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<table border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"><tr><th><b>Concept</b></th><th width="75%" class="unsortable"><b>Definition</b></th></tr><tr><td id="Abstract">Abstract</td><td>A paragraph describing the resource.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Resource_Documentation">Additional Resource Documentation</td><td>Other documentation associated with the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Usage_Documentation">Additional Usage Documentation</td><td>Publications that describe usage of data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Address">Address</td><td>Address line for the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Algorithm_Citation">Algorithm Citation</td><td>Information identifying the algorithm and version or date.</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></tr><tr><td id="Alternate_Resource_Title">Alternate Resource Title</td><td>An alternative title for the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Ancillary_Keyword">Ancillary Keyword</td><td>This field allows authors to provide any words or phrases needed to further describe the data set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Application_Schema_Information">Application Schema Information</td><td>Name of the application schema used.</td></tr><tr><td id="AssociatedDIFs">AssociatedDIFs</td><td>Specifies the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) identifier for the collection.</td></tr><tr><td id="Association">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Association Association]</td><td>Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Definition">Attribute Definition</td><td>The description of the attribute</td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Definition_Source">Attribute Definition Source</td><td>The source of the description of the entity type</td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Label">Attribute Label</td><td>The name of the attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Author">Author</td><td>Author of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Resource_Originator#Author_.2F_Originator Author / Originator]</td><td>The principal author of the resource</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Award_Link">Award Link</td><td>A link to information about the award that provided support for the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Binding">Binding</td><td>A protocol and data format specification for a particular interface.</td></tr><tr><td id="Bounding_Box">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Spatial_and_Temporal_Extents#Bounding_Box Bounding Box]</td><td>A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest</td></tr><tr><td id="Browse_File_Name">Browse File Name</td><td>Name of the file holding the browse graphic.</td></tr><tr><td id="Browse_URL">Browse URL</td><td>Location of the browse file on the Web.</td></tr><tr><td id="Caption">Caption</td><td>Brief description of the multimedia sample or browse image.</td></tr><tr><td id="Center_Latitude">Center Latitude</td><td>Geodetic latitude of center of locality.</td></tr><tr><td id="Center_Longitude">Center Longitude</td><td>Longitude of approximate center of locality.</td></tr><tr><td id="Cited_Resource_Alternate_Title">Cited Resource Alternate Title</td><td>Alternate title of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Cited_Resource_Identifier">Cited Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Cited_Resource_Title">Cited Resource Title</td><td>A short description of the (cited) resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="City">City</td><td>City of the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Codeset_Domain_Codeset_Name">Codeset Domain Codeset Name</td><td>The title of the codeset.</td></tr><tr><td id="Codeset_Domain_Codeset_Source">Codeset Domain Codeset Source</td><td>the authority for the codeset.</td></tr><tr><td id="Common_Data_Model_Datatype">Common Data Model Datatype</td><td>The THREDDS data type for this resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Complete_Citation">Complete Citation</td><td>Complete citation for the resource as a text blob.</td></tr><tr><td id="Completeness_Report">Completeness Report</td><td>Reports on the presence and absence of features, their attributes and relationships.</td></tr><tr><td id="Confidence">Confidence</td><td>Trustworthiness of a data quality result.</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></tr><tr><td id="Constraint_Reference">Constraint Reference</td><td>Citation for the limitation or constraint.</td></tr><tr><td id="Contact_Instructions">Contact Instructions</td><td>Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organisation</td></tr><tr><td id="Contributor_Name">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Contributor_Name Contributor Name]</td><td>Contributor to the resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Coordinate_Reference_System_(CRS)">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Coordinate_Reference_System_.28CRS.29 Coordinate Reference System (CRS)]</td><td>Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox</td></tr><tr><td id="Country">Country</td><td>Country of the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Resource">Coupled Resource</td><td>Identifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled.</td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Type">Coupled Type</td><td>Describes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource.</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></tr><tr><td id="Coverage_Result">Coverage Result</td><td>Result organising the measured values as a coverage.</td></tr><tr><td id="Creation_Date">Creation Date</td><td>Date of creation of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Link">Data Link</td><td>A link to data produced by the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Quality_Scope">Data Quality Scope</td><td>The specific data to which the data quality information applies.</td></tr><tr><td id="Date_Type">Date Type</td><td>Type of date represented by the value in the date attributes of the temporal subclasses.</td></tr><tr><td id="Description">Description</td><td>Complete description of the multimedia sample or browse image.</td></tr><tr><td id="Descriptive_Result">Descriptive Result</td><td>Data quality descriptive result.</td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Contact">Distribution Contact</td><td>Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Liability">Distribution Liability</td><td>Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor.</td></tr><tr><td id="Easternmost_Longitude">Easternmost Longitude</td><td>The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr><tr><td id="Editor">Editor</td><td>Editor of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Email">Email</td><td>Email address of the individual or organization</td></tr><tr><td id="End_Time">End Time</td><td>The end of the bounding time period</td></tr><tr><td id="Ends_at_Present_Flag">Ends at Present Flag</td><td>Denotes that a data collection which covers, temporally, a discontinuous range, currently ends at the present date.</td></tr><tr><td id="Entity_Type_Definition">Entity Type Definition</td><td>The description of the entity type</td></tr><tr><td id="Entity_Type_Definition_Source">Entity Type Definition Source</td><td>The source of the description of the entity type</td></tr><tr><td id="Entity_Type_Label">Entity Type Label</td><td>The name of the entity type.</td></tr><tr><td id="Enumerated_Domain_Value">Enumerated Domain Value</td><td>The name or label of a member of the set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition">Enumerated Domain Value Definition</td><td>The definition of a member of the set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source">Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source</td><td>The source of a definition of a member of the set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Method_Description">Evaluation Method Description</td><td>Description of the evaluation method.</td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Procedure">Evaluation Procedure</td><td>Reference to the procedure information.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method">Evalulation Method</td><td>The procedure used to evaluate the measure.</td></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method_Type">Evalulation Method Type</td><td>Type of method used to evaluate quality of the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Exclusion_GRing_Flag">Exclusion GRing Flag</td><td>Flag which determines if the coordinates represent the Outer or Exclusion G-Ring.</td></tr><tr><td id="Fax">Fax</td><td>Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted via facsimile (fax)</td></tr><tr><td id="Feature_Catalogue_Citation">Feature Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the feature catalogue or the conceptual schema.</td></tr><tr><td id="First_Name">First Name</td><td>First name of the individual</td></tr><tr><td id="Format">Format</td><td>Format of the multimedia sample or browse image.</td></tr><tr><td id="Format_Citation">Format Citation</td><td>Citation/URL of the specification for the format.</td></tr><tr><td id="Format_of_the_Online_Resource">Format of the Online Resource</td><td>Identify the format of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="GRing_Point_Latitude">GRing Point Latitude</td><td>The geodetic latitude of a point of the G-ring.</td></tr><tr><td id="GRing_Point_Longitude">GRing Point Longitude</td><td>The longitude of a point of the G-Ring.</td></tr><tr><td id="GRing_Point_Sequence_Number">GRing Point Sequence Number</td><td>Value denotes the numerical sequence position of a G-Ring point.</td></tr><tr><td id="Grid_Dimension_Count">Grid Dimension Count</td><td>Number of independent spatial-temporal axes.</td></tr><tr><td id="Grid_Dimension_Resolution">Grid Dimension Resolution</td><td>Degree of detail in the grid dataset.</td></tr><tr><td id="Grid_Dimension_Type_Code">Grid Dimension Type Code</td><td>Name of the dimension type axis.</td></tr><tr><td id="Homogeneity">Homogeneity</td><td>Expected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Host_Project_Identifier">Host Project Identifier</td><td>An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.</td></tr><tr><td id="Hours_of_Service">Hours of Service</td><td>Time period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organisation or individual</td></tr><tr><td id="ISBN">ISBN</td><td>International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="ISSN">ISSN</td><td>International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the cited resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Instrument">Instrument</td><td>Information about the instrument used to make the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic">Instrument Characteristic</td><td>Description of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Data_Type">Instrument Characteristic Data Type</td><td>The datatype of the Instrument Characteristic/attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Description">Instrument Characteristic Description</td><td>Description of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Name">Instrument Characteristic Name</td><td>The name of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Unit">Instrument Characteristic Unit</td><td>Units associated with the Instrument Characteristic attribute value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Value">Instrument Characteristic Value</td><td>The value of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Citation">Instrument Citation</td><td>A citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Description">Instrument Description</td><td>Textual description of the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Keyword">Instrument Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Keyword_Vocabulary">Instrument Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>The name of a registered authoritative source for instrument keywords.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Long_Name">Instrument Long Name</td><td>Full name (unabbreviated) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Short_Name">Instrument Short Name</td><td>Short name (abbreviation) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Type">Instrument Type</td><td>The type of instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_UUID">Instrument UUID</td><td>Unique Identifier for the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Interface">Interface</td><td>A set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints.</td></tr><tr><td id="Issue">Issue</td><td>Issue of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Issue_Date">Issue Date</td><td>The date the resource was issued</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></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Type">Keyword Type</td><td>Methods used to group similar keywords</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Last_Name">Last Name</td><td>Last name of the individual</td></tr><tr><td id="Latitude_Dimension_Length">Latitude Dimension Length</td><td>The number of divisions on the latitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Latitude_Resolution">Latitude Resolution</td><td>The average distance between divisions on the latitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Lineage_Scope">Lineage Scope</td><td>Type of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Longitude_Dimension_Length">Longitude Dimension Length</td><td>The number of divisions on the longitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Longitude_Resolution">Longitude Resolution</td><td>The average distance between divisions on the longitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure">Measure</td><td>The type of evaluation</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Description">Measure Description</td><td>Description of the measure.