Concepts Glossary

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Name Description
Title
Resource Title A short description of the resource. The title should be descriptive enough so that when a user is presented with a list of titles the general content of the data set can be determined.
Resource Creation/Revision Date The date the resource was created
Abstract A paragraph describing the resource.
Topic Category High level category enumeration used in ISO
Keyword A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.
Keyword Vocabulary If you are following a guideline or using a shared vocabulary for the words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute, put the name of that guideline here.
Metadata Contact The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.
Resource Contact The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.
Role function performed by the responsible party
Organization Name Name of the organization
Position Name Name of the job or position in an organization
First Name First name of the individual
Middle Name Middle name of the individual
Last Name Last name of the individual
Email Email address of the individual or organization
Hours of Service Time period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organisation or individual
Contact Instructions Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organisation
Phone Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted
Fax Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted via facsimile(fax)
Address Address line for the location
City City of the location
Province or State Province, state, or other administrative area of the location
Postal_Code Zip code or other postal code for the location
Country Country of the location
Web Page On-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organisation
Cited Resource Title A short description of the (cited) resource.
Cited Resource Alternate Title Alternate title of the cited resource
Cited Resource Identifier Identifier for the cited resource
Author Author of the cited resource
Author / Originator World Wide Web Address The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the resource
Editor Editor of the cited resource
Series Title Title of a series that includes the cited resource
Publication Date Date of publication of the cited resource
Revision Date Date of revision of the cited resource
Creation Date The date the resource was created
Publisher Publisher of the cited resource
Publisher Location Place of publication of the cited resource
Publisher URL World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource
Publisher E-Mail Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource
Version Version of the cited resource
Version Date Date of the version of the cited resource
Volume Volume of the cited resource
Issue Issue of the cited resource
Pages Pages of the cited resource
ISBN International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of the cited resource
ISSN International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the cited resource
Report Number Report number of the cited resource
Other Citation Details Other information about the cited resource
Presentation Form Form of the cited resource
Online Resource Online Resource for the cited resource
Complete Citation Complete citation for the resource
Resource Identifier Identifier for the resource described by the metadata
Related Resource Identifier Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described.
Naming Authority The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)
Parent Identifier A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection
Purpose A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset.
Standard Name Vocabulary The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken.
Lineage Statement Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the dataset and an audit trail for modifications to the original data.
Other Information Miscellaneous information about the data.
Site The name or description of the physical location where the data were collected
Southernmost Latitude The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.
Northernmost Latitude The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.
Latitude Dimension Length The number of divisions on the latitude axis
Latitude Resolution The average distance between divisions on the latitude axis
Westernmost Longitude The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.
Easternmost Longitude The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.
Longitude Dimension Length The number of divisions on the longitude axis
Longitude Resolution The average distance between divisions on the longitude axis
Start Time The start of the bounding time period
End Time The end of the bounding time period
Vertical Minimum The minimum height of the bounding rectangle
Vertical Maximum The maximum height of the bounding rectangle
Vertical Dimension Length The number of divisions on the vertical axis
Vertical Resolution The average distance between divisions on the vertical axis
Place Keyword A comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource.
Place Keyword Vocabulary If you are following a guideline for the place words/phrases in your "keywords" attribute,put the name of that guideline here.
Author / Originator The principal author of the resource
Originating Organization The organization responsible for creating the resource
Author / Originator Email Address The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource
Modification Date The date the resource was modified
Issue Date The date the resource was issued
URL Address of the online resource
Online Resource Name/Title A name or title of the online resource
Online Resource Description A brief description of the online resource
Online Resource Function A description of the function of the online resource
Format of the Online Resource Identify the format of the online resource
Subject The topic of the content of the resource
Any Text A target for full-text search of character data types in a catalogue
Metadata Identifier A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.
Modified Date Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue
Type The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type can include general categories, genres or aggregation levels of content.
Bounding Box A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest
Coordinate Reference System (CRS) Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox
Association Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship
Creator Creator of the resource
Description A summary of the content of the resource.
