Documenting Resource Identification
The Identification Spiral sets the stage for discovery using text search engines. It includes a unique identifier for the metadata, a title, an abstract, theme keywords and contact information for the metadata and the dataset.
Crosswalks
| Concept | Description | Paths |
|---|---|---|
| Metadata Identifier | A unique reference to the record within the catalogue (Metadata Identifier) | DIF /dif:Entry_Id ISO /*/gmd:fileIdentifier/gco:CharacterString |
| Title | A short description of the dataset. | DIF /DIF/Entry_Title Dryad dcterms:title ECHO /Collection/ShortName>/Collection/LongName EML /eml:dataset/eml:title/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:title ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Title THREDDS /catalog/dataset/@name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=title] |
| Creation Date | The date the resource was created | ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date/gmd:date/gco:Date netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=date_created] |
| Abstract | A paragraph describing the dataset. | DIF /DIF/Summary/Abstract Dryad dcterms:description ECHO /Collection/Description EML /eml:dataset/eml:abstract/eml:descendant FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:descript/fgdc:abstract ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Abstract THREDDS metadata/documentation[@type=summary] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=summary] |
| Topic Category | High level category used in ISO | ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:topicCategory/gmd:MD_TopicCategoryCode |
| Keyword | A comma separated list of key words and phrases. | DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Category > //dif:Parameters/dif:Topic > //dif:Parameters/dif:Term
> //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_1 > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_2 >
//dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 > //dif:Parameters/dif: > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3
EML /eml:dataset/eml:keywordSet/eml:keyword/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekey |/fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:place/fgdc:placekey ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords/ows:Keyword netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=keywords] |
| Keyword Vocabulary | If you are following a guideline for the words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute,
put the name of that guideline here. |
ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:thesaurusName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=keyword_vocabulary] |
| Metadata Contact | The organization or person responsible for the metadata. | ISO /*/gmd:contact OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider |
| Resource Contact | The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource. | ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:pointOfContact OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider |
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.