</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Identifier">Measure Identifier</td><td>Identifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace.</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Name">Measure Name</td><td>Name of the test applied to the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Source_Citation">Measure Source Citation</td><td>Reference to the source.</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></tr><tr><td id="Media">Media</td><td>Media on which the resource is available</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></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Access_Constraints">Metadata 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></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Contact">Metadata Contact</td><td>The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Identifier">Metadata Identifier</td><td>A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Language">Metadata Language</td><td>Language of the metadata</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></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Citation">Metadata Standard Citation</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Version">Metadata Standard Version</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Use_Constraints">Metadata 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></tr><tr><td id="Middle_Name">Middle Name</td><td>Middle name of the individual</td></tr><tr><td id="Modified_Date">Modified Date</td><td>Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue</td></tr><tr><td id="Naming_Authority">Naming Authority</td><td>The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)</td></tr><tr><td id="Northernmost_Latitude">Northernmost Latitude</td><td>The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr><tr><td id="Number_of_Sensors">Number of Sensors</td><td>Number of sensors used on the instrument when acquire the granule data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource">Online Resource</td><td>Online Resource for the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource_Description">Online Resource Description</td><td>A brief description of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource_Function">Online Resource Function</td><td>A description of the function of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource_Name/Title">Online Resource Name/Title</td><td>A name or title of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation">Operation</td><td>Operation Identifier</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Citation">Operation Citation</td><td>Identification of the mission.</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Description">Operation Description</td><td>Description of the operation</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Modes">Operation Modes</td><td>The operation mode applied on the instrument when acquire the granule data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Ordering_Instructions">Ordering Instructions</td><td>General instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor</td></tr><tr><td id="Organization_Name">Organization Name</td><td>Name of the organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Originating_Organization">Originating Organization</td><td>The organization responsible for creating the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Other_Citation_Details">Other Citation Details</td><td>Other information about the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Overview">Overview</td><td>Detailed summary of the information contained in a data set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Overview_Citation">Overview Citation</td><td>Reference to the complete description of the entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Pages">Pages</td><td>Pages of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Paleo-Temporal_Coverage">Paleo-Temporal Coverage</td><td>The temporal extent for paleoclimate or geologic data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Definition">Parameter Definition</td><td>The definition/description of a parameter included in the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Name">Parameter Name</td><td>The name of a parameter included in the resource. Intended to be used by applications accessing a variable in a file.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Name_(Long)">Parameter Name (Long)</td><td>The long name of a parameter included in the resource. Intended to be used as an axis lable in a plot.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Name_(Standard)">Parameter Name (Standard)</td><td>The name of a parameter included in the resource from a standard vocabulary.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Units">Parameter Units</td><td>The units of a parameter included in the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameters_Citation">Parameters Citation</td><td>Reference providing description of the parameters.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Identifier">Parent Identifier</td><td>A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection</td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Metadata_Reference">Parent Metadata Reference</td><td>Identification of the parent metadata record.</td></tr><tr><td id="Phone">Phone</td><td>Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted</td></tr><tr><td id="Phone_Type">Phone Type</td><td>The type of telephone number being provided (voice, TDD/TTY, faxsimile).</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></tr><tr><td id="Place_Keyword_Vocabulary">Place Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>If you are following a guideline for the place words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here.</td></tr><tr><td id="Plan_Citation">Plan Citation</td><td>Identification of authority requesting target collection.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform">Platform</td><td>The platform used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic">Platform Characteristic</td><td>Description of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Data_Type">Platform Characteristic Data Type</td><td>The datatype of the Platform Characteristic/attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Description">Platform Characteristic Description</td><td>Description of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Name">Platform Characteristic Name</td><td>The name of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Unit">Platform Characteristic Unit</td><td>Units associated with the Platform Characteristic attribute value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Value">Platform Characteristic Value</td><td>The value of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Citation">Platform Citation</td><td>Source where information../collections/LARC/ECHO10/XML/MB2LME.xml about the platform is described.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Description">Platform Description</td><td>Narrative description of the platform supporting the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Keyword">Platform Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Keyword_Vocabulary">Platform Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>The name of a registered authoritative source for platform keywords.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Long_Name">Platform Long Name</td><td>The expanded or long name of the platform associated with an instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Short_Name">Platform Short Name</td><td>The platform used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Sponsor">Platform Sponsor</td><td>Organization responsible for building, launch, or operation of the platform.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Type">Platform Type</td><td>The most relevant platform type.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_UUID">Platform UUID</td><td>Unique identifier for the platform.</td></tr><tr><td id="Point_Latitude">Point Latitude</td><td>A single geodetic latitudinal value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Point_Longitude">Point Longitude</td><td>A single longitudinal value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Portrayal_Catalogue_Citation">Portrayal Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the portrayal catalogue used.</td></tr><tr><td id="Position_Name">Position Name</td><td>Name of the job or position in an organization</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></tr><tr><td id="Postal_Code">Postal_Code</td><td>Zip code or other postal code for the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Precision_of_Seconds">Precision of Seconds</td><td>The precision (position in number of places to right of decimal point) of seconds used in measurement.</td></tr><tr><td id="Presentation_Form">Presentation Form</td><td>Form of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step">Process Step</td><td>A step in the processing that produced a resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Description">Process Step Description</td><td>Description of the event, including related parameters or tolerances.</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Purpose">Process Step Purpose</td><td>Requirement or purpose for the process step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Reference">Process Step Reference</td><td>Process step documentation.</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></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Time">Process Step Time</td><td>Date, time, range or period of process step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Citation">Processing Citation</td><td>Reference to documentation describing the processing.</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></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Level_Description">Processing Level Description</td><td>Description of the processing level.</td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Software_Reference">Processing Software Reference</td><td>Reference to document describing processing software.</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></tr><tr><td id="Product_Link">Product Link</td><td>A link to a product produced by the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Contact">Project Contact</td><td>The project point of contact.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Host">Project Host</td><td>The organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Keyword">Project Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Name">Project Name</td><td>The name of the project that the resource was associated with.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Sponsor">Project Sponsor</td><td>The organization responsible for funding the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Website_Link">Project Website Link</td><td>A link to a website with information about the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Province_or_State">Province or State</td><td>Province, state, or other administrative area of the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Publication_Date">Publication Date</td><td>Date of publication of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Citations#Publisher Publisher]</td><td>Publisher of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_E-Mail">Publisher E-Mail</td><td>Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_Location">Publisher Location</td><td>Place of publication of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_URL">Publisher URL</td><td>World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Purpose">Purpose</td><td>A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset.</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Radius_Units">Radius Units</td><td>The unit of measurement describing the distance from the center of spatial extent or coverage to the furthest point covered by the spatial extent of the locality used to determine a circular region representing general extent or coverage.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Attribute_Resolution">Range Domain Attribute Resolution</td><td>The smallest unit increment to which an attribute value is measured.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Maximum_Value">Range Domain Maximum Value</td><td>The greatest value that the attribute can be assigned.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Minimum_Value">Range Domain Minimum Value</td><td>The least value that the attribute can be assigned.