Information/mercury:Northernmost_Latitude Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Granule_Details/mercury:Granule/mercury:Northernmost_Latitude OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:upperCorner UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:NorthBoundingCoordinate |
| Southernmost Latitude | The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute can be used to identify the bounding offering. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:spdom/bdp:bounding/bdp:southbc CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:spdom/csdgm:bounding/csdgm:southbc DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Southernmost_Latitude DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Southernmost_Latitude ECHO /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:SouthBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:SouthBoundingCoordinate EML /eml:eml/*/coverage/geographicCoverage/boundingCoordinates/southBoundingCoordinate HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lat_min']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:southBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:southBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:spdom/mercury:bounding/mercury:southbc Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Site_Information/mercury:Southernmost_Latitude Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Granule_Details/mercury:Granule/mercury:Southernmost_Latitude OGC-SOS (2) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:lowerCorner THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:northsouth/thredds:start THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:northsouth/thredds:start UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:SouthBoundingCoordinate |
| Westernmost Longitude | The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute can be used to identify the bounding offering. | BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:spdom/bdp:bounding/bdp:westbc CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:spdom/csdgm:bounding/csdgm:westbc DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Westernmost_Longitude DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Spatial_Coverage/dif:Westernmost_Longitude ECHO /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:WestBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:WestBoundingCoordinate EML /eml:eml/*/coverage/geographicCoverage/boundingCoordinates/westBoundingCoordinate HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lon_min']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:westBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:westBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:spdom/mercury:bounding/mercury:westbc Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Site_Information/mercury:Westernmost_Longitude Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Granule_Details/mercury:Granule/mercury:Westernmost_Longitude OGC-SOS (2) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:lowerCorner THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:eastwest/thredds:start THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:eastwest/thredds:start UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:WestBoundingCoordinate |
| Center Latitude | Geodetic latitude of center of locality. | ECS /*/ecs:Circle/ecs:CenterLatitude |
| Center Longitude | Longitude of approximate center of locality. | ECS /*/ecs:Circle/ecs:CenterLongitude |
| Radius Units | The unit of measurement describing the distance from the center of spatial extent or coverage to the furthest point covered by the spatial extent of the locality used to determine a circular region representing general extent or coverage. | ECS /*/ecs:Circle/ecs:RadiusUnits |
| Exclusion GRing Flag | Flag which determines if the coordinates represent the Outer or Exclusion G-Ring. | ECS /*/ecs:Gpolygon/ecs:ExclusionGRingFlag |
| GRing Point Latitude | The geodetic latitude of a point of the G-ring. | ECS /*/ecs:Gpolygon/ecs:GRingPointLatitude |
| GRing Point Longitude | The longitude of a point of the G-Ring. | ECS /*/ecs:Gpolygon/ecs:GRingPointLongitude |
| GRing Point Sequence Number | Value denotes the numerical sequence position of a G-Ring point. | ECS /*/ecs:Gpolygon/ecs:GRingPointSequenceNo |
| Point Latitude | A single geodetic latitudinal value. | ECS /*/ecs:Point/ecs:PointLatitude |
| Point Longitude | A single longitudinal value. | ECS /*/ecs:Point/ecs:PointLongitude |
| Ends at Present Flag | Denotes that a data collection which covers, temporally, a discontinuous range, currently ends at the present date. | ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:EndsatPresentFlag |
| Date Type | Type of date represented by the value in the date attributes of the temporal subclasses. | ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:DateType |
| Precision of Seconds | The precision (position in number of places to right of decimal point) of seconds used in measurement. | ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:PrecisionofSeconds |
| Temporal Range Type | Informs the system and ultimately the end user how the temporal coverage is specified for the collection, granule, or event. | ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:TemporalRangeType |
| Time Type | Provides the time system which the values found in temporal subclasses represent. | ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:TimeType |
xPath Note: The xPaths included in this table use several wildcards. // means any path, so //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty indicates a gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty anywhere in an XML file. /*/ indicates a single level with several possible elements. This usually indicates one of several concrete realizations of an abstract object. For example /*/gmd:identificationInfo could be gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo or gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo and gmd:identificationInfo//*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords could be gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords or gmd:identificationInfo/srv:SV_ServiceIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords. Fit: The fit of the dialect path with the concept is estimated on a scale of 1 = excellent two-way fit, 2 = one-way fit or some other problem, 3 - extension required.
