Data Discovery (ACDD)

Nearly a decade ago, the netCDF Group at Unidata recommended a set of netCDF attributes (the NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery) to enable data discovery. This convention was designed to augment the Climate-Forecast conventions that were already being used to facilitate data accessibility in netCDF via tools. The ACDD was adopted as the basis for the ncISO tool developed at NGDC and incorporated into THREDDS with the goal of providing ISO 19115-compliant discovery metadata for datasets in THREDDS that supported the ACDD. The governance of these conventions has since been taken over by the ESIP Documentation Cluster.

This page includes ACDD recommendations at three levels: highly recommended, recommended, and suggested.

Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended

These attributes are highly recommended by the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery

Source: ACDD Home Page

Concept	Description	Dialect (Fit) Paths
Resource Title	A short description of the resource. The title should be descriptive enough so that when a user is presented with a list of titles the general content of the data set can be determined.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:citation/adiwg:citeinfo/adiwg:title DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Entry_Title DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Data_Set_Citation/dif9:Dataset_Title DCAT /dct:title Dryad dcterms:title ECHO /*/echo:ShortName>/*/echo:LongName ECS /*/ecs:ShortName > /*/ecs:LongName EML /eml:dataset/eml:title/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:title HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='title']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='LongName']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title/gco:CharacterString UMM /umm:UMM/umm:CollectionCitation/umm:Title OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Title SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Entry_Title THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/@name THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:metadata/dc:title THREDDS //thredds:dataset[1]/@name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=title]/@nc:value
Abstract	A paragraph describing the resource. Note: This concept is called "Desciption" in Catalog Services for the Web.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:descript/adiwg:abstract DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Summary/dif9:Abstract DCAT /dct:description Dryad dcterms:description ECHO /*/echo:Description ECS /*/ecs:CollectionDescription EML /eml:dataset/eml:abstract/eml:descendant FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:descript/fgdc:abstract HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='summary']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='CollectionDescription']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:abstract/gco:CharacterString UMM /umm:UMM/umm:Summary OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Abstract SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Summary/serf:Abstract THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:documentation[@type='abstract'] THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:documentation[@type='abstract'] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='summary']/@nc:value
Theme Keyword	A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types. Note: The general identification keywords usually have a type of "theme" and are refered to as "theme keywords". Other types and vocabularies are used for other information. Service Entry Resource Format (SERF) requires a Science and a Service GCMD Keyword. This concept is called Subject in the CSW Specification.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:keywords/adiwg:theme/adiwg:themekey DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Category DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Topic DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Term DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Variable_Level_1 DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Variable_Level_2 DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Variable_Level_3 DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Parameters/dif9:Detailed_Variable DCAT /dct:keyword Dryad dcterms:subject ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:CategoryKeyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:TopicKeyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:TermKeyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:VariableLevel1Keyword/echo:Value ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:VariableLevel2Keyword/echo:Value ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:VariableLevel3Keyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:DetailedVariableKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:DisciplineKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:TopicKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:TermKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:VariableKeyword EML (1) /eml:dataset/eml:keywordSet/eml:keyword/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekey HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='keywords']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSDisciplineKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSTermKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSTopicKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSVariableKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Group[@Name='ECSParameter']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSParameterKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(mri:type/mri:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/mri:keyword/gco:CharacterString UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Category UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Topic UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Term UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:VariableLevel2/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:VariableLevel2/umm:VariableLevel3/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:DetailedVariable OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords[ows:Type='theme']/ows:Keyword SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Keyword THREDDS (1) //thredds:metadata/thredds:keyword THREDDS (1) //thredds:dataset/thredds:keyword netCDF (1) /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=keywords]/@nc:value

Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended

These attributes are recommended by the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery