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Units">Range Domain Units</td><td>The unit of measurement for an attribute value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Related__Metadata_Citation">Related  Metadata Citation</td><td>Reference to the metadata of the associated resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Citation">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Source_Citation Related Resource Citation]</td><td>Citation information about the associated resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Identifier">Related Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described.</td></tr><tr><td id="Release_Constraints">Release Constraints</td><td>Information about resource release constraints.</td></tr><tr><td id="Report">Report</td><td>Quantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope.</td></tr><tr><td id="Report_Number">Report Number</td><td>Report number of the cited resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Requirement_Citation">Requirement Citation</td><td>Identification of reference or guidance material for the requirement.</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></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Citation">Resource Citation</td><td>Citation for the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Contact">Resource Contact</td><td>The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Cost_or_Fees">Resource Cost or Fees</td><td>Cost associated with access to the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Creation/Revision_Date">Resource Creation/Revision Date</td><td>The date the resource was created</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Format">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Distribution_Information#Resource_Format Resource Format]</td><td>The physical or digital manifestation of the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Identifier">Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for the resource described by the metadata</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Identifier_Description">Resource Identifier Description</td><td>Description for the resource identifier.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Language">Resource Language</td><td>The language of the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Lineage">Resource Lineage</td><td>A description of the source(s) and production process(es) used in producing the resource.</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Status">Resource Status</td><td>The status of the resource</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></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) for which the metadata describes.</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Version">Resource Version</td><td>Version of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_on-line_Link">Resource on-line Link</td><td>Online link referencing additional information about the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Responsible_Party_Identifier">Responsible Party Identifier</td><td>A unique identifier for a person or an organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Responsible_Party_Identifier_Type">Responsible Party Identifier Type</td><td>The type of a unique identifier for a person or an organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Responsible_Party_Identifier_Type_URI">Responsible Party Identifier Type URI</td><td>The type of a unique identifier for a person or an organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Result">Result</td><td>The output of the evaluation</td></tr><tr><td id="Revision_Date">Revision Date</td><td>Date of revision of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Rights">Rights</td><td>Information about rights held in and over the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Role">Role</td><td>function performed by the responsible party</td></tr><tr><td id="Security_Constraints">Security Constraints</td><td>Handling restrictions imposed on the resource or metadata for national security or similar security concerns.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Characteristics">Sensor Characteristics</td><td>Referential information for the collection source/sensor configuration.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Long_Name">Sensor Long Name</td><td>The generic or long name description of a sensor (e.g. Visible-Near Infrared, Human Visual, Human Auditory).</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Short_Name">Sensor Short Name</td><td>The sensory sub-component of an instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Technique">Sensor Technique</td><td>Technique applied for this instrument in the configuration.</td></tr><tr><td id="Series_Title">Series Title</td><td>Title of a series that includes the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Service">Service</td><td>The end points supported by the web service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Location">Service Location</td><td>Endpoint for accessing the service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Operation_Name">Service Operation Name</td><td>Name of an operation provided by the service.</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></tr><tr><td id="Service_Parameters">Service Parameters</td><td>A narrative explanation of the role of the parameter.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Profile_Reference">Service Profile Reference</td><td>Profile to which the service adheres.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Provider">Service Provider</td><td>Organization or person responsible for the service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Resource_Reference">Service Resource Reference</td><td>Reference to the resource on which the service operates.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Standard_Citation">Service Standard Citation</td><td>Standard to which the service adheres.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Type">Service Type</td><td>Standard name for a service type.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Type_Version">Service Type Version</td><td>Standard name for a version of a service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Site">Site</td><td>The name or description of the physical location where the data were collected</td></tr><tr><td id="Site_Location">Site Location</td><td>The latitude/longitude/elevation of the physical location where the data were collected</td></tr><tr><td id="Source">Source</td><td>Dataset used in or produced by a processStep</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Source_Citation Source Citation]</td><td>Reference to the processing input source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation_Abbreviation">Source Citation Abbreviation</td><td>Short-form alias for the source citation.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Description">Source Description</td><td>Detailed description of the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Metadata">Source Metadata</td><td>Reference to metadata for the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Produced">Source Produced</td><td>The source produced from the process step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Reference_System">Source Reference System</td><td>Spatial reference system used by the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Scope">Source Scope</td><td>Type and/or extent of the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Step">Source Step</td><td>Information about a process step in which this source was used.</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></tr><tr><td id="Source_Used">Source Used</td><td>The source used in the processing step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Southernmost_Latitude">Southernmost Latitude</td><td>The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Extent">Spatial Extent</td><td>The spatial extent of the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Resolution">Spatial Resolution</td><td>The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Specific_Usage">Specific Usage</td><td>Brief description of the resource and/or resource series usage.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sponsor_Project_Identifier">Sponsor Project Identifier</td><td>An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for funding the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Standalone_Report_Citation">Standalone Report Citation</td><td>Reference to external standalone quality report.</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></tr><tr><td id="Start_Time">Start Time</td><td>The start of the bounding time period</td></tr><tr><td id="Supplemental_Information">Supplemental Information</td><td>Miscellaneous information about the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Extent">Temporal Extent</td><td>The temporal extent of the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Keyword">Temporal Keyword</td><td>Keyword identifies a time period related to the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Quality_Report">Temporal Quality Report</td><td>Quality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Range_Type">Temporal Range Type</td><td>Informs the system and ultimately the end user how the temporal coverage is specified for the collection, granule, or event.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Resolution">Temporal Resolution</td><td>The smallest time step included in the resource.</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></tr><tr><td id="Theme_Keyword">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Keywords#Theme_Keyword Theme Keyword]</td><td>A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.</td></tr><tr><td id="Time_Type">Time Type</td><td>Provides the time system which the values found in temporal subclasses represent.</td></tr><tr><td id="Topic_Category">Topic Category</td><td>High level category enumeration used in ISO</td></tr><tr><td id="Transfer_Size">Transfer Size</td><td>The size of the digital resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Turnaround">Turnaround</td><td>Typical turnaround time for the filling of an order.</td></tr><tr><td id="TwoDCoordinateSystem">TwoDCoordinateSystem</td><td>Bounding extent defined in two dimensions with min and max values.</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></tr><tr><td id="URL">URL</td><td>Address of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Units">Units</td><td>The units of the variables data values.</td></tr><tr><td id="Unrepresentable_Domain">Unrepresentable Domain</td><td>Description of the values and reasons why they cannot be represented.</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></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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="User_Response">User Response</td><td>Response to the user-determined limitations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Version_Date">Version Date</td><td>Date of the version of the cited resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Dimension_Length">Vertical Dimension Length</td><td>The number of divisions on the vertical axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Extent">Vertical Extent</td><td>The vertical extent of the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Maximum">Vertical Maximum</td><td>The maximum height of the bounding rectangle</td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Minimum">Vertical Minimum</td><td>The minimum height of the bounding rectangle</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Resolution">Vertical Resolution</td><td>The average distance between divisions on the vertical axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Volume">Volume</td><td>Volume of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Web_Page">Web Page</td><td>On-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organisation</td></tr><tr><td id="Westernmost_Longitude">Westernmost Longitude</td><td>The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr></table>
 
