Supporting Dataset Creator Searches

This group includes attributes that could support searches for people/institutions/projects that are responsible for datasets. This information is also critical for the correct attribution of the people and institutions that produce datasets.

Creator Search

This group includes attributes that could support searches for people/institutions/projects that are responsible for datasets. This information is also critical for the correct attribution of the people and institutions that produce datasets.

Concept	Description	Dialect (Fit) Paths
Author / Originator	The principal author of the resource Note: In CSW this concept is called Creator	BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:citation/bdp:citeinfo/bdp:origin CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:citation/csdgm:citeinfo/csdgm:origin DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:creators/dcite:creator/dcite:affiliation DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Creator DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Dataset_Citation/dif:Dataset_Creator Dryad /*/dcterms:creator ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact[Role='Data Originator'] ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact[Role='Producer'] ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact[Role='Investigator'] ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact[Role='investigator'] ECHO /*/echo:Contacts/echo:Contact[Role='INVESTIGATOR'] ECS /ecs:Author EML /eml:eml/*/creator HCLS dct:creator HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='creator_name']/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'] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='originator'] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='principalInvestigator'] 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'] ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:citedResponsibleParty/cit:CI_Responsibility[normalize-space(cit:role/cit:CI_RoleCode)='originator'] MODS //mods:mods/mods:name/mods:role[roleTerm='author'] MODS //mods:mods/mods:name/mods:role[roleTerm='creator'] MODS //mods:mods/mods:name/mods:role[roleTerm='originator'] Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citation/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:Principal_Investigator/mercury:Name Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citation/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:origin Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/mercury:Principal_Investigator/mercury:Name Onedcx /onedcx:metadata/onedcx:simpleDc/dcterms:creator RDA-CISL /rda:dsOverview/rda:author THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:name
Originating Organization	The organization responsible for creating the resource	BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:citation/bdp:citeinfo/bdp:origin CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:citation/csdgm:citeinfo/csdgm:origin DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Originating_Center DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Originating_Center ECHO /*/echo:ProcessingCenter EML /eml:eml/*/creator/organizationName 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//* ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[normalize-space(gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode)='originator']/gmd:organisationName//* 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//* Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citation/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:origin
Author / Originator Email Address	The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource	DCAT /dct:mbox DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Creator DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Dataset_Citation/dif:Dataset_Creator EML /eml:eml/*/creator/onlineUrl 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//* 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//* Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:mercury/Principal_Investigator/Email THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:contact/@email
Author / Originator Identifier	A unique identifier for a resource author or originator	DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:creators/dcite:creator/dcite:nameIdentifier/@nameIdentifierScheme EML /eml:eml/*/creator/@id
Author / Originator Identifier Type	The type of unique identifier for a resource author or originator	DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:creators/dcite:creator/dcite:nameIdentifier/schemeURI EML /eml:eml/*/creator/@system
Author / Originator World Wide Web Address	The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource	EML /eml:eml/*/creator/electronicMailAddress HCLS pav:authoredBy 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
Resource Creation/Revision Date	The date the resource was created	BDP /bdp:metadata/bdp:idinfo/bdp:citation/bdp:citeinfo/bdp:pubdate CSDGM /csdgm:metadata/csdgm:idinfo/csdgm:citation/csdgm:citeinfo/csdgm:pubdate DCAT /dct:issued DCITE /dcite:resource/dcite:dates/dcite:date DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Release_Date DIF-10 /dif:DIF/dif:Dataset_Citation/dif:Dataset_Release_Date Dryad /*/dcterms:dateSubmitted ECHO /*/echo:InsertTime ECHO /*/echo:LastUpdate ECS /*/ecs:RevisionDate EML /eml:eml/*/maintenance/changeHistory/changeDate | /eml:eml/*/pubDate HCLS dct:created HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='date_created']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/cit:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/cit:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/cit:date/gco:DateTime MODS //mods:mods/mods:originInfo/mods:dateCreated MODS //mods:mods/mods:originInfo/mods:dateModified Mercury /mercury:metadata/mercury:idinfo/mercury:citation/mercury:citeinfo/mercury:pubdate Onedcx /onedcx:metadata/onedcx:dcTerms/dcterms:modified RDA-CISL /rda:dsOverview/rda:contentMetadata/rda:temporal SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Service_Citation/serf:Release_Date THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:date[@type='created']
Issue Date	The date the resource was issued	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gco:dateType/gco:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/cit:date/gco:DateTime

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.

Metadata Implementation