Difference between revisions of "Concepts Glossary"
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<h2>Recommendation Spirals:</h2><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>WSDL for Web Service Description</li><li>ISO Lineage</li><li>ISO Quality</li><li>ISO External References</li><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li>ISO User Feedback</li></ul><br/><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tr><td><b>Name</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Recommendations</b></td></tr><tr><td id="Abstract">Abstract</td><td>A paragraph describing the resource.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Acknowledgement">Acknowledgement</td><td>Provides a place to acknowledge various types of support for the project that produced the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Attributes">Additional Attributes</td><td>Attributes used to describe unique characteristics of the collection which extend beyond those defined in the model.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Lineage_Documentation">Additional Lineage Documentation</td><td>Additional descriptive information, such as a publication that describes the process for generating the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Resource_Documentation">Additional Resource Documentation</td><td>Other documentation associated with the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Usage_Documentation">Additional Usage Documentation</td><td>Publications that describe usage of data.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li>ISO User Feedback</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Algorithm_Citation">Algorithm Citation</td><td>Information identifying the algorithm and version or date.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Alternate_Metadata_Citation">Alternate Metadata Citation</td><td>Reference to alternative metadata or metadata in a non-ISO standard for the same resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Application_Schema_Information">Application Schema Information</td><td>Name of the application schema used.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="AssociatedDIFs">AssociatedDIFs</td><td>Specifies the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) identifier for the collection.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Association">Association</td><td>Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation">Attribute Accuracy Explanation</td><td>The identification of the test that yielded the Attribute Accuracy Value. </td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Accuracy_Report">Attribute Accuracy Report</td><td>An explanation of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of values in the data set and a description of the tests used</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Accuracy_Value">Attribute Accuracy Value</td><td>An estimate of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of attribute values in the data set</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator">Author / Originator</td><td>The principal author of the resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator_Email_Address">Author / Originator Email Address</td><td>The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator_World_Wide_Web_Address">Author / Originator World Wide Web Address</td><td>The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Binding">Binding</td><td>A protocol and data format specification for a particular interface.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Bounding_Box">Bounding Box</td><td>A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Browse_File_Name">Browse File Name</td><td>Name of the file holding the browse graphic.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Common_Data_Model_Datatype">Common Data Model Datatype</td><td>The THREDDS data type for this resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Complete_Citation">Complete Citation</td><td>Complete citation for the resource as a text blob.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Completeness_Report">Completeness Report</td><td>Information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules used to derive the data set.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Confidence">Confidence</td><td>Trustworthiness of a data quality result.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Conformance_Result">Conformance Result</td><td>Information about the outcome of evaluating the obtained value (or set of values) against a specified acceptable conformance quality level.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Constraint_Reference">Constraint Reference</td><td>Citation for the limitation or constraint.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Contributor_Name">Contributor Name</td><td>Contributor to the resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Contributor_Role">Contributor Role</td><td>The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coordinate_Reference_System_(CRS)">Coordinate Reference System (CRS)</td><td>Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Resource">Coupled Resource</td><td>Identifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Type">Coupled Type</td><td>Describes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coverage_Content_Type">Coverage Content Type</td><td>An item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation, modelResult</td><td><ul><li><b>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coverage_Result">Coverage Result</td><td>Result organising the measured values as a coverage.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Creation_Date">Creation Date</td><td>Date of creation of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Link">Data Link</td><td>A link to data produced by the project.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Quality_Scope">Data Quality Scope</td><td>The specific data to which the data quality information applies.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Date">Date</td><td>The date of a creation or update event of the catalogue record.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Descriptive_Result">Descriptive Result</td><td>Data quality descriptive result.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Contact">Distribution Contact</td><td>Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Liability">Distribution Liability</td><td>Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Easternmost_Longitude">Easternmost Longitude</td><td>The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="End_Time">End Time</td><td>The end of the bounding time period</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Method_Description">Evaluation Method Description</td><td>Description of the evaluation method.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Procedure">Evaluation Procedure</td><td>Reference to the procedure information.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Reference">Evaluation Reference</td><td>Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Reference_Document">Evaluation Reference Document</td><td>Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Specification">Evaluation Specification</td><td>Citation of data product specification or user requirement against which data is being evaluated.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method">Evalulation Method</td><td>The procedure used to evaluate the measure.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method_Type">Evalulation Method Type</td><td>Type of method used to evaluate quality of the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Feature_Catalogue_Citation">Feature Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the feature catalogue or the conceptual schema.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Format_Citation">Format Citation</td><td>Citation/URL of the specification for the format.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Has_Security_Constraints">Has Security Constraints</td><td>Are there any security constraints?</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Homogeneity">Homogeneity</td><td>Expected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation">Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation</td><td>The identification of the test that yielded the Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report">Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report</td><td>An explanation of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value">Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value</td><td>An estimate of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements in the data set expressed in (ground) meters.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Identified_Issues_Citation">Identified Issues Citation</td><td>Citation of a description of known issues associated with the resource along with proposed solutions if available.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li>ISO User Feedback</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument">Instrument</td><td>Information about the instrument used to make the observations.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Citation">Instrument Citation</td><td>A citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Keyword">Instrument Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource.</td><td><ul><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Type">Instrument Type</td><td>The type of instrument.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Interface">Interface</td><td>A set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword">Keyword</td><td>A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.</td><td><ul><li>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Ontology_Citation">Keyword Ontology Citation</td><td>Reference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization of a knowledge domain for use in semantic processing.