<table border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"><tr><th><b>Concept</b></th><th width="75%" class="unsortable"><b>Definition</b></th></tr><tr><td id="Abstract">Abstract</td><td>A paragraph describing the resource.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Resource_Documentation">Additional Resource Documentation</td><td>Other documentation associated with the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Additional_Usage_Documentation">Additional Usage Documentation</td><td>Publications that describe usage of data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Address">Address</td><td>Address line for the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Algorithm_Citation">Algorithm Citation</td><td>Information identifying the algorithm and version or date.</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></tr><tr><td id="Alternate_Resource_Title">Alternate Resource Title</td><td>An alternative title for the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Ancillary_Keyword">Ancillary Keyword</td><td>This field allows authors to provide any words or phrases needed to further describe the data set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Application_Schema_Information">Application Schema Information</td><td>Name of the application schema used.</td></tr><tr><td id="AssociatedDIFs">AssociatedDIFs</td><td>Specifies the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) identifier for the collection.</td></tr><tr><td id="Association">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Association Association]</td><td>Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Definition">Attribute Definition</td><td>The description of the attribute</td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Definition_Source">Attribute Definition Source</td><td>The source of the description of the entity type</td></tr><tr><td id="Attribute_Label">Attribute Label</td><td>The name of the attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Author">Author</td><td>Author of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Author_/_Originator">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Resource_Originator#Author_.2F_Originator Author / Originator]</td><td>The principal author of the resource</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Award_Link">Award Link</td><td>A link to information about the award that provided support for the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Binding">Binding</td><td>A protocol and data format specification for a particular interface.</td></tr><tr><td id="Bounding_Box">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Spatial_and_Temporal_Extents#Bounding_Box Bounding Box]</td><td>A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest</td></tr><tr><td id="Browse_File_Name">Browse File Name</td><td>Name of the file holding the browse graphic.</td></tr><tr><td id="Browse_URL">Browse URL</td><td>Location of the browse file on the Web.</td></tr><tr><td id="Caption">Caption</td><td>Brief description of the multimedia sample or browse image.</td></tr><tr><td id="Center_Latitude">Center Latitude</td><td>Geodetic latitude of center of locality.</td></tr><tr><td id="Center_Longitude">Center Longitude</td><td>Longitude of approximate center of locality.</td></tr><tr><td id="Cited_Resource_Alternate_Title">Cited Resource Alternate Title</td><td>Alternate title of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Cited_Resource_Identifier">Cited Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Cited_Resource_Title">Cited Resource Title</td><td>A short description of the (cited) resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="City">City</td><td>City of the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Codeset_Domain_Codeset_Name">Codeset Domain Codeset Name</td><td>The title of the codeset.</td></tr><tr><td id="Codeset_Domain_Codeset_Source">Codeset Domain Codeset Source</td><td>the authority for the codeset.</td></tr><tr><td id="Common_Data_Model_Datatype">Common Data Model Datatype</td><td>The THREDDS data type for this resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Complete_Citation">Complete Citation</td><td>Complete citation for the resource as a text blob.</td></tr><tr><td id="Completeness_Report">Completeness Report</td><td>Reports on the presence and absence of features, their attributes and relationships.</td></tr><tr><td id="Confidence">Confidence</td><td>Trustworthiness of a data quality result.</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></tr><tr><td id="Constraint_Reference">Constraint Reference</td><td>Citation for the limitation or constraint.</td></tr><tr><td id="Contact_Instructions">Contact Instructions</td><td>Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organisation</td></tr><tr><td id="Contributor_Name">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Contributor_Name Contributor Name]</td><td>Contributor to the resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Coordinate_Reference_System_(CRS)">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Coordinate_Reference_System_.28CRS.29 Coordinate Reference System (CRS)]</td><td>Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox</td></tr><tr><td id="Country">Country</td><td>Country of the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Resource">Coupled Resource</td><td>Identifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled.</td></tr><tr><td id="Coupled_Type">Coupled Type</td><td>Describes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource.</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></tr><tr><td id="Coverage_Result">Coverage Result</td><td>Result organising the measured values as a coverage.</td></tr><tr><td id="Creation_Date">Creation Date</td><td>Date of creation of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Link">Data Link</td><td>A link to data produced by the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Data_Quality_Scope">Data Quality Scope</td><td>The specific data to which the data quality information applies.</td></tr><tr><td id="Date_Type">Date Type</td><td>Type of date represented by the value in the date attributes of the temporal subclasses.</td></tr><tr><td id="Description">Description</td><td>Complete description of the multimedia sample or browse image.</td></tr><tr><td id="Descriptive_Result">Descriptive Result</td><td>Data quality descriptive result.</td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Contact">Distribution Contact</td><td>Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Distribution_Liability">Distribution Liability</td><td>Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor.</td></tr><tr><td id="Easternmost_Longitude">Easternmost Longitude</td><td>The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr><tr><td id="Editor">Editor</td><td>Editor of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Email">Email</td><td>Email address of the individual or organization</td></tr><tr><td id="End_Time">End Time</td><td>The end of the bounding time period</td></tr><tr><td id="Ends_at_Present_Flag">Ends at Present Flag</td><td>Denotes that a data collection which covers, temporally, a discontinuous range, currently ends at the present date.</td></tr><tr><td id="Entity_Type_Definition">Entity Type Definition</td><td>The description of the entity type</td></tr><tr><td id="Entity_Type_Definition_Source">Entity Type Definition Source</td><td>The source of the description of the entity type</td></tr><tr><td id="Entity_Type_Label">Entity Type Label</td><td>The name of the entity type.</td></tr><tr><td id="Enumerated_Domain_Value">Enumerated Domain Value</td><td>The name or label of a member of the set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition">Enumerated Domain Value Definition</td><td>The definition of a member of the set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source">Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source</td><td>The source of a definition of a member of the set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Method_Description">Evaluation Method Description</td><td>Description of the evaluation method.</td></tr><tr><td id="Evaluation_Procedure">Evaluation Procedure</td><td>Reference to the procedure information.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method">Evalulation Method</td><td>The procedure used to evaluate the measure.</td></tr><tr><td id="Evalulation_Method_Type">Evalulation Method Type</td><td>Type of method used to evaluate quality of the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Exclusion_GRing_Flag">Exclusion GRing Flag</td><td>Flag which determines if the coordinates represent the Outer or Exclusion G-Ring.</td></tr><tr><td id="Fax">Fax</td><td>Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted via facsimile (fax)</td></tr><tr><td id="Feature_Catalogue_Citation">Feature Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the feature catalogue or the conceptual schema.</td></tr><tr><td id="First_Name">First Name</td><td>First name of the individual</td></tr><tr><td id="Format">Format</td><td>Format of the multimedia sample or browse image.</td></tr><tr><td id="Format_Citation">Format Citation</td><td>Citation/URL of the specification for the format.</td></tr><tr><td id="Format_of_the_Online_Resource">Format of the Online Resource</td><td>Identify the format of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="GRing_Point_Latitude">GRing Point Latitude</td><td>The geodetic latitude of a point of the G-ring.</td></tr><tr><td id="GRing_Point_Longitude">GRing Point Longitude</td><td>The longitude of a point of the G-Ring.</td></tr><tr><td id="GRing_Point_Sequence_Number">GRing Point Sequence Number</td><td>Value denotes the numerical sequence position of a G-Ring point.</td></tr><tr><td id="Grid_Dimension_Count">Grid Dimension Count</td><td>Number of independent spatial-temporal axes.</td></tr><tr><td id="Grid_Dimension_Resolution">Grid Dimension Resolution</td><td>Degree of detail in the grid dataset.</td></tr><tr><td id="Grid_Dimension_Type_Code">Grid Dimension Type Code</td><td>Name of the dimension type axis.</td></tr><tr><td id="Homogeneity">Homogeneity</td><td>Expected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Host_Project_Identifier">Host Project Identifier</td><td>An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.</td></tr><tr><td id="Hours_of_Service">Hours of Service</td><td>Time period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organisation or individual</td></tr><tr><td id="ISBN">ISBN</td><td>International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="ISSN">ISSN</td><td>International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the cited resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Instrument">Instrument</td><td>Information about the instrument used to make the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic">Instrument Characteristic</td><td>Description of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Data_Type">Instrument Characteristic Data Type</td><td>The datatype of the Instrument Characteristic/attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Description">Instrument Characteristic Description</td><td>Description of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Name">Instrument Characteristic Name</td><td>The name of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Unit">Instrument Characteristic Unit</td><td>Units associated with the Instrument Characteristic attribute value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Characteristic_Value">Instrument Characteristic Value</td><td>The value of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Citation">Instrument Citation</td><td>A citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Description">Instrument Description</td><td>Textual description of the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Keyword">Instrument Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Keyword_Vocabulary">Instrument Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>The name of a registered authoritative source for instrument keywords.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Long_Name">Instrument Long Name</td><td>Full name (unabbreviated) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Short_Name">Instrument Short Name</td><td>Short name (abbreviation) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_Type">Instrument Type</td><td>The type of instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Instrument_UUID">Instrument UUID</td><td>Unique Identifier for the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Interface">Interface</td><td>A set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints.</td></tr><tr><td id="Issue">Issue</td><td>Issue of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Issue_Date">Issue Date</td><td>The date the resource was issued</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></tr><tr><td id="Keyword_Type">Keyword Type</td><td>Methods used to group similar keywords</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Last_Name">Last Name</td><td>Last name of the individual</td></tr><tr><td id="Latitude_Dimension_Length">Latitude Dimension Length</td><td>The number of divisions on the latitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Latitude_Resolution">Latitude Resolution</td><td>The average distance between divisions on the latitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Lineage_Scope">Lineage Scope</td><td>Type of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies.</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Longitude_Dimension_Length">Longitude Dimension Length</td><td>The number of divisions on the longitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Longitude_Resolution">Longitude Resolution</td><td>The average distance between divisions on the longitude axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure">Measure</td><td>The type of evaluation</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Description">Measure Description</td><td>Description of the measure.</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Identifier">Measure Identifier</td><td>Identifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace.</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Name">Measure Name</td><td>Name of the test applied to the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Measure_Source_Citation">Measure Source Citation</td><td>Reference to the source.