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== mrd:MD_Format ==
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Description of the computer language construct that specifies the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel
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<th colspan="3">Elements</th>
 
<th colspan="3">Elements</th>
<th><i>Definition and Recommended Practice</i></th>
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<th colspan="1">Domain</th>
<th><pre>Examples</pre></th>
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<th width="30%"><i>Examples</i></th>
 
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<td bgcolor="FFFF99">1</td>
 
<td bgcolor="FFFF99">1</td>
<td bgcolor="FFFF99">[[CharacterString|name]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="FFFF99">[[CI_Citation|mrd:formatSpecificationCitation]]</td>
 
<td bgcolor="FFFF99">1</td>
 
<td bgcolor="FFFF99">1</td>
<td><i>Name of the resource format.</i></td>
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<td bgcolor="FFFF99">[[CI_Citation|cit:CI_Citation]]</td>
<td><pre>ASCII</pre><pre>NetCDF</pre><pre>HDF5</pre>
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<td>Citation to the resource format specification.</td>
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<td><i>ASCII, or NetCDF, or HDF5</i></td>
 
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<td bgcolor="FFFF99"> 2 </td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF"> 2 </td>
<td bgcolor="FFFF99">[[CharacterString|version]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|mrd:amendmentNumber]]</td>
<td bgcolor="FFFF99">1</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..1</td>
<td><i>Version of the format. Use gco:nilReason attribute if version is unknown.</i></td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|gco:CharacterString]]</td>
<td><pre>4</pre><pre>&lt;gmd:version gco:nilReason="inapplicable"/&gt;</pre></td>
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<td>Version of the format. Use gco:nilReason attribute if version is unknown.</td>
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<td><i>4</i></td>
 
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">3</td>
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|amendmentNumber]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|mrd:fileDecompressionTechnique]]</td>
 
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..1</td>
 
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..1</td>
<td><i>Amendment number of the format version.</i></td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|gco:CharacterString]]</td>
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<td>Algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied.</td>
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<td><i>ZIP</i></td>
 
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">4</td>
 
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">4</td>
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|specification]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[MD_Medium|mrd:medium]]</td>
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..1</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..*</td>
<td><i>Name of a subset, profile, or product specification of the format. Identify the name of the specification. Do not include URL to specification. Provide full citation in the [[MD_AssociatedResource]] section. </i></td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[MD_Medium|mrd:MD_Medium]]</td>
<td><pre>NCEI NetCDF Templates v2.0</pre></td>
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<td>Distribution medium for the distributor format.</td>
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<td><i></i></td>
 
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">5</td>
 
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">5</td>
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[CharacterString|fileDecompressionTechnique]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[MD_Distributor|mrd:formatDistributor]]</td>
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..1</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..*</td>
<td><i>Algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied.</i></td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[MD_Distributor|mrd:MD_Distributor]]</td>
<td><pre>ZIP</pre></td>
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<td>Information about the distributor's format.</td>
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<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">6</td>
 
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">[[MD_Distributor|formatDistributor]]</td>
 
<td bgcolor="CCFFFF">0..1</td>
 
<td><i>Information about the distributor's format.</i></td>
 
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mrd:MD_Format

Description of the computer language construct that specifies the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel

Elements Domain Definition and Recommended Practice Examples
1 mrd:formatSpecificationCitation 1 cit:CI_Citation Citation to the resource format specification. ASCII, or NetCDF, or HDF5
2 mrd:amendmentNumber 0..1 gco:CharacterString Version of the format. Use gco:nilReason attribute if version is unknown. 4
3 mrd:fileDecompressionTechnique 0..1 gco:CharacterString Algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied. ZIP
4 mrd:medium 0..* mrd:MD_Medium Distribution medium for the distributor format.
5 mrd:formatDistributor 0..* mrd:MD_Distributor Information about the distributor's format.




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