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Type">Keyword Type</td><td>Methods used to group similar keywords</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Vocabulary">Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>If you are following a guideline or using a shared vocabulary for the words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here.</td><td><ul><li>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Vocabulary_Citation">Keyword Vocabulary Citation</td><td>Name of the formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of keywords.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Lineage_Scope">Lineage Scope</td><td>Type of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Lineage_Statement">Lineage Statement</td><td>Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the dataset and an audit trail for modifications to the original data.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ISO Lineage</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Logical_Consistency">Logical Consistency</td><td>The degree of adherence to logical rules of data structure, attribution and relationships (data structure can be conceptual, logical or physical).</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Logical_Consistency_Report">Logical Consistency Report</td><td>An explanation of the fidelity of relationships in the data set and tests used.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure">Measure</td><td>The type of evaluation</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Description">Measure Description</td><td>Description of the measure.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Identifier">Measure Identifier</td><td>Identifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Name">Measure Name</td><td>Name of the test applied to the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Source_Citation">Measure Source Citation</td><td>Reference to the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Time">Measure Time</td><td>Date or range of dates on which a data quality measure was applied.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Media">Media</td><td>Media on which the resource is available</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Medium_Reference">Medium Reference</td><td>Name of the medium on which the resource can be stored (resourceFormat) or distributed.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Contact">Metadata Contact</td><td>The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Identifier">Metadata Identifier</td><td>A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Language">Metadata Language</td><td>Language of the metadata</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Profile_Citation">Metadata Profile Citation</td><td>Citation for the profile(s) of the metadata standard to which the metadata conforms.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Citation">Metadata Standard Citation</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</b></li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO External References</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Version">Metadata Standard Version</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</b></li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Modified_Date">Modified Date</td><td>Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Naming_Authority">Naming Authority</td><td>The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Northernmost_Latitude">Northernmost Latitude</td><td>The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource">Online Resource</td><td>Online Resource for the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Citation">Operation Citation</td><td>Identification of the mission.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Ordering_Instructions">Ordering Instructions</td><td>General instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Organization_Name">Organization Name</td><td>Name of the organization</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Originating_Organization">Originating Organization</td><td>The organization responsible for creating the resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Paleo-Temporal_Coverage">Paleo-Temporal Coverage</td><td>For paleoclimate or geologic data, “Paleo_Temporal_Coverage” is the period of time covered by the data collected.</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Parameters_Citation">Parameters Citation</td><td>Reference providing description of the parameters.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Identifier">Parent Identifier</td><td>A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Metadata_Reference">Parent Metadata Reference</td><td>Identification of the parent metadata record.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Place_Keyword">Place Keyword</td><td>A comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Plan_Citation">Plan Citation</td><td>Identification of authority requesting target collection.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Platform">Platform</td><td>The platform used to collect the observations.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Citation">Platform Citation</td><td>Source where information about the platform is described.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Keyword">Platform Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Portrayal_Catalogue_Citation">Portrayal Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the portrayal catalogue used.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Positional_Accuracy_Report">Positional Accuracy Report</td><td>Accuracy of the position of features within a spatial reference system.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step">Process Step</td><td>A step in the processing that produced a resource</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Description">Process Step Description</td><td>Description of the event, including related parameters or tolerances.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Purpose">Process Step Purpose</td><td>Requirement or purpose for the process step.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Reference">Process Step Reference</td><td>Process step documentation.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Scope">Process Step Scope</td><td>Type of resource and/or extent to which the process step applies.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Source_Produced">Process Step Source Produced</td><td></td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Source_Used">Process Step Source Used</td><td>The Source Citation Abbreviation of a data set used in the processing step.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Time">Process Step Time</td><td>Date, time, range or period of process step.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Citation">Processing Citation</td><td>Reference to documentation describing the processing.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Level">Processing Level</td><td>A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Software_Reference">Processing Software Reference</td><td>Reference to document describing processing software.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processor">Processor</td><td>Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organisation(s) associated with the process step. | <h2>Recommendation Spirals:</h2><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>WSDL for Web Service Description</li><li>ISO Lineage</li><li>ISO Quality</li><li>ISO External References</li><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li>ISO User Feedback</li></ul><br/><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tr><td><b>Name</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Recommendations</b></td></tr><tr><td id="Abstract">Abstract</td><td>A paragraph describing the resource.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Acknowledgement">Acknowledgement</td><td>Provides a place to acknowledge various types of support for the project that produced the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Attributes">Additional Attributes</td><td>Attributes used to describe unique characteristics of the collection which extend beyond those defined in the model.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Lineage_Documentation">Additional Lineage Documentation</td><td>Additional descriptive information, such as a publication that describes the process for generating the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Resource_Documentation">Additional Resource Documentation</td><td>Other documentation associated with the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Usage_Documentation">Additional Usage Documentation</td><td>Publications that describe usage of data.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li>ISO User Feedback</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Algorithm_Citation">Algorithm Citation</td><td>Information identifying the algorithm and version or date.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Alternate_Metadata_Citation">Alternate Metadata Citation</td><td>Reference to alternative metadata or metadata in a non-ISO standard for the same resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Application_Schema_Information">Application Schema Information</td><td>Name of the application schema used.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="AssociatedDIFs">AssociatedDIFs</td><td>Specifies the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) identifier for the collection.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Association">Association</td><td>Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation">Attribute Accuracy Explanation</td><td>The identification of the test that yielded the Attribute Accuracy Value. </td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Accuracy_Report">Attribute Accuracy Report</td><td>An explanation of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of values in the data set and a description of the tests used</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Accuracy_Value">Attribute Accuracy Value</td><td>An estimate of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of attribute values in the data set</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator">Author / Originator</td><td>The principal author of the resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator_Email_Address">Author / Originator Email Address</td><td>The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator_World_Wide_Web_Address">Author / Originator World Wide Web Address</td><td>The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Binding">Binding</td><td>A protocol and data format specification for a particular interface.