</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></tr><tr><td id="Media">Media</td><td>Media on which the resource is available</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></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Access_Constraints">Metadata 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></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Contact">Metadata Contact</td><td>The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Identifier">Metadata Identifier</td><td>A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Language">Metadata Language</td><td>Language of the metadata</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></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Citation">Metadata Standard Citation</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Standard_Version">Metadata Standard Version</td><td>The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms</td></tr><tr><td id="Metadata_Use_Constraints">Metadata 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></tr><tr><td id="Middle_Name">Middle Name</td><td>Middle name of the individual</td></tr><tr><td id="Modified_Date">Modified Date</td><td>Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue</td></tr><tr><td id="Naming_Authority">Naming Authority</td><td>The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)</td></tr><tr><td id="Northernmost_Latitude">Northernmost Latitude</td><td>The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr><tr><td id="Number_of_Sensors">Number of Sensors</td><td>Number of sensors used on the instrument when acquire the granule data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource">Online Resource</td><td>Online Resource for the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource_Description">Online Resource Description</td><td>A brief description of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource_Function">Online Resource Function</td><td>A description of the function of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Online_Resource_Name/Title">Online Resource Name/Title</td><td>A name or title of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation">Operation</td><td>Operation Identifier</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Citation">Operation Citation</td><td>Identification of the mission.</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Description">Operation Description</td><td>Description of the operation</td></tr><tr><td id="Operation_Modes">Operation Modes</td><td>The operation mode applied on the instrument when acquire the granule data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Ordering_Instructions">Ordering Instructions</td><td>General instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor</td></tr><tr><td id="Organization_Name">Organization Name</td><td>Name of the organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Originating_Organization">Originating Organization</td><td>The organization responsible for creating the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Other_Citation_Details">Other Citation Details</td><td>Other information about the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Overview">Overview</td><td>Detailed summary of the information contained in a data set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Overview_Citation">Overview Citation</td><td>Reference to the complete description of the entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data set.</td></tr><tr><td id="Pages">Pages</td><td>Pages of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Paleo-Temporal_Coverage">Paleo-Temporal Coverage</td><td>The temporal extent for paleoclimate or geologic data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Definition">Parameter Definition</td><td>The definition/description of a parameter included in the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Name">Parameter Name</td><td>The name of a parameter included in the resource. Intended to be used by applications accessing a variable in a file.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Name_(Long)">Parameter Name (Long)</td><td>The long name of a parameter included in the resource. Intended to be used as an axis lable in a plot.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Name_(Standard)">Parameter Name (Standard)</td><td>The name of a parameter included in the resource from a standard vocabulary.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameter_Units">Parameter Units</td><td>The units of a parameter included in the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parameters_Citation">Parameters Citation</td><td>Reference providing description of the parameters.</td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Identifier">Parent Identifier</td><td>A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection</td></tr><tr><td id="Parent_Metadata_Reference">Parent Metadata Reference</td><td>Identification of the parent metadata record.</td></tr><tr><td id="Phone">Phone</td><td>Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted</td></tr><tr><td id="Phone_Type">Phone Type</td><td>The type of telephone number being provided (voice, TDD/TTY, faxsimile).</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></tr><tr><td id="Place_Keyword_Vocabulary">Place Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>If you are following a guideline for the place words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here.</td></tr><tr><td id="Plan_Citation">Plan Citation</td><td>Identification of authority requesting target collection.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform">Platform</td><td>The platform used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic">Platform Characteristic</td><td>Description of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Data_Type">Platform Characteristic Data Type</td><td>The datatype of the Platform Characteristic/attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Description">Platform Characteristic Description</td><td>Description of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Name">Platform Characteristic Name</td><td>The name of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Unit">Platform Characteristic Unit</td><td>Units associated with the Platform Characteristic attribute value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Characteristic_Value">Platform Characteristic Value</td><td>The value of the Platform Characteristic attribute.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Citation">Platform Citation</td><td>Source where information../collections/LARC/ECHO10/XML/MB2LME.xml about the platform is described.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Description">Platform Description</td><td>Narrative description of the platform supporting the instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Keyword">Platform Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Keyword_Vocabulary">Platform Keyword Vocabulary</td><td>The name of a registered authoritative source for platform keywords.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Long_Name">Platform Long Name</td><td>The expanded or long name of the platform associated with an instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Short_Name">Platform Short Name</td><td>The platform used to collect the observations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Sponsor">Platform Sponsor</td><td>Organization responsible for building, launch, or operation of the platform.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_Type">Platform Type</td><td>The most relevant platform type.</td></tr><tr><td id="Platform_UUID">Platform UUID</td><td>Unique identifier for the platform.</td></tr><tr><td id="Point_Latitude">Point Latitude</td><td>A single geodetic latitudinal value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Point_Longitude">Point Longitude</td><td>A single longitudinal value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Portrayal_Catalogue_Citation">Portrayal Catalogue Citation</td><td>Information identifying the portrayal catalogue used.</td></tr><tr><td id="Position_Name">Position Name</td><td>Name of the job or position in an organization</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></tr><tr><td id="Postal_Code">Postal_Code</td><td>Zip code or other postal code for the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Precision_of_Seconds">Precision of Seconds</td><td>The precision (position in number of places to right of decimal point) of seconds used in measurement.</td></tr><tr><td id="Presentation_Form">Presentation Form</td><td>Form of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step">Process Step</td><td>A step in the processing that produced a resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Description">Process Step Description</td><td>Description of the event, including related parameters or tolerances.</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Purpose">Process Step Purpose</td><td>Requirement or purpose for the process step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Reference">Process Step Reference</td><td>Process step documentation.</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></tr><tr><td id="Process_Step_Time">Process Step Time</td><td>Date, time, range or period of process step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Citation">Processing Citation</td><td>Reference to documentation describing the processing.</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></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Level_Description">Processing Level Description</td><td>Description of the processing level.</td></tr><tr><td id="Processing_Software_Reference">Processing Software Reference</td><td>Reference to document describing processing software.</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></tr><tr><td id="Product_Link">Product Link</td><td>A link to a product produced by the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Contact">Project Contact</td><td>The project point of contact.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Host">Project Host</td><td>The organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Keyword">Project Keyword</td><td>Keywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Name">Project Name</td><td>The name of the project that the resource was associated with.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Sponsor">Project Sponsor</td><td>The organization responsible for funding the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Project_Website_Link">Project Website Link</td><td>A link to a website with information about the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Province_or_State">Province or State</td><td>Province, state, or other administrative area of the location</td></tr><tr><td id="Publication_Date">Publication Date</td><td>Date of publication of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Citations#Publisher Publisher]</td><td>Publisher of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_E-Mail">Publisher E-Mail</td><td>Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_Location">Publisher Location</td><td>Place of publication of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Publisher_URL">Publisher URL</td><td>World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Purpose">Purpose</td><td>A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset.</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Radius_Units">Radius Units</td><td>The unit of measurement describing the distance from the center of spatial extent or coverage to the furthest point covered by the spatial extent of the locality used to determine a circular region representing general extent or coverage.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Attribute_Resolution">Range Domain Attribute Resolution</td><td>The smallest unit increment to which an attribute value is measured.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Maximum_Value">Range Domain Maximum Value</td><td>The greatest value that the attribute can be assigned.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Minimum_Value">Range Domain Minimum Value</td><td>The least value that the attribute can be assigned.</td></tr><tr><td id="Range_Domain_Units">Range Domain Units</td><td>The unit of measurement for an attribute value.</td></tr><tr><td id="Related__Metadata_Citation">Related  Metadata Citation</td><td>Reference to the metadata of the associated resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Citation">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Source_Citation Related Resource Citation]</td><td>Citation information about the associated resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Related_Resource_Identifier">Related Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described.</td></tr><tr><td id="Release_Constraints">Release Constraints</td><td>Information about resource release constraints.</td></tr><tr><td id="Report">Report</td><td>Quantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope.</td></tr><tr><td id="Report_Number">Report Number</td><td>Report number of the cited resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Requirement_Citation">Requirement Citation</td><td>Identification of reference or guidance material for the requirement.</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></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Citation">Resource Citation</td><td>Citation for the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Contact">Resource Contact</td><td>The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Cost_or_Fees">Resource Cost or Fees</td><td>Cost associated with access to the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Creation/Revision_Date">Resource Creation/Revision Date</td><td>The date the resource was created</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Format">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Distribution_Information#Resource_Format Resource Format]</td><td>The physical or digital manifestation of the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Identifier">Resource Identifier</td><td>Identifier for the resource described by the metadata</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Identifier_Description">Resource Identifier Description</td><td>Description for the resource identifier.