Supporting Text Searches
Text searches are a very important mechanism for data discovery. This group includes attributes that contain descriptive text that could be the target of these searches. Some of these attributes, for example title and summary, might also be displayed in the results of text searches.
Crosswalks
| Concept | Description | Paths |
|---|---|---|
| Title | A short description of the dataset. | DIF /DIF/Entry_Title Dryad dcterms:title ECHO /Collection/ShortName>/Collection/LongName EML /eml:dataset/eml:title/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:title ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Title THREDDS /catalog/dataset/@name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=title] |
| Abstract | A paragraph describing the dataset. | DIF /DIF/Summary/Abstract Dryad dcterms:description ECHO /Collection/Description EML /eml:dataset/eml:abstract/eml:descendant FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:descript/fgdc:abstract ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Abstract THREDDS metadata/documentation[@type=summary] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=summary] |
| Purpose | A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset. | DIF /DIF/Summary/Purpose ECHO /Collection/SuggestedUsage ECS METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > CollectionAssociation > CollectionAssociationContainer.CollectionUse EML /eml:dataset/eml:project/eml:title/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:descript/fgdc:purpose ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:purpose/gco:CharacterString |
| Keyword | A comma separated list of key words and phrases. | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Category > //dif:Parameters/dif:Topic > //dif:Parameters/dif:Term
> //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_1 > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_2 >
//dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 > //dif:Parameters/dif: > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3
EML /eml:dataset/eml:keywordSet/eml:keyword/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekey |/fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:place/fgdc:placekey ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords/ows:Keyword netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=keywords] |
| Keyword Vocabulary | If you are following a guideline for the words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute,
put the name of that guideline here. |
ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:thesaurusName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=keyword_vocabulary] |
| Standard Name Vocabulary | The name of the controlled vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken. | ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:variable/attribute/@name=standard_name |
| Lineage | Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the dataset and an audit trail for modifications to the original data. | ISO /*/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:statement/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=history] |
| Other Information | Miscellaneous information about the data. | FGDC /fgdc:taxoncl/fgdc:taxonrv[../fgdc:taxonrn=’Class’] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:otherCitationDetails/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=comment] |
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.