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Bounding_Box">Bounding Box</td><td>A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Browse_File_Name">Browse File Name</td><td>Name of the file holding the browse graphic.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Common_Data_Model_Datatype">Common Data Model Datatype</td><td>The THREDDS data type for this resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Complete_Citation">Complete Citation</td><td>Complete citation for the resource as a text blob.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Completeness_Report">Completeness Report</td><td>Information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules used to derive the data set.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Confidence">Confidence</td><td>Trustworthiness of a data quality result.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Conformance_Result">Conformance Result</td><td>Information about the outcome of evaluating the obtained value (or set of values) against a specified acceptable conformance quality level.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Constraint_Reference">Constraint Reference</td><td>Citation for the limitation or constraint.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Contributor_Name">Contributor Name</td><td>Contributor to the resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Contributor_Role">Contributor Role</td><td>The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coordinate_Reference_System_(CRS)">Coordinate Reference System (CRS)</td><td>Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Resource">Coupled Resource</td><td>Identifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Type">Coupled Type</td><td>Describes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coverage_Content_Type">Coverage Content Type</td><td>An item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation, modelResult</td><td><ul><li><b>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Coverage_Result">Coverage Result</td><td>Result organising the measured values as a coverage.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Creation_Date">Creation Date</td><td>Date of creation of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Link">Data Link</td><td>A link to data produced by the project.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Quality_Scope">Data Quality Scope</td><td>The specific data to which the data quality information applies.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Date">Date</td><td>The date of a creation or update event of the catalogue record.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Descriptive_Result">Descriptive Result</td><td>Data quality descriptive result.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Contact">Distribution Contact</td><td>Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Liability">Distribution Liability</td><td>Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Easternmost_Longitude">Easternmost Longitude</td><td>The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="End_Time">End Time</td><td>The end of the bounding time period</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Method_Description">Evaluation Method Description</td><td>Description of the evaluation method.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Procedure">Evaluation Procedure</td><td>Reference to the procedure information.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Reference">Evaluation Reference</td><td>Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Reference_Document">Evaluation Reference Document</td><td>Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Specification">Evaluation Specification</td><td>Citation of data product specification or user requirement against which data is being evaluated.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method">Evalulation Method</td><td>The procedure used to evaluate the measure.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method_Type">Evalulation Method Type</td><td>Type of method used to evaluate quality of the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Feature_Catalogue_Citation">Feature Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the feature catalogue or the conceptual schema.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Format_Citation">Format Citation</td><td>Citation/URL of the specification for the format.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Has_Security_Constraints">Has Security Constraints</td><td>Are there any security constraints?</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Homogeneity">Homogeneity</td><td>Expected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation">Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation</td><td>The identification of the test that yielded the Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report">Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report</td><td>An explanation of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value">Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value</td><td>An estimate of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements in the data set expressed in (ground) meters.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Identified_Issues_Citation">Identified Issues Citation</td><td>Citation of a description of known issues associated with the resource along with proposed solutions if available.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li>ISO User Feedback</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument">Instrument</td><td>Information about the instrument used to make the observations.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Citation">Instrument Citation</td><td>A citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Keyword">Instrument Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource.</td><td><ul><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Type">Instrument Type</td><td>The type of instrument.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Interface">Interface</td><td>A set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword">Keyword</td><td>A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.</td><td><ul><li>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Ontology_Citation">Keyword Ontology Citation</td><td>Reference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization of a knowledge domain for use in semantic processing.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Type">Keyword Type</td><td>Methods used to group similar keywords</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Vocabulary">Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>If you are following a guideline or using a shared vocabulary for the words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here.</td><td><ul><li>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</li><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Vocabulary_Citation">Keyword Vocabulary Citation</td><td>Name of the formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of keywords.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Lineage_Scope">Lineage Scope</td><td>Type of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Lineage_Statement">Lineage Statement</td><td>Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the dataset and an audit trail for modifications to the original data.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ISO Lineage</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Logical_Consistency">Logical Consistency</td><td>The degree of adherence to logical rules of data structure, attribution and relationships (data structure can be conceptual, logical or physical).</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Logical_Consistency_Report">Logical Consistency Report</td><td>An explanation of the fidelity of relationships in the data set and tests used.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure">Measure</td><td>The type of evaluation</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Description">Measure Description</td><td>Description of the measure.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Identifier">Measure Identifier</td><td>Identifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Name">Measure Name</td><td>Name of the test applied to the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Source_Citation">Measure Source Citation</td><td>Reference to the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Time">Measure Time</td><td>Date or range of dates on which a data quality measure was applied.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Media">Media</td><td>Media on which the resource is available</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Medium_Reference">Medium Reference</td><td>Name of the medium on which the resource can be stored (resourceFormat) or distributed.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Contact">Metadata Contact</td><td>The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Identifier">Metadata Identifier</td><td>A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Language">Metadata Language</td><td>Language of the metadata</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Profile_Citation">Metadata Profile Citation</td><td>Citation for the profile(s) of the metadata standard to which the metadata conforms.