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Language">Resource Language</td><td>The language of the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Lineage">Resource Lineage</td><td>A description of the source(s) and production process(es) used in producing the resource.</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Status">Resource Status</td><td>The status of the resource</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></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) for which the metadata describes.</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></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></tr><tr><td id="Resource_Version">Resource Version</td><td>Version of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Resource_on-line_Link">Resource on-line Link</td><td>Online link referencing additional information about the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Responsible_Party_Identifier">Responsible Party Identifier</td><td>A unique identifier for a person or an organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Responsible_Party_Identifier_Type">Responsible Party Identifier Type</td><td>The type of a unique identifier for a person or an organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Responsible_Party_Identifier_Type_URI">Responsible Party Identifier Type URI</td><td>The type of a unique identifier for a person or an organization</td></tr><tr><td id="Result">Result</td><td>The output of the evaluation</td></tr><tr><td id="Revision_Date">Revision Date</td><td>Date of revision of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Rights">Rights</td><td>Information about rights held in and over the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Role">Role</td><td>function performed by the responsible party</td></tr><tr><td id="Security_Constraints">Security Constraints</td><td>Handling restrictions imposed on the resource or metadata for national security or similar security concerns.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Characteristics">Sensor Characteristics</td><td>Referential information for the collection source/sensor configuration.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Long_Name">Sensor Long Name</td><td>The generic or long name description of a sensor (e.g. Visible-Near Infrared, Human Visual, Human Auditory).</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Short_Name">Sensor Short Name</td><td>The sensory sub-component of an instrument.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sensor_Technique">Sensor Technique</td><td>Technique applied for this instrument in the configuration.</td></tr><tr><td id="Series_Title">Series Title</td><td>Title of a series that includes the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Service">Service</td><td>The end points supported by the web service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Location">Service Location</td><td>Endpoint for accessing the service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Operation_Name">Service Operation Name</td><td>Name of an operation provided by the service.</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></tr><tr><td id="Service_Parameters">Service Parameters</td><td>A narrative explanation of the role of the parameter.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Profile_Reference">Service Profile Reference</td><td>Profile to which the service adheres.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Provider">Service Provider</td><td>Organization or person responsible for the service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Resource_Reference">Service Resource Reference</td><td>Reference to the resource on which the service operates.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Standard_Citation">Service Standard Citation</td><td>Standard to which the service adheres.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Type">Service Type</td><td>Standard name for a service type.</td></tr><tr><td id="Service_Type_Version">Service Type Version</td><td>Standard name for a version of a service.</td></tr><tr><td id="Site">Site</td><td>The name or description of the physical location where the data were collected</td></tr><tr><td id="Site_Location">Site Location</td><td>The latitude/longitude/elevation of the physical location where the data were collected</td></tr><tr><td id="Source">Source</td><td>Dataset used in or produced by a processStep</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Catalog_Services_For_the_Web_%28CSW%29#Source_Citation Source Citation]</td><td>Reference to the processing input source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Citation_Abbreviation">Source Citation Abbreviation</td><td>Short-form alias for the source citation.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Description">Source Description</td><td>Detailed description of the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Metadata">Source Metadata</td><td>Reference to metadata for the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Produced">Source Produced</td><td>The source produced from the process step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Reference_System">Source Reference System</td><td>Spatial reference system used by the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Scope">Source Scope</td><td>Type and/or extent of the source.</td></tr><tr><td id="Source_Step">Source Step</td><td>Information about a process step in which this source was used.</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></tr><tr><td id="Source_Used">Source Used</td><td>The source used in the processing step.</td></tr><tr><td id="Southernmost_Latitude">Southernmost Latitude</td><td>The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Extent">Spatial Extent</td><td>The spatial extent of the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Spatial_Resolution">Spatial Resolution</td><td>The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Specific_Usage">Specific Usage</td><td>Brief description of the resource and/or resource series usage.</td></tr><tr><td id="Sponsor_Project_Identifier">Sponsor Project Identifier</td><td>An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for funding the project.</td></tr><tr><td id="Standalone_Report_Citation">Standalone Report Citation</td><td>Reference to external standalone quality report.</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></tr><tr><td id="Start_Time">Start Time</td><td>The start of the bounding time period</td></tr><tr><td id="Supplemental_Information">Supplemental Information</td><td>Miscellaneous information about the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Extent">Temporal Extent</td><td>The temporal extent of the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Keyword">Temporal Keyword</td><td>Keyword identifies a time period related to the resource.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Quality_Report">Temporal Quality Report</td><td>Quality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Range_Type">Temporal Range Type</td><td>Informs the system and ultimately the end user how the temporal coverage is specified for the collection, granule, or event.</td></tr><tr><td id="Temporal_Resolution">Temporal Resolution</td><td>The smallest time step included in the resource.</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></tr><tr><td id="Theme_Keyword">[http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Keywords#Theme_Keyword Theme Keyword]</td><td>A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.</td></tr><tr><td id="Time_Type">Time Type</td><td>Provides the time system which the values found in temporal subclasses represent.</td></tr><tr><td id="Topic_Category">Topic Category</td><td>High level category enumeration used in ISO</td></tr><tr><td id="Transfer_Size">Transfer Size</td><td>The size of the digital resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Turnaround">Turnaround</td><td>Typical turnaround time for the filling of an order.</td></tr><tr><td id="TwoDCoordinateSystem">TwoDCoordinateSystem</td><td>Bounding extent defined in two dimensions with min and max values.</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></tr><tr><td id="URL">URL</td><td>Address of the online resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Units">Units</td><td>The units of the variables data values.</td></tr><tr><td id="Unrepresentable_Domain">Unrepresentable Domain</td><td>Description of the values and reasons why they cannot be represented.</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></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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="User_Response">User Response</td><td>Response to the user-determined limitations.</td></tr><tr><td id="Version_Date">Version Date</td><td>Date of the version of the cited resource</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></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Dimension_Length">Vertical Dimension Length</td><td>The number of divisions on the vertical axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Extent">Vertical Extent</td><td>The vertical extent of the resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Maximum">Vertical Maximum</td><td>The maximum height of the bounding rectangle</td></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Minimum">Vertical Minimum</td><td>The minimum height of the bounding rectangle</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></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></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></tr><tr><td id="Vertical_Resolution">Vertical Resolution</td><td>The average distance between divisions on the vertical axis</td></tr><tr><td id="Volume">Volume</td><td>Volume of the cited resource</td></tr><tr><td id="Web_Page">Web Page</td><td>On-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organisation</td></tr><tr><td id="Westernmost_Longitude">Westernmost Longitude</td><td>The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.</td></tr></table>
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ConceptDefinition
AbstractA paragraph describing the resource.
AcknowledgementProvides a place to acknowledge various types of support for the project that produced the data.
Additional AttributesAttributes used to describe unique characteristics of the collection which extend beyond those defined in the model.
Additional Lineage DocumentationAdditional descriptive information, such as a publication that describes the process for generating the resource.
Additional Resource DocumentationOther documentation associated with the resource.
Additional Usage DocumentationPublications that describe usage of data.
AddressAddress line for the location
Algorithm CitationInformation identifying the algorithm and version or date.
Alternate Metadata CitationReference to alternative metadata or metadata in a non-ISO standard for the same resource.
Alternate Resource TitleAn alternative title for the resource.
Ancillary KeywordThis field allows authors to provide any words or phrases needed to further describe the data set.
Application Schema InformationName of the application schema used.
AssociatedDIFsSpecifies the Directory Interchange Format (DIF) identifier for the collection.
AssociationComplete statement of a one-to-one relationship
Attribute Accuracy ExplanationThe identification of the test that yielded the Attribute Accuracy Value.
Attribute Accuracy ReportAn 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 ValueAn estimate of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of attribute values in the data set
Attribute DefinitionThe description of the attribute
Attribute Definition SourceThe source of the description of the entity type
Attribute LabelThe name of the attribute.
AuthorAuthor of the cited resource
Author / OriginatorThe principal author of the resource
Author / Originator Email AddressThe electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource
Author / Originator World Wide Web AddressThe World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource
A link to information about the award that provided support for the project.
BindingA protocol and data format specification for a particular interface.
Bounding BoxA bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest
Browse File NameName of the file holding the browse graphic.
Browse URLLocation of the browse file on the Web.
CaptionBrief description of the multimedia sample or browse image.
Center LatitudeGeodetic latitude of center of locality.
Center LongitudeLongitude of approximate center of locality.
Cited Resource Alternate TitleAlternate title of the cited resource
Cited Resource IdentifierIdentifier for the cited resource
Cited Resource TitleA short description of the (cited) resource.
CityCity of the location
Codeset Domain Codeset NameThe title of the codeset.