Source: ACDD Home Page

Concept	Description	Dialect (Fit) Paths
Resource Identifier	Identifier for the resource described by the metadata	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:ids/adiwg:projguid DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Data_Set_Citation/dif9:Dataset_DOI DCAT /dct:identifier ECHO /*/echo:DataSetId ECHO (1) /*/echo:ShortName | /*/echo:LongName ECS /ecs:LocalGranuleID HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='INVENTORYMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ProductSpecificMetadata']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='identifier_file_uuid']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='identifier_file_uuid']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:code/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:identifier/mcc:MD_Identifier/mcc:code/gco:CharacterString THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/@ID netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=id]/@nc:value
Naming Authority	The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace) Note: DIF and ECHO use the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) keywords. In DCAT this is a controlled vocabulary with only one value (DOI)	HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='naming_authority']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:authority ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:identifier/mcc:MD_Identifier/mcc:codeSpace/gco:CharacterString THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/@authority netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=naming_authority]/@nc:value
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. Note: DIF, ECHO and ECS require that theme keywords come from the Global Change Master Directory list.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:keywords/adiwg:theme/adiwg:themekt FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekt HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='keywords_vocabulary']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/gmd:thesaurusName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(mri:type/mri:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/mri:thesaurusName/cit:CI_Citation OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords/ows:Type='theme']/ows:Type/@codespace THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:keyword/@vocabulary THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:name/@thredds:vocabulary netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=keyword_vocabulary]/@nc:value
Common Data Model Datatype	The THREDDS data type for this resource. Note: Current values: vector, grid, textTable, tin, stereoModel, video.	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:spatialRepresentationType/gmd:MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:spatialRepresentationType/mcc:MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:dataType THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:dataType netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=cdm_data_type]/@nc:value
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.	HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='history']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:statement/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:resourceLineage/mrl:LI_Lineage/mrl:statement/gco:CharacterString THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:documentation[@type='history] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=history]/@nc:value
Resource Creation/Revision Date	The date the resource was created	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Data_Set_Citation/dif9:Dataset_Release_Date DCAT /dct:issued ECHO /*/echo:InsertTime ECHO /*/echo:LastUpdate ECS /*/ecs:RevisionDate FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:pubdate HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='date_created']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 //cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/cit:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 //cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/cit:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 //cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/cit:date/gco:DateTime SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Service_Citation/serf:Release_Date THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:date[@type='created'] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=date_created]/@nc:value
Resource Contact	The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:ptcontac/adiwg:cntinfo ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:datacred/adiwg:credorg/adiwg:cntinfo ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:datacred/adiwg:credper/adiwg:cntinfo DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Personnel[dif9:Role='INVESTIGATOR'] DIF /serf:SERF/serf:Personnel[serf:Role='INVESTIGATOR'] DCAT /dct:contactPoint ECHO /*/ArchiveCenter ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'TECHNICAL CONTACT')] ECS /CollectionMetaDataFile/CollectionMetaDataSets/Collections/CollectionMetaData/Contact[Role='User Services'] HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='creator_name']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactPerson'] HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactOrganization']/hdf5:Group[@Name='Data_Originator'] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:pointOfContact ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:pointOfContact OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Personnel THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=creator_name]/@nc:value
Resource Contact		EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:contact[eml:individualName[eml:givenName and /eml:surName]and[eml:address[eml:deliveryPoint and eml:city and eml:postalCode] and eml:phone and eml:electronicMailAddress and eml:onlineUrl]
Author / Originator World Wide Web Address	The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource	ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='author']/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:onlineResource/gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:linkage/gmd:URL ISO-1 //cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility[normalize-space(cit:Role/cit:CI_RoleCode)='publisher']/cit:party/cit:CI_Organisation/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:onlineResource/cit:CI_OnlineResource/cit:linkage THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:contact/@url netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=creator_url]/@nc:value
Author / Originator Email Address	The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Data_Set_Citation/dif9:Dataset_Creator DCAT /dct:mbox HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='creator_email']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactOrganization']/hdf5:Group[@Name='Data_Originator']/hdf5:Attribut[@Name='ElectronicMailAddress']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='author']/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:electronicMailAddress/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:party/cit:CI_Individual/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:address/cit:CI_Address/cit:electronicMailAddress/gco:CharacterString THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:contact/@email netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=creator_email]/@nc:value