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Citation">Metadata Standard Citation</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</b></li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO External References</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Version">Metadata Standard Version</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</b></li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Modified_Date">Modified Date</td><td>Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Naming_Authority">Naming Authority</td><td>The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Northernmost_Latitude">Northernmost Latitude</td><td>The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource">Online Resource</td><td>Online Resource for the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Citation">Operation Citation</td><td>Identification of the mission.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Ordering_Instructions">Ordering Instructions</td><td>General instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Organization_Name">Organization Name</td><td>Name of the organization</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Originating_Organization">Originating Organization</td><td>The organization responsible for creating the resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Paleo-Temporal_Coverage">Paleo-Temporal Coverage</td><td>For paleoclimate or geologic data, “Paleo_Temporal_Coverage” is the period of time covered by the data collected.</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Parameters_Citation">Parameters Citation</td><td>Reference providing description of the parameters.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Identifier">Parent Identifier</td><td>A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Metadata_Reference">Parent Metadata Reference</td><td>Identification of the parent metadata record.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Place_Keyword">Place Keyword</td><td>A comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Plan_Citation">Plan Citation</td><td>Identification of authority requesting target collection.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Platform">Platform</td><td>The platform used to collect the observations.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Citation">Platform Citation</td><td>Source where information about the platform is described.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Keyword">Platform Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Portrayal_Catalogue_Citation">Portrayal Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the portrayal catalogue used.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Positional_Accuracy_Report">Positional Accuracy Report</td><td>Accuracy of the position of features within a spatial reference system.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step">Process Step</td><td>A step in the processing that produced a resource</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Description">Process Step Description</td><td>Description of the event, including related parameters or tolerances.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Purpose">Process Step Purpose</td><td>Requirement or purpose for the process step.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Reference">Process Step Reference</td><td>Process step documentation.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Scope">Process Step Scope</td><td>Type of resource and/or extent to which the process step applies.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Source_Produced">Process Step Source Produced</td><td></td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Source_Used">Process Step Source Used</td><td>The Source Citation Abbreviation of a data set used in the processing step.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Time">Process Step Time</td><td>Date, time, range or period of process step.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Citation">Processing Citation</td><td>Reference to documentation describing the processing.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Level">Processing Level</td><td>A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Software_Reference">Processing Software Reference</td><td>Reference to document describing processing software.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Processor">Processor</td><td>Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organisation(s) associated with the process step. | ||
− | </td><td><ul><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Keyword">Project Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource.</td><td><ul><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Name">Project Name</td><td>The name of the project that the resource was associated with.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publication_Date">Publication Date</td><td>Date of publication of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher">Publisher</td><td>Publisher of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_E-Mail">Publisher E-Mail</td><td>Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_URL">Publisher URL</td><td>World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Purpose">Purpose</td><td>A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Quality_Statement">Quality Statement</td><td>Information about the quality of the data or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Quantitative_Result">Quantitative Result</td><td>The values or information about the value(s) (or set of values) obtained from applying a data quality measure.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Related__Metadata_Citation">Related Metadata Citation</td><td>Reference to the metadata of the associated resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Citation">Related Resource Citation</td><td>Citation information about the associated resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Identifier">Related Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Relation">Relation</td><td>A reference to a related resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Report">Report</td><td>Quantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Representativity">Representativity</td><td>Degree to which the sample used has produced a result which is representative of the data within the data quality scope.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Requirement_Citation">Requirement Citation</td><td>Identification of reference or guidance material for the requirement.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Access_Constraints">Resource Access Constraints</td><td>Information about any constraints for accessing the data set. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, limitations and/or warnings on obtaining the data set. Some words that may be used in this field include: Public, In-house, Limited, Additional detailed instructions on how to access the data can be entered in this field.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Citation">Resource Citation</td><td>Citation for the resource.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Contact">Resource Contact</td><td>The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Cost_or_Fees">Resource Cost or Fees</td><td>Cost associated with access to the resource</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Creation/Revision_Date">Resource Creation/Revision Date</td><td>The date the resource was created</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Duration">Resource Duration</td><td>The temporal duration of a resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Format">Resource Format</td><td>The physical or digital manifestation of the resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Identifier">Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for the resource described by the metadata</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Language">Resource Language</td><td>The language of the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Long_Name">Resource Long Name</td><td>The reference name used in describing the scientific contents of the data collection.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Quality_Description">Resource Quality Description</td><td>Description of the quality of the resource or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Scope">Resource Scope</td><td>The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type can include general categories, genres or aggregation levels of content.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Status">Resource Status</td><td>The status of the resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Title">Resource Title</td><td>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.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Type">Resource Type</td><td>A resource code identifying the type of resource e.g. dataset, a collection, an application (see MD_ScopeCode) which the metadata describes.</td><td><ul><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Update_Frequency">Resource Update Frequency</td><td>The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Use_Constraints">Resource Use Constraints</td><td>Information about how the data may or may not be used after access is granted to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, terms and conditions, and/or limitations on using the data set. Data providers may request acknowledgement of the data from users and claim no responsibility for quality and completeness of data.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_on-line_Link">Resource on-line Link</td><td>Online link referencing additional information about the resource.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Result">Result</td><td>The output of the evaluation</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Revision_Date">Revision Date</td><td>Date of revision of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Rights">Rights</td><td>Information about rights held in and over the resource</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Characteristics">Sensor Characteristics</td><td>Referential information for the collection source/sensor configuration.