Codeset Domain Codeset Sourcethe authority for the codeset.
Common Data Model DatatypeThe THREDDS data type for this resource.
Complete CitationComplete citation for the resource as a text blob.
Completeness ReportReports on the presence and absence of features, their attributes and relationships.
ConfidenceTrustworthiness of a data quality result.
Conformance ResultInformation about the outcome of evaluating the obtained value (or set of values) against a specified acceptable conformance quality level.
Constraint ReferenceCitation for the limitation or constraint.
Contact InstructionsSupplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organisation
Contributor NameContributor to the resource
Contributor RoleThe 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
CountryCountry of the location
Coupled ResourceIdentifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled.
Coupled TypeDescribes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource.
Coverage Content TypeAn item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation, modelResult
Coverage ResultResult organising the measured values as a coverage.
Creation DateDate of creation of the cited resource
A link to data produced by the project.
Data Quality ScopeThe specific data to which the data quality information applies.
Date TypeType of date represented by the value in the date attributes of the temporal subclasses.
DescriptionComplete description of the multimedia sample or browse image.
Descriptive ResultData quality descriptive result.
Distribution ContactContact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource.
Distribution LiabilityStatement of the liability assumed by the distributor.
Easternmost LongitudeThe easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.
EditorEditor of the cited resource
EmailEmail address of the individual or organization
End TimeThe end of the bounding time period
Ends at Present FlagDenotes that a data collection which covers, temporally, a discontinuous range, currently ends at the present date.
Entity Type DefinitionThe description of the entity type
Entity Type Definition SourceThe source of the description of the entity type
Entity Type LabelThe name of the entity type.
Enumerated Domain ValueThe name or label of a member of the set.
Enumerated Domain Value DefinitionThe definition of a member of the set.
Enumerated Domain Value Definition SourceThe source of a definition of a member of the set.
Evaluation Method DescriptionDescription of the evaluation method.
Evaluation ProcedureReference to the procedure information.
Evaluation ReferenceInformation on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method.
Evaluation Reference DocumentInformation on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method.
Evaluation SpecificationCitation of data product specification or user requirement against which data is being evaluated.
Evalulation MethodThe procedure used to evaluate the measure.
Evalulation Method TypeType of method used to evaluate quality of the data.
Exclusion GRing FlagFlag which determines if the coordinates represent the Outer or Exclusion G-Ring.
FaxTelephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted via facsimile (fax)
Feature Catalogue CitationInformation identifying the feature catalogue or the conceptual schema.
First NameFirst name of the individual
FormatFormat of the multimedia sample or browse image.
Format CitationCitation/URL of the specification for the format.
Format of the Online ResourceIdentify the format of the online resource
GRing Point LatitudeThe geodetic latitude of a point of the G-ring.
GRing Point LongitudeThe longitude of a point of the G-Ring.
GRing Point Sequence NumberValue denotes the numerical sequence position of a G-Ring point.
Grid Dimension CountNumber of independent spatial-temporal axes.
Grid Dimension ResolutionDegree of detail in the grid dataset.
Grid Dimension Type CodeName of the dimension type axis.
HomogeneityExpected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy ExplanationThe identification of the test that yielded the Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy ReportAn explanation of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy ValueAn estimate of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements in the data set expressed in (ground) meters.
Host Project IdentifierAn identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.
Hours of ServiceTime period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organisation or individual
ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISBN) of the cited resource
ISSNInternational Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the cited resource
Identified Issues CitationCitation of a description of known issues associated with the resource along with proposed solutions if available.
InstrumentInformation about the instrument used to make the observations.
Instrument CharacteristicDescription of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.
Instrument Characteristic Data TypeThe datatype of the Instrument Characteristic/attribute.
Instrument Characteristic DescriptionDescription of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.
Instrument Characteristic NameThe name of the Instrument Characteristic attribute.
Instrument Characteristic UnitUnits associated with the Instrument Characteristic attribute value.
Instrument Characteristic ValueThe value of the Platform Characteristic attribute.
Instrument CitationA citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument.
Instrument DescriptionTextual description of the instrument.
Instrument KeywordKeywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource.
Instrument Keyword VocabularyThe name of a registered authoritative source for instrument keywords.
Instrument Long NameFull name (unabbreviated) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.
Instrument Short NameShort name (abbreviation) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.
Instrument TypeThe type of instrument.
Instrument UUIDUnique Identifier for the instrument.
InterfaceA set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints.
IssueIssue of the cited resource
Issue DateThe date the resource was issued
Keyword Ontology CitationReference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization of a knowledge domain for use in semantic processing.
Keyword TypeMethods used to group similar keywords
Keyword VocabularyIf 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 CitationName of the formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of keywords.
Last NameLast name of the individual
Latitude Dimension LengthThe number of divisions on the latitude axis
Latitude ResolutionThe average distance between divisions on the latitude axis
Lineage ScopeType of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies.
Lineage StatementInformation and references for sources and processes that were used to create the dataset and an audit trail for modifications to the original data.
Logical ConsistencyThe degree of adherence to logical rules of data structure, attribution and relationships (data structure can be conceptual, logical or physical).
Logical Consistency ReportAn explanation of the fidelity of relationships in the data set and tests used.
Longitude Dimension LengthThe number of divisions on the longitude axis
Longitude ResolutionThe average distance between divisions on the longitude axis
MeasureThe type of evaluation
Measure DescriptionDescription of the measure.
Measure IdentifierIdentifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace.
Measure NameName of the test applied to the data.
Measure Source CitationReference to the source.
Measure TimeDate or range of dates on which a data quality measure was applied.
MediaMedia on which the resource is available
Medium ReferenceName of the medium on which the resource can be stored (resourceFormat) or distributed.
Metadata Access ConstraintsInformation 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.
Metadata ContactThe organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.
Metadata IdentifierA phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.
Metadata LanguageLanguage of the metadata
Metadata Profile CitationCitation for the profile(s) of the metadata standard to which the metadata conforms.
Metadata Standard CitationThe name of the standard to which the metadata conforms
Metadata Standard VersionThe name of the standard to which the metadata conforms
Metadata Use ConstraintsInformation 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.
Middle NameMiddle name of the individual
Modified DateDate on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue
Naming AuthorityThe organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)
Northernmost LatitudeThe northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.
Number of SensorsNumber of sensors used on the instrument when acquire the granule data.
Online ResourceOnline Resource for the cited resource
Online Resource DescriptionA brief description of the online resource
Online Resource FunctionA description of the function of the online resource
Online Resource Name/TitleA name or title of the online resource
OperationOperation Identifier
Operation CitationIdentification of the mission.
Operation DescriptionDescription of the operation
Operation ModesThe operation mode applied on the instrument when acquire the granule data.
Ordering InstructionsGeneral instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor
Organization NameName of the organization
Originating OrganizationThe organization responsible for creating the resource
Other Citation DetailsOther information about the cited resource
OverviewDetailed summary of the information contained in a data set.
Overview CitationReference to the complete description of the entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data set.
PagesPages of the cited resource
Paleo-Temporal CoverageThe temporal extent for paleoclimate or geologic data.
Parameter DefinitionThe definition/description of a parameter included in the resource.
Parameter NameThe name of a parameter included in the resource. Intended to be used by applications accessing a variable in a file.
Parameter Name (Long)The long name of a parameter included in the resource. Intended to be used as an axis lable in a plot.
Parameter Name (Standard)The name of a parameter included in the resource from a standard vocabulary.
Parameter UnitsThe units of a parameter included in the resource.
Parameters CitationReference providing description of the parameters.
Parent IdentifierA unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection
Parent Metadata ReferenceIdentification of the parent metadata record.
PhoneTelephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted
Phone TypeThe type of telephone number being provided (voice, TDD/TTY, faxsimile).
Place KeywordA comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource.
Place Keyword VocabularyIf you are following a guideline for the place words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here.
Plan CitationIdentification of authority requesting target collection.
PlatformThe platform used to collect the observations.
Platform CharacteristicDescription of the Platform Characteristic attribute.
Platform Characteristic Data TypeThe datatype of the Platform Characteristic/attribute.
Platform Characteristic DescriptionDescription of the Platform Characteristic attribute.
Platform Characteristic NameThe name of the Platform Characteristic attribute.
Platform Characteristic UnitUnits associated with the Platform Characteristic attribute value.
Platform Characteristic ValueThe value of the Platform Characteristic attribute.
Platform CitationSource where information../collections/LARC/ECHO10/XML/MB2LME.xml about the platform is described.