Originating Organization	The organization responsible for creating the resource	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Originating_Center ECHO /*/echo:ProcessingCenter EML /eml:dataset/eml:creator/eml:organizationName/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:origin HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='institution']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactOrganization']/hdf5:Group[@Name='Data_Originator'] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='author']/gmd:organisationName/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility[normalize-space(cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode)='author']/cit:party/cit:CI_Organisation/cit:name/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=institution]/@nc:value
Project Name	The name of the project that the resource was associated with.	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Project/dif9:Short_Name DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Project/dif9:Long_Name ECHO /*/echo:Campaigns/echo:Campaign/echo:ShortName ECHO /*/echo:Campaigns/echo:Campaign/echo:LongName ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:aggregationInfo/gmd:MD_AggregateInformation[normalize-space(gmd:associationType/gmd:DS_AssociationTypeCode)='largerWorkCitation'] and (gmd:initiativeType/[normalize-space(gmd:DS_InitiativeTypeCode)='project']/gmd:aggregateDataSetName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='project']/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:associatedResource/mri:MD_AssociatedResource[normalize-space(mri:initiativeType/mri:DS_InitiativeTypeCode)='project']/mri:name/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(mri:type/mri:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='project']/mri:keyword/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords[ows:Type='project']/ows:Keyword THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:project netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=project]/@nc:value
Processing Level	A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset.	ECHO /*/echo:ProcessingLevelId ECS /*/ecs:ProcessingLevelId ISO /*/gmd:contentInfo/gmd:MD_ImageDescription/gmd:processingLevelCode/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:code/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:processingLevel/mcc:MD_Identifier/mcc:code/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=processing_level]/@nc:value
Acknowledgement	Provides a place to acknowledge various types of support for the project that produced the data.	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:credit/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:credit/gco:CharacterString> THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:datset/thredds:documentation[@type="funding"] THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:documentation[@type="funding"] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=acknowledgement]/@nc:value
Bounding Box	A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest Note: This concept is called "Coverage" in the CSW Specification	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage DCAT /dct:spatial ECHO /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle ECS /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:spdom/fgdc:bounding ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/srv:SV_ServiceIdentification/srv:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox
Southernmost Latitude	The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute can be used to identify the bounding offering.	DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Southernmost_Latitude ECHO (1) /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:SouthBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:SouthBoundingCoordinate EML (1) /eml:dataset/eml:coverage/eml:geographicCoverage/eml:boundingCoordinates/eml:southBoundingCoordinate/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:spdom/fgdc:bounding/fgdc:southbc HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lat_min']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:southBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:southBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:SouthBoundingCoordinate OGC-SOS (2) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:lowerCorner THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:northsouth/thredds:start THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:northsouth/thredds:start netCDF (1) /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=geospatial_lat_min]/@nc:value
Northernmost Latitude	The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute (e.g. gml:id="network-all") can be used to identify the bounding offering.	DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Northernmost_Latitude ECHO (1) /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:NorthBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:NorthBoundingCoordinate EML (1) /eml:dataset/eml:coverage/eml:geographicCoverage/eml:boundingCoordinates/eml:northBoundingCoordinate/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:spdom/fgdc:bounding/fgdc:northbc HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lat_max']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:northBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:northBoundLatitude/gco:Decimal UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:NorthBoundingCoordinate OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:upperCorner netCDF (1) /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=geospatial_lat_max]/@nc:value
Westernmost Longitude	The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute can be used to identify the bounding offering.	DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Westernmost_Longitude ECHO (1) /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:WestBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:WestBoundingCoordinate EML (1) /eml:dataset/eml:coverage/eml:geographicCoverage/eml:boundingCoordinates/eml:westBoundingCoordinate/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:spdom/fgdc:bounding/fgdc:westbc HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lon_min']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:westBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:westBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:WestBoundingCoordinate OGC-SOS (2) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:lowerCorner THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:eastwest/thredds:start THREDDS (1) /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:eastwest/thredds:start netCDF (1) /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=geospatial_lon_min]/@nc:value
Easternmost Longitude	The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. Note: OGC-SOS offering lists may not include the entire dataset. A gml:id attribute can be used to identify the bounding offering.	DIF (1) /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Easternmost_Longitude ECHO (1) /*/echo:Spatial/echo:HorizontalSpatialDomain/echo:Geometry/echo:BoundingRectangle/echo:WestBoundingCoordinate ECS (1) /*/ecs:Spatial/ecs:HorizontalSpatialDomain/ecs:BoundingRectangle/ecs:EastBoundingCoordinate EML (1) /eml:dataset/eml:coverage/eml:geographicCoverage/eml:boundingCoordinates/eml:eastBoundingCoordinate/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:spdom/fgdc:bounding/fgdc:eastbc HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='geospatial_lon_max']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:geographicElement/gmd:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gmd:eastBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:geographicElement/gex:EX_GeographicBoundingBox/gex:eastBoundLongitude/gco:Decimal UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:SpatialCoverage/umm:HorizontalSpatialDomain/umm:BoundingRectangle/umm:EastBoundingCoordinate OGC-SOS (2) /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/gml:boundedBy/gml:Envelope/gml:upperCorner netCDF (1) /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=geospatial_lon_max]/@nc:value