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service">Service</td><td>The end points supported by the web service.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Location">Service Location</td><td>Endpoint for accessing the service.</td><td><ul><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>WSDL for Web Service Description</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Operation_Name">Service Operation Name</td><td>Name of an operation provided by the service.</td><td><ul><li>WSDL for Web Service Description</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Operation_Reference">Service Operation Reference</td><td>Provides a reference to the resource on which the service operates.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Profile_Reference">Service Profile Reference</td><td>Profile to which the service adheres.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Resource_Reference">Service Resource Reference</td><td>Reference to the resource on which the service operates.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Standard_Citation">Service Standard Citation</td><td>Standard to which the service adheres.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source">Source</td><td>A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation">Source Citation</td><td>Recommended reference to be used for the source.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li>ISO Lineage</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation_Abbreviation">Source Citation Abbreviation</td><td>Short-form alias for the source citation.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Description">Source Description</td><td>Detailed description of the source.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Metadata">Source Metadata</td><td>Reference to metadata for the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Reference_System">Source Reference System</td><td>Spatial reference system used by the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Scope">Source Scope</td><td>Type and/or extent of the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Step">Source Step</td><td>Information about a process step in which this source was used.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Time_Period">Source Time Period</td><td>Time period for which the source data set corresponds to the ground.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Southernmost_Latitude">Southernmost Latitude</td><td>The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Extent">Spatial Extent</td><td>The spatial extent of the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Resolution">Spatial Resolution</td><td>The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Specific_Usage">Specific Usage</td><td>Brief description of the resource and/or resource series usage.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Standalone_Report_Citation">Standalone Report Citation</td><td>Reference to external standalone quality report.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Standard_Name_Vocabulary">Standard Name Vocabulary</td><td>The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Start_Time">Start Time</td><td>The start of the bounding time period</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Extent">Temporal Extent</td><td>The temporal extent of the resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Keyword">Temporal Keyword</td><td>Keyword identifies a time period related to the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Quality_Report">Temporal Quality Report</td><td>Quality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Resolution">Temporal Resolution</td><td>The smallest time step included in the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Thematic_Accuracy_Report">Thematic Accuracy Report</td><td>Accuracy of quantitative attributes and the correctness of non-quantitative attributes and of the classifications of features and their relationships.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Topic_Category">Topic Category</td><td>High level category enumeration used in ISO</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Transfer_Size">Transfer Size</td><td>The size of the digital resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Turnaround">Turnaround</td><td>Typical turnaround time for the filling of an order.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="TwoDCoordinateSystem">TwoDCoordinateSystem</td><td>Bounding extent defined in two dimensions with min and max values.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Types">Types</td><td>Describes the data. The XML Schema language (also known as XSD) is used (inline or referenced) for this purpose.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Units">Units</td><td>The units of the variables data values.</td><td><ul><li><b>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Usability_Report">Usability Report</td><td>Specific quality information about a dataset’s suitability for a particular application or conformance to a set of requirements.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Usage_Time">Usage Time</td><td>Date and time of the first use or range of uses of the resource and/or resource series.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="User_Contact">User Contact</td><td>Identification of and means of communicating with person(s) and organisation(s) using the resource(s).</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="User_Determined_Limitations">User Determined Limitations</td><td>Applications, determined by the user for which the resource and/or resource series is not suitable.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="User_Response">User Response</td><td>Response to the user-determined limitations.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Version">Version</td><td>Version of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Version_Description">Version Description</td><td>A brief description of the differences between this collection version and another collection version.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Maximum">Vertical Maximum</td><td>The maximum height of the bounding rectangle</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Minimum">Vertical Minimum</td><td>The minimum height of the bounding rectangle</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation">Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation</td><td>The identification of the test that yielded the Vertical Positional Accuracy Value.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report">Vertical Positional Accuracy Report</td><td>An explanation of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value">Vertical Positional Accuracy Value</td><td>an estimate of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurement in the data set expressed in (ground) meters.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Westernmost_Longitude">Westernmost Longitude</td><td>The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr></table | + | </td><td><ul><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Keyword">Project Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource.</td><td><ul><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Name">Project Name</td><td>The name of the project that the resource was associated with.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publication_Date">Publication Date</td><td>Date of publication of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher">Publisher</td><td>Publisher of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_E-Mail">Publisher E-Mail</td><td>Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_URL">Publisher URL</td><td>World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Purpose">Purpose</td><td>A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Quality_Statement">Quality Statement</td><td>Information about the quality of the data or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the data.</td><td><ul><li><b>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Quantitative_Result">Quantitative Result</td><td>The values or information about the value(s) (or set of values) obtained from applying a data quality measure.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Related__Metadata_Citation">Related Metadata Citation</td><td>Reference to the metadata of the associated resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Citation">Related Resource Citation</td><td>Citation information about the associated resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Identifier">Related Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Relation">Relation</td><td>A reference to a related resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Report">Report</td><td>Quantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Representativity">Representativity</td><td>Degree to which the sample used has produced a result which is representative of the data within the data quality scope.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Requirement_Citation">Requirement Citation</td><td>Identification of reference or guidance material for the requirement.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Access_Constraints">Resource Access Constraints</td><td>Information about any constraints for accessing the data set. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, limitations and/or warnings on obtaining the data set. Some words that may be used in this field include: Public, In-house, Limited, Additional detailed instructions on how to access the data can be entered in this field.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Citation">Resource Citation</td><td>Citation for the resource.