Contributor Name Contributor to the resource
Date The date of a creation or update event of the catalogue record.
Resource Format The physical or digital manifestation of the resource
Source A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
Metadata Language Language of the metadata
Relation A reference to a related resource.
Coverage The spatial extent or scope of the content of the resource
Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource
Has Security Constraints Are there any security constraints?
Keyword Type Methods used to group similar keywords
Resource Access Constraints Information about any constraints for accessing the data set. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, limitations and/or warnings on obtaining the data set. Some words that may be used in this field include: Public, In-house, Limited, Additional detailed instructions on how to access the data can be entered in thisfield.
Resource Use Constraints 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.
Metadata Access Constraints Information about any constraints for accessing the data set. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, limitations and/or warnings on obtaining the data set. Some words that may be used in this field include: Public, In-house, Limited, Additional detailed instructions on how to access the data can be entered in this field.
Metadata Use Constraints 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.
Media Media on which the resource is available
Resource Cost or Fees Cost associated with access to the resource
Service Type Standard name for a service type.
Service Type Version Standard name for a version of a service.
Fees Costs associated with obtaining the resource
Service Provider Organization or person responsible for the service.
Service Operation Name name of an operation provided by the service.
Service Location
Service Parameters
Coverage Content Type An item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation,modelResult.
Parameter Name The name of a parameter included in the resource.
Parameter Name (Standard) The standard name of a parameter included in the resource.
Parameter Definition The definition of a parameter included in the resource.
Parameter Units The units of a parameter included in the resource.
Process Step A step in the processing that produced a resource
Overview detailed summary of the information contained in a data set.
Overview Citation reference to the complete description of the entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data set.
Entity Type Label the name of the entity type.
Entity Type Definition the description of the entity type
Entity Type Definition Source the source of the description of the entity type
Attribute Label the name of the attribute.
Attribute Definition the description of the attribute
Attribute Definition Source the source of the description of the entity type
Enumerated Domain Value the name or label of a member of the set.
Enumerated Domain Value Definition the definition of a member of the set.
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source the source of a definition of a member of the set.
Range Domain Minimum Value the least value that the attribute can be assigned.
Range Domain Maximum Value the greatest value that the attribute can be assigned.
Range Domain Units the unit of measurement for an attribute value.
Range Domain Attribute Resolution the smallest unit increment to which an attribute value is measured.
Codeset Domain Codeset Name the title of the codeset.
Codeset Domain Codeset Source the authority for the codeset.
Unrepresentable Domain description of the values and reasons why they cannot be represented.
Browse File Name Name of the file holding the browse graphic.
Format Format of the multimedia sample or browse image.
Caption Brief description of the multimedia sample or browse image.
Resource Status The status of the resource
Resource Language The language of the resource.
Common Data Model Datatype The THREDDS data type for this resource.
Project Name The name of the project that the resource was associated with.
Processing Level A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset.
Acknowledgement
Resource Duration The temporal duration of a resource.
Temporal Resolution The smallest time step included in the resource.
Contributor Role The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the
              data.
Platform The platform used to collect the observations.
Instrument Information about the instrument used to make the observations.
Instrument Keyword Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource.
Instrument Keyword Thesaurus The name of a registered authoritative source for instrument keywords.
Platform Keyword Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource.
Platform Keyword Thesaurus The name of a registered authoritative source for platform keywords.
Platform Short Name The platform used to collect the observations.
Platform Long Name
Platform UUID
Platform Type
Platform Citation
Platform Sponsor
Platform Description
Platform Characteristic
Platform Characteristic Data Type
Platform Characteristic Description
Platform Characteristic Name
Platform Characteristic Unit
Platform Characteristic Value
Instrument Short Name Short name (abbreviation) for the Instrument used to collect the observations.
Instrument Long Name
Instrument UUID
Instrument Type
Instrument Citation
Instrument Description
Instrument Characteristic
Instrument Characteristic Data Type
Instrument Characteristic Description
Instrument Characteristic Name
Instrument Characteristic Unit
Instrument Characteristic Value