Start Time	The start of the bounding time period	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:timeperd/adiwg:timeinfo/adiwg:rngdates/adiwg:begdate DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Temporal_Coverage/dif9:Start_Date DCAT dct:temporal ECHO /*/echo:Temporal/echo:RangeDateTime/echo:BeginningDateTime ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:RangeDateTime/ecs:RangeEndingDate ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:RangeDateTime/ecs:RangeEndingTime EML /eml:dataset/eml:coverage/eml:temporalCoverage/eml:rangeOfDates/eml:beginDate/eml:calendarDate/eml:text HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='time_coverage_start']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeBeginningDate']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeBeginningTime']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='INVENTORYMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeBeginningDate']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='INVENTORYMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeBeginningTime']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:temporalElement/gmd:EX_TemporalExtent/gmd:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:beginPosition ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:temporalElement/gex:EX_TemporalExtent/gex:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:begin/gml:TimeInstant/gml:timePosition ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:temporalElement/gex:EX_TemporalExtent/gex:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:beginPosition OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/sos:time/gml:TimePeriod/gml:beginPosition THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:start THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:start netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=time_coverage_start]/@nc:value
End Time	The end of the bounding time period	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:timeperd/adiwg:timeinfo/adiwg:rngdates/adiwg:enddate DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Temporal_Coverage/dif9:Stop_Date DCAT dct:temporal ECHO /*/echo:Temporal/echo:RangeDateTime/echo:EndingDateTime ECHO /*/echo:Temporal/echo:EndsAtPresentFlag ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:RangeDateTime/ecs:RangeEndingDate ECS /*/ecs:Temporal/ecs:RangeDateTime/ecs:RangeEndingTime EML /eml:dataset/eml:coverage/eml:temporalCoverage/eml:rangeOfDates/eml:endDate/eml:calendarDate/eml:text HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='time_coverage_end']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeEndingDate']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeEndingTime']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='INVENTORYMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeEndingDate']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='INVENTORYMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='RangeEndingTime']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:temporalElement/gmd:EX_TemporalExtent/gmd:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:endPosition ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:temporalElement/gex:EX_TemporalExtent/gex:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:end/gml:TimeInstant/gml:timePosition ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:temporalElement/gex:EX_TemporalExtent/gex:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:endPosition OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/sos:Contents/sos:ObservationOfferingList/sos:ObservationOffering/sos:time/gml:TimePeriod/gml:endPosition THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:end THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:end netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=time_coverage_end]/@nc:value
Vertical Minimum	The minimum height of the bounding rectangle	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Minimum_Altitude DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Minimum_Depth ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:verticalElement/gmd:EX_VerticalExtent/gmd:minimumValue/gco:Real ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:verticalElement/gex:EX_VerticalExtent/gex:minimumValue/gco:Real THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:updown/thredds:start THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:updown/thredds:start netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=geospatial_vertical_min]/@nc:value
Temporal Extent	The temporal extent of the resource	DIF /dif9:TemporalCoverage DCAT /dct:temporal ECHO /*/Temporal/RangeDateTime ECS /ecs:RangeBeginningDate ECS /ecs:RangeEndingDate FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:timeperd/fgdc:timeinfo/fgdc:rngdates ISO /*/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:temporalElement/gmd:EX_TemporalExtent ISO-1 /*/mri:MD_DataIdentification/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:temporalElement/gex:EX_TemporalExtent THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:duration] THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:duration] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=time_coverage_duration]/@nc:value
Temporal Resolution	The smallest time step included in the resource.	DIF /dif9:Data_Resolution/dif9:Temporal_Resolution ECHO /*/eos:AdditionalAttributes/*/eos:MeasurementResolution ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:temporalResolution/gts:TM_PeriodDuration THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:resolution] THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:timeCoverage/thredds:resolution] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:CFMetadata/nc:attribute[@nc:name=time_coverage_resolution]/@nc:value
Standard Name Vocabulary	The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken.	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:thesaurusName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[mri:type/mri:thesaurusName/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title/gco:CharacterString THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:dataset/thredds:variables/@vocabulary netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:variable/attribute[@nc:name=standard_name_vocabulary]/@nc:value
Vertical Maximum	The maximum height of the bounding rectangle	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Maximum_Altitude DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Spatial_Coverage/dif9:Maximum_Depth ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:verticalElement/gmd:EX_VerticalExtent/gmd:maximumValue/gco:Real ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:extent/gex:EX_Extent/gex:verticalElement/gex:EX_VerticalExtent/gex:maximumValue/gco:Real netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=geospatial_vertical_max]/@nc:value
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.	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Access_Constraints DCAT /dct:accessLevel DCAT dct:accessLevelComment ECHO /*/echo:RestrictionFlag ECHO /*/echo:RestrictionComment ECHO /*/echo:Visible ECS /*/ecs:AccessConstraints FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:accconst ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:resourceConstraints/gmd:MD_LegalConstraints/gmd:accessConstraints/gco:CharacterString ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:resourceConstraints/gmd:MD_LegalConstraints/gmd:otherConstraints/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:resourceConstraints/mco:MD_LegalConstraints/mco:accessConstraints/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:resourceConstraints/mco:MD_LegalConstraints/mco:otherConstraints/gco:CharacterString SERF /serf:DIF/serf:Access_Constraints THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:documentation[@type="rights"] THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:documentation[@type="rights"] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:variable/nc:attribute[@nc:name=license]/@nc:value

Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested

These attributes are suggested by the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery

Source: ACDD Home Page

Concept	Description	Dialect (Fit) Paths
Contributor Name	Contributor to the resource	FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:origin FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:datacred FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:metainfo/fgdc:metc/fgdc:cntinfo ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='manyOptions']/gmd:CI_Individual/gmd:name/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility[normalize-space(cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode)='manyOptions']/cit:party/cit:CI_Individual/cit:name/gco:CharacterString THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:contributor THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:contributor netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=creator_name]/@nc:value netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=contributor_name]/@nc:value
Contributor Role	The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the data.	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility/cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:contributor/@role THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:contributor/@role netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=contributor_role]/@nc:value
Publisher	Publisher of the cited resource	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Data_Set_Citation/dif9:Dataset_Publisher DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Reference/dif9:Publisher DCAT /dct:publisher FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:pubinfo/fgdc:publish HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='publisher']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='publisher']/gmd:organisationName/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 //cit:CI_Responsibility[normalize-space(cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode)='publisher']/cit:party/cit:CI_Organisation/cit:name/gco:CharacterString THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:publisher/thredds:name THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:publisher/thredds:name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=publisher_name]/@nc:value
Publisher URL	World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Reference/dif9:Publication_Place HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='publisher_url']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode ='publisher']/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:onlineResource/gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:linkage/gmd:URL ISO-1 //cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility[cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode ='publisher']/cit:party/*/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:onlineResource/cit:CI_OnlineResource/cit:linkage/gco:CharacterString THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:publisher/thredds:contact/@url THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:publisher/thredds:contact/@url netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=publisher_url]/@nc:value
Publisher E-Mail	Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource	DIF /dif9:DIF/dif9:Reference/dif9:Publication_Place HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='publisher_email']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO //gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode ='publisher']/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:electronicMailAddress/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 //cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility[cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode ='publisher']/cit:party/*/cit:contactInfo/cit:CI_Contact/cit:address/cit:CI_Address/cit:electronicMailAddress/gco:CharacterString THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:publisher/thredds:contact/@email THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:publisher/thredds:contact/@email netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name=publisher_email]/@nc:value

xPath Note: The xPaths included in this table use several wildcards. // means any path, so //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty indicates a gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty anywhere in an XML file. /*/ indicates a single level with several possible elements. This usually indicates one of several concrete realizations of an abstract object. For example /*/gmd:identificationInfo could be gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo or gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo and gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords could be gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords or gmd:identificationInfo/srv:SV_ServiceIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords. Fit: The fit of the dialect path with the concept is estimated on a scale of 1 = excellent two-way fit, 2 = one-way fit or some other problem, 3 - extension required.

Data Discoverability