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Contact">Resource Contact</td><td>The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Cost_or_Fees">Resource Cost or Fees</td><td>Cost associated with access to the resource</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Creation/Revision_Date">Resource Creation/Revision Date</td><td>The date the resource was created</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Duration">Resource Duration</td><td>The temporal duration of a resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Format">Resource Format</td><td>The physical or digital manifestation of the resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Identifier">Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for the resource described by the metadata</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Language">Resource Language</td><td>The language of the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Long_Name">Resource Long Name</td><td>The reference name used in describing the scientific contents of the data collection.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Quality_Description">Resource Quality Description</td><td>Description of the quality of the resource or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Scope">Resource Scope</td><td>The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type can include general categories, genres or aggregation levels of content.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</b></li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Status">Resource Status</td><td>The status of the resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Title">Resource Title</td><td>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.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables</li><li>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</li><li>DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Required</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Type">Resource Type</td><td>A resource code identifying the type of resource e.g. dataset, a collection, an application (see MD_ScopeCode) which the metadata describes.</td><td><ul><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Update_Frequency">Resource Update Frequency</td><td>The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Use_Constraints">Resource Use Constraints</td><td>Information about how the data may or may not be used after access is granted to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, terms and conditions, and/or limitations on using the data set. Data providers may request acknowledgement of the data from users and claim no responsibility for quality and completeness of data.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_on-line_Link">Resource on-line Link</td><td>Online link referencing additional information about the resource.</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Result">Result</td><td>The output of the evaluation</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Revision_Date">Revision Date</td><td>Date of revision of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Rights">Rights</td><td>Information about rights held in and over the resource</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Characteristics">Sensor Characteristics</td><td>Referential information for the collection source/sensor configuration.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service">Service</td><td>The end points supported by the web service.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Location">Service Location</td><td>Endpoint for accessing the service.</td><td><ul><li>SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>WSDL for Web Service Description</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Operation_Name">Service Operation Name</td><td>Name of an operation provided by the service.</td><td><ul><li>WSDL for Web Service Description</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Operation_Reference">Service Operation Reference</td><td>Provides a reference to the resource on which the service operates.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Profile_Reference">Service Profile Reference</td><td>Profile to which the service adheres.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Resource_Reference">Service Resource Reference</td><td>Reference to the resource on which the service operates.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Standard_Citation">Service Standard Citation</td><td>Standard to which the service adheres.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO External References</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source">Source</td><td>A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.</td><td><ul><li><b>Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties</b></li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation">Source Citation</td><td>Recommended reference to be used for the source.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO External References</b></li><li>ISO Lineage</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation_Abbreviation">Source Citation Abbreviation</td><td>Short-form alias for the source citation.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Description">Source Description</td><td>Detailed description of the source.</td><td><ul><li>FGDC for Data Understanding</li><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Metadata">Source Metadata</td><td>Reference to metadata for the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Reference_System">Source Reference System</td><td>Spatial reference system used by the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Scope">Source Scope</td><td>Type and/or extent of the source.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Step">Source Step</td><td>Information about a process step in which this source was used.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Lineage</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Time_Period">Source Time Period</td><td>Time period for which the source data set corresponds to the ground.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Southernmost_Latitude">Southernmost Latitude</td><td>The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Extent">Spatial Extent</td><td>The spatial extent of the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Resolution">Spatial Resolution</td><td>The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource.</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Specific_Usage">Specific Usage</td><td>Brief description of the resource and/or resource series usage.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Standalone_Report_Citation">Standalone Report Citation</td><td>Reference to external standalone quality report.</td><td><ul><li>ISO External References</li><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Standard_Name_Vocabulary">Standard Name Vocabulary</td><td>The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Start_Time">Start Time</td><td>The start of the bounding time period</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Extent">Temporal Extent</td><td>The temporal extent of the resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</li><li>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Keyword">Temporal Keyword</td><td>Keyword identifies a time period related to the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Quality_Report">Temporal Quality Report</td><td>Quality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Resolution">Temporal Resolution</td><td>The smallest time step included in the resource.</td><td><ul><li><b>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Thematic_Accuracy_Report">Thematic Accuracy Report</td><td>Accuracy of quantitative attributes and the correctness of non-quantitative attributes and of the classifications of features and their relationships.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Topic_Category">Topic Category</td><td>High level category enumeration used in ISO</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Required</li><li>ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Transfer_Size">Transfer Size</td><td>The size of the digital resource</td><td><ul><li>DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Turnaround">Turnaround</td><td>Typical turnaround time for the filling of an order.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="TwoDCoordinateSystem">TwoDCoordinateSystem</td><td>Bounding extent defined in two dimensions with min and max values.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Types">Types</td><td>Describes the data. The XML Schema language (also known as XSD) is used (inline or referenced) for this purpose.</td><td><ul><li><b>WSDL for Web Service Description</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Units">Units</td><td>The units of the variables data values.</td><td><ul><li><b>ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Usability_Report">Usability Report</td><td>Specific quality information about a dataset’s suitability for a particular application or conformance to a set of requirements.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO Quality</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Usage_Time">Usage Time</td><td>Date and time of the first use or range of uses of the resource and/or resource series.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="User_Contact">User Contact</td><td>Identification of and means of communicating with person(s) and organisation(s) using the resource(s).</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="User_Determined_Limitations">User Determined Limitations</td><td>Applications, determined by the user for which the resource and/or resource series is not suitable.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="User_Response">User Response</td><td>Response to the user-determined limitations.</td><td><ul><li><b>ISO User Feedback</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Version">Version</td><td>Version of the cited resource</td><td><ul><li>ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li><li>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Version_Description">Version Description</td><td>A brief description of the differences between this collection version and another collection version.</td><td><ul><li><b>ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Maximum">Vertical Maximum</td><td>The maximum height of the bounding rectangle</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Minimum">Vertical Minimum</td><td>The minimum height of the bounding rectangle</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation">Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation</td><td>The identification of the test that yielded the Vertical Positional Accuracy Value.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report">Vertical Positional Accuracy Report</td><td>An explanation of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value">Vertical Positional Accuracy Value</td><td>an estimate of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurement in the data set expressed in (ground) meters.</td><td><ul><li><b>FGDC for Data Understanding</b></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td id="Westernmost_Longitude">Westernmost Longitude</td><td>The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td><td><ul><li>Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended</li></ul></td></tr></table> |