Platform DescriptionNarrative description of the platform supporting the instrument.
Platform KeywordKeywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource.
Platform Keyword VocabularyThe name of a registered authoritative source for platform keywords.
Platform Long NameThe expanded or long name of the platform associated with an instrument.
Platform Short NameThe platform used to collect the observations.
Platform SponsorOrganization responsible for building, launch, or operation of the platform.
Platform TypeThe most relevant platform type.
Platform UUIDUnique identifier for the platform.
Point LatitudeA single geodetic latitudinal value.
Point LongitudeA single longitudinal value.
Portrayal Catalogue CitationInformation identifying the portrayal catalogue used.
Position NameName of the job or position in an organization
Positional Accuracy ReportAccuracy of the position of features within a spatial reference system.
Postal_CodeZip code or other postal code for the location
Precision of SecondsThe precision (position in number of places to right of decimal point) of seconds used in measurement.
Presentation FormForm of the cited resource
Process StepA step in the processing that produced a resource
Process Step DescriptionDescription of the event, including related parameters or tolerances.
Process Step PurposeRequirement or purpose for the process step.
Process Step ReferenceProcess step documentation.
Process Step ScopeType of resource and/or extent to which the process step applies.
Process Step TimeDate, time, range or period of process step.
Processing CitationReference to documentation describing the processing.
Processing LevelA code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset.
Processing Level DescriptionDescription of the processing level.
Processing Software ReferenceReference to document describing processing software.
ProcessorIdentification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organisation(s) associated with the process step.
A link to a product produced by the project.
Project ContactThe project point of contact.
Project HostThe organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.
Project KeywordKeywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource.
Project NameThe name of the project that the resource was associated with.
Project SponsorThe organization responsible for funding the project.
A link to a website with information about the project.
Province or StateProvince, state, or other administrative area of the location
Publication DateDate of publication of the cited resource
PublisherPublisher of the cited resource
Publisher E-MailEmail associated with the publisher of the cited resource
Publisher LocationPlace of publication of the cited resource
Publisher URLWorld Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource
PurposeA paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset.
Quality StatementInformation about the quality of the data or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the data.
Quantitative ResultThe values or information about the value(s) (or set of values) obtained from applying a data quality measure.
Radius UnitsThe unit of measurement describing the distance from the center of spatial extent or coverage to the furthest point covered by the spatial extent of the locality used to determine a circular region representing general extent or coverage.
Range Domain Attribute ResolutionThe smallest unit increment to which an attribute value is measured.
Range Domain Maximum ValueThe greatest value that the attribute can be assigned.
Range Domain Minimum ValueThe least value that the attribute can be assigned.
Range Domain UnitsThe unit of measurement for an attribute value.
Reference to the metadata of the associated resource.
Citation information about the associated resource.
Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described.
Release ConstraintsInformation about resource release constraints.
ReportQuantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope.
Report NumberReport number of the cited resource
RepresentativityDegree to which the sample used has produced a result which is representative of the data within the data quality scope.
Requirement CitationIdentification of reference or guidance material for the requirement.
Resource Access ConstraintsInformation 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 CitationCitation for the resource.
Resource ContactThe organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.
Resource Cost or FeesCost associated with access to the resource
Resource Creation/Revision DateThe date the resource was created
Resource FormatThe physical or digital manifestation of the resource
Resource IdentifierIdentifier for the resource described by the metadata
Resource Identifier DescriptionDescription for the resource identifier.
Resource LanguageThe language of the resource.
Resource LineageA description of the source(s) and production process(es) used in producing the resource.
Resource Long NameThe reference name used in describing the scientific contents of the data collection.
Resource Quality DescriptionDescription of the quality of the resource or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the resource.
Resource StatusThe status of the resource
Resource TitleA 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 TypeA resource code identifying the type of resource; e.g. dataset, a collection, an application (See MD_ScopeCode) for which the metadata describes.
Resource Update FrequencyThe frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed
Resource Use ConstraintsInformation 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 VersionVersion of the cited resource
Online link referencing additional information about the resource.
Responsible Party IdentifierA unique identifier for a person or an organization
Responsible Party Identifier TypeThe type of a unique identifier for a person or an organization
Responsible Party Identifier Type URIThe type of a unique identifier for a person or an organization
ResultThe output of the evaluation
Revision DateDate of revision of the cited resource
RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resource
Rolefunction performed by the responsible party
Security ConstraintsHandling restrictions imposed on the resource or metadata for national security or similar security concerns.
Sensor CharacteristicsReferential information for the collection source/sensor configuration.
Sensor Long NameThe generic or long name description of a sensor (e.g. Visible-Near Infrared, Human Visual, Human Auditory).
Sensor Short NameThe sensory sub-component of an instrument.
Sensor TechniqueTechnique applied for this instrument in the configuration.
Series TitleTitle of a series that includes the cited resource
ServiceThe end points supported by the web service.
Service LocationEndpoint for accessing the service.
Service Operation NameName of an operation provided by the service.
Service Operation ReferenceProvides a reference to the resource on which the service operates.
Service ParametersA narrative explanation of the role of the parameter.
Service Profile ReferenceProfile to which the service adheres.
Service ProviderOrganization or person responsible for the service.
Service Resource ReferenceReference to the resource on which the service operates.
Service Standard CitationStandard to which the service adheres.
Service TypeStandard name for a service type.
Service Type VersionStandard name for a version of a service.
SiteThe name or description of the physical location where the data were collected
Site LocationThe latitude/longitude/elevation of the physical location where the data were collected
SourceDataset used in or produced by a processStep
Source CitationReference to the processing input source.
Source Citation AbbreviationShort-form alias for the source citation.
Source DescriptionDetailed description of the source.
Source MetadataReference to metadata for the source.
Source ProducedThe source produced from the process step.
Source Reference SystemSpatial reference system used by the source.
Source ScopeType and/or extent of the source.
Source StepInformation about a process step in which this source was used.
Source Time PeriodTime period for which the source data set corresponds to the ground.
Source UsedThe source used in the processing step.
Southernmost LatitudeThe southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.
Spatial ExtentThe spatial extent of the resource.
Spatial ResolutionThe nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource.
Specific UsageBrief description of the resource and/or resource series usage.
An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for funding the project.
Standalone Report CitationReference to external standalone quality report.
Standard Name VocabularyThe name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken.
Start TimeThe start of the bounding time period
Supplemental InformationMiscellaneous information about the data.
Temporal ExtentThe temporal extent of the resource
Temporal KeywordKeyword identifies a time period related to the resource.
Temporal Quality ReportQuality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features.
Temporal Range TypeInforms the system and ultimately the end user how the temporal coverage is specified for the collection, granule, or event.
Temporal ResolutionThe smallest time step included in the resource.
Thematic Accuracy ReportAccuracy of quantitative attributes and the correctness of non-quantitative attributes and of the classifications of features and their relationships.
Theme KeywordA word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.
Time TypeProvides the time system which the values found in temporal subclasses represent.
Topic CategoryHigh level category enumeration used in ISO
Transfer SizeThe size of the digital resource
TurnaroundTypical turnaround time for the filling of an order.
TwoDCoordinateSystemBounding extent defined in two dimensions with min and max values.
TypesDescribes the data. The XML Schema language (also known as XSD) is used (inline or referenced) for this purpose.
URLAddress of the online resource
UnitsThe units of the variables data values.
Unrepresentable DomainDescription of the values and reasons why they cannot be represented.
Usability ReportSpecific quality information about a dataset’s suitability for a particular application or conformance to a set of requirements.
Usage TimeDate and time of the first use or range of uses of the resource and/or resource series.
User ContactIdentification of and means of communicating with person(s) and organisation(s) using the resource(s).
User Determined LimitationsApplications, determined by the user for which the resource and/or resource series is not suitable.
User ResponseResponse to the user-determined limitations.
Version DateDate of the version of the cited resource
Version DescriptionA brief description of the differences between this collection version and another collection version.
Vertical Dimension LengthThe number of divisions on the vertical axis
Vertical ExtentThe vertical extent of the resource
Vertical MaximumThe maximum height of the bounding rectangle
Vertical MinimumThe minimum height of the bounding rectangle
Vertical Positional Accuracy ExplanationThe identification of the test that yielded the Vertical Positional Accuracy Value.
Vertical Positional Accuracy ReportAn explanation of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.
Vertical Positional Accuracy Valuean estimate of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurement in the data set expressed in (ground) meters.
Vertical ResolutionThe average distance between divisions on the vertical axis
VolumeVolume of the cited resource
Web PageOn-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organisation
Westernmost LongitudeThe westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.


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