[[Category:Documentation Connections]] | [[Category:Documentation Connections]] |
Revision as of 15:26, October 24, 2014
Recommendation Spirals:
- Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
- Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
- Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
- Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
- Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
- Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
- DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- DIF for Data Discovery - Required
- DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
- ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended
- ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional
- ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended
- SERF for Service Discovery - Required
- SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended
- WSDL for Web Service Description
- ISO Lineage
- ISO Quality
- ISO External References
- FGDC for Data Understanding
- ISO User Feedback
Name | Description | Recommendations |
Abstract | A paragraph describing the resource. |
|
Acknowledgement | Provides a place to acknowledge various types of support for the project that produced the data. |
|
Additional Attributes | Attributes used to describe unique characteristics of the collection which extend beyond those defined in the model. |
|
Additional Lineage Documentation | Additional descriptive information, such as a publication that describes the process for generating the resource. |
|
Additional Resource Documentation | Other documentation associated with the resource. |
|
Additional Usage Documentation | Publications that describe usage of data. |
|
Algorithm Citation | Information identifying the algorithm and version or date. |
|
Alternate Metadata Citation | Reference to alternative metadata or metadata in a non-ISO standard for the same resource. |
|
Application Schema Information | Name of the application schema used. |
|
AssociatedDIFs | Specifies the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) identifier for the collection. |
|
Association | Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship |
|
Attribute Accuracy Explanation | The identification of the test that yielded the Attribute Accuracy Value. |
|
Attribute Accuracy Report | An explanation of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of values in the data set and a description of the tests used |
|
Attribute Accuracy Value | An estimate of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of attribute values in the data set |
|
Author / Originator | The principal author of the resource |
|
Author / Originator Email Address | The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource |
|
Author / Originator World Wide Web Address | The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource |
|
Binding | A protocol and data format specification for a particular interface. |
|
Bounding Box | A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest |
|
Browse File Name | Name of the file holding the browse graphic. |
|
Common Data Model Datatype | The THREDDS data type for this resource. |
|
Complete Citation | Complete citation for the resource as a text blob. |
|
Completeness Report | Information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules used to derive the data set. |
|
Confidence | Trustworthiness of a data quality result. |
|
Conformance Result | Information about the outcome of evaluating the obtained value (or set of values) against a specified acceptable conformance quality level. |
|
Constraint Reference | Citation for the limitation or constraint. |
|
Contributor Name | Contributor to the resource |
|
Contributor Role | The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the data. |
|
Coordinate Reference System (CRS) | Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox |
|
Coupled Resource | Identifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled. |
|
Coupled Type | Describes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource. |
|
Coverage Content Type | An item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation, modelResult |
|
Coverage Result | Result organising the measured values as a coverage. |
|
Creation Date | Date of creation of the cited resource |
|
Data Link | A link to data produced by the project. |
|
Data Quality Scope | The specific data to which the data quality information applies. |
|
Date | The date of a creation or update event of the catalogue record. |
|
Descriptive Result | Data quality descriptive result. |
|
Distribution Contact | Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource. |
|
Distribution Liability | Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor. |
|
Easternmost Longitude | The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. |
|
End Time | The end of the bounding time period |
|
Evaluation Method Description | Description of the evaluation method. |
|
Evaluation Procedure | Reference to the procedure information. |
|
Evaluation Reference | Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method. |
|
Evaluation Reference Document | Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method. |
|
Evaluation Specification | Citation of data product specification or user requirement against which data is being evaluated. |
|
Evalulation Method | The procedure used to evaluate the measure. |
|
Evalulation Method Type | Type of method used to evaluate quality of the data. |
|
Feature Catalogue Citation | Information identifying the feature catalogue or the conceptual schema. |
|
Format Citation | Citation/URL of the specification for the format. |
|
Has Security Constraints | Are there any security constraints? |
|
Homogeneity | Expected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation. |
|
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation | The identification of the test that yielded the Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value. |
|
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report | An explanation of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. |
|
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value | An estimate of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements in the data set expressed in (ground) meters. |
|
Identified Issues Citation | Citation of a description of known issues associated with the resource along with proposed solutions if available. |
|
Instrument | Information about the instrument used to make the observations. |
|
Instrument Citation | A citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument. |
|
Instrument Keyword | Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource. |
|
Instrument Type | The type of instrument. |
|
Interface | A set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints. |
|
Keyword | A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types. |
|
Keyword Ontology Citation | Reference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization of a knowledge domain for use in semantic processing. |
|
Keyword Type | Methods used to group similar keywords |
|
Keyword Vocabulary | If you are following a guideline or using a shared vocabulary for the words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here. |
|
Keyword Vocabulary Citation | Name of the formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of keywords. |
|
Lineage Scope | Type of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies. |
|
Lineage Statement | Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the dataset and an audit trail for modifications to the original data. |
|
Logical Consistency | The degree of adherence to logical rules of data structure, attribution and relationships (data structure can be conceptual, logical or physical). |
|
Logical Consistency Report | An explanation of the fidelity of relationships in the data set and tests used. |
|
Measure | The type of evaluation |
|
Measure Description | Description of the measure. |
|
Measure Identifier | Identifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace. |
|
Measure Name | Name of the test applied to the data. |
|
Measure Source Citation | Reference to the source. |
|
Measure Time | Date or range of dates on which a data quality measure was applied. |
|
Media | Media on which the resource is available |
|
Medium Reference | Name of the medium on which the resource can be stored (resourceFormat) or distributed. |
|
Metadata Contact | The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata. |
|
Metadata Identifier | A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record. |
|
Metadata Language | Language of the metadata |
|
Metadata Profile Citation | Citation for the profile(s) of the metadata standard to which the metadata conforms. |
|
Metadata Standard Citation | The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms |
|
Metadata Standard Version | The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms |
|
Modified Date | Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue |
|
Naming Authority | The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace) |
|
Northernmost Latitude | The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. |
|
Online Resource | Online Resource for the cited resource |
|
Operation Citation | Identification of the mission. |
|
Ordering Instructions | General instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor |
|
Organization Name | Name of the organization |
|
Originating Organization | The organization responsible for creating the resource |
|
Paleo-Temporal Coverage | For paleoclimate or geologic data, “Paleo_Temporal_Coverage” is the period of time covered by the data collected. |
|
Parameters Citation | Reference providing description of the parameters. |
|
Parent Identifier | A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection |
|
Parent Metadata Reference | Identification of the parent metadata record. |
|
Place Keyword | A comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource. |
|
Plan Citation | Identification of authority requesting target collection. |
|
Platform | The platform used to collect the observations. |
|
Platform Citation | Source where information about the platform is described. |
|
Platform Keyword | Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource. |
|
Portrayal Catalogue Citation | Information identifying the portrayal catalogue used. |
|
Positional Accuracy Report | Accuracy of the position of features within a spatial reference system. |
|
Process Step | A step in the processing that produced a resource |
|
Process Step Description | Description of the event, including related parameters or tolerances. |
|
Process Step Purpose | Requirement or purpose for the process step. |
|
Process Step Reference | Process step documentation. |
|
Process Step Scope | Type of resource and/or extent to which the process step applies. |
|
Process Step Source Produced |
| |
Process Step Source Used | The Source Citation Abbreviation of a data set used in the processing step. |
|
Process Step Time | Date, time, range or period of process step. |
|
Processing Citation | Reference to documentation describing the processing. |
|
Processing Level | A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset. |
|
Processing Software Reference | Reference to document describing processing software. |
|
Processor | Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organisation(s) associated with the process step. |
|
Project Keyword | Keywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource. |
|
Project Name | The name of the project that the resource was associated with. |
|
Publication Date | Date of publication of the cited resource |
|
Publisher | Publisher of the cited resource |
|
Publisher E-Mail | Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource |
|
Publisher URL | World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource |
|
Purpose | A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset. |
|
Quality Statement | Information about the quality of the data or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the data. |
|
Quantitative Result | The values or information about the value(s) (or set of values) obtained from applying a data quality measure. |
|
Related Metadata Citation | Reference to the metadata of the associated resource. |
|
Related Resource Citation | Citation information about the associated resource. |
|
Related Resource Identifier | Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described. |
|
Relation | A reference to a related resource. |
|
Report | Quantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope. |
|
Representativity | Degree to which the sample used has produced a result which is representative of the data within the data quality scope. |
|
Requirement Citation | Identification of reference or guidance material for the requirement. |
|
Resource Access Constraints | Information about any constraints for accessing the data set. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, limitations and/or warnings on obtaining the data set. Some words that may be used in this field include: Public, In-house, Limited, Additional detailed instructions on how to access the data can be entered in this field. |
|
Resource Citation | Citation for the resource. |
|
Resource Contact | The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource. |
|
Resource Cost or Fees | Cost associated with access to the resource |
|
Resource Creation/Revision Date | The date the resource was created |
|
Resource Duration | The temporal duration of a resource. |
|
Resource Format | The physical or digital manifestation of the resource |
|
Resource Identifier | Identifier for the resource described by the metadata |
|
Resource Language | The language of the resource. |
|
Resource Long Name | The reference name used in describing the scientific contents of the data collection. |
|
Resource Quality Description | Description of the quality of the resource or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the resource. |
|
Resource Scope | The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type can include general categories, genres or aggregation levels of content. |
|
Resource Status | The status of the resource |
|
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. |
|
Resource Type | A resource code identifying the type of resource e.g. dataset, a collection, an application (see MD_ScopeCode) which the metadata describes. |
|
Resource Update Frequency | The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed |
|
Resource Use Constraints | Information about how the data may or may not be used after access is granted to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, terms and conditions, and/or limitations on using the data set. Data providers may request acknowledgement of the data from users and claim no responsibility for quality and completeness of data. |
|
Resource on-line Link | Online link referencing additional information about the resource. |
|
Result | The output of the evaluation |
|
Revision Date | Date of revision of the cited resource |
|
Rights | Information about rights held in and over the resource |
|
Sensor Characteristics | Referential information for the collection source/sensor configuration. |
|
Service | The end points supported by the web service. |
|
Service Location | Endpoint for accessing the service. |
|
Service Operation Name | Name of an operation provided by the service. |
|
Service Operation Reference | Provides a reference to the resource on which the service operates. |
|
Service Profile Reference | Profile to which the service adheres. |
|
Service Resource Reference | Reference to the resource on which the service operates. |
|
Service Standard Citation | Standard to which the service adheres. |
|
Source | A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. |
|
Source Citation | Recommended reference to be used for the source. |
|
Source Citation Abbreviation | Short-form alias for the source citation. |
|
Source Description | Detailed description of the source. |
|
Source Metadata | Reference to metadata for the source. |
|
Source Reference System | Spatial reference system used by the source. |
|
Source Scope | Type and/or extent of the source. |
|
Source Step | Information about a process step in which this source was used. |
|
Source Time Period | Time period for which the source data set corresponds to the ground. |
|
Southernmost Latitude | The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. |
|
Spatial Extent | The spatial extent of the resource. |
|
Spatial Resolution | The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource. |
|
Specific Usage | Brief description of the resource and/or resource series usage. |
|
Standalone Report Citation | Reference to external standalone quality report. |
|
Standard Name Vocabulary | The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken. |
|
Start Time | The start of the bounding time period |
|
Temporal Extent | The temporal extent of the resource |
|
Temporal Keyword | Keyword identifies a time period related to the resource. |
|
Temporal Quality Report | Quality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features. |
|
Temporal Resolution | The smallest time step included in the resource. |
|
Thematic Accuracy Report | Accuracy of quantitative attributes and the correctness of non-quantitative attributes and of the classifications of features and their relationships. |
|
Topic Category | High level category enumeration used in ISO |
|
Transfer Size | The size of the digital resource |
|
Turnaround | Typical turnaround time for the filling of an order. |
|
TwoDCoordinateSystem | Bounding extent defined in two dimensions with min and max values. |
|
Types | Describes the data. The XML Schema language (also known as XSD) is used (inline or referenced) for this purpose. |
|
Units | The units of the variables data values. |
|
Usability Report | Specific quality information about a dataset’s suitability for a particular application or conformance to a set of requirements. |
|
Usage Time | Date and time of the first use or range of uses of the resource and/or resource series. |
|
User Contact | Identification of and means of communicating with person(s) and organisation(s) using the resource(s). |
|
User Determined Limitations | Applications, determined by the user for which the resource and/or resource series is not suitable. |
|
User Response | Response to the user-determined limitations. |
|
Version | Version of the cited resource |
|
Version Description | A brief description of the differences between this collection version and another collection version. |
|
Vertical Maximum | The maximum height of the bounding rectangle |
|
Vertical Minimum | The minimum height of the bounding rectangle |
|
Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation | The identification of the test that yielded the Vertical Positional Accuracy Value. |
|
Vertical Positional Accuracy Report | An explanation of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. |
|
Vertical Positional Accuracy Value | an estimate of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurement in the data set expressed in (ground) meters. |
|
Westernmost Longitude | The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. |
|