Concepts Glossary

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Glossary of Documentation Concepts

Name Description Spirals
Abstract A paragraph describing the resource.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Mandatory
  • Project Description
Acknowledgement
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Any Text A target for full-text search of character data types in a catalogue
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
Association Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
Author / Originator Email Address The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Author / Originator World Wide Web Address The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
A link to information about the award that provided support for the project.
  • Project Links
Bounding Box A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Conditional
Common Data Model Datatype The THREDDS data type for this resource.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Contributor Name Contributor to the resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Contributor Role The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the
              data.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
Coordinate Reference System (CRS) Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
Coverage The spatial extent or scope of the content of the resource
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Creation Date The date the resource was created
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Creator Creator of the resource
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
A link to data produced by the project.
  • Project Links
Date The date of a creation or update event of the catalogue record.
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Description A summary of the content of the resource.
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Easternmost Longitude The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
End Time The end of the bounding time period
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
Has Security Constraints Are there any security constraints?
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
Host Project Identifier An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for hosting a project
              website or including it in a portal.
  • Project Identification
Keyword A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
  • Project Description
Keyword Type Methods used to group similar keywords
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
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.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Description
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.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Metadata Contact The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Mandatory
  • Project Contacts
Metadata Identifier A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
Metadata Language Language of the metadata
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
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.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
Modified Date Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
Naming Authority The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace)
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Northernmost Latitude The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
Online Resource Online Resource for the cited resource
  • Project Identification
Organization Name Name of the organization
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
Originating Organization The organization responsible for creating the resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Other Information Miscellaneous information about the data.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Parent Identifier A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
Place Keyword A comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource.
  • Project Extent
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.
  • Project Extent
Processing Level A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
A link to a product produced by the project.
  • Project Links
Project Host The organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal.
  • Project Identification
Project Name The name of the project that the resource was associated with.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Project Sponsor The organization responsible for funding the project.
  • Project Identification
A link to a website with information about the project.
  • Project Links
Publication Date Date of publication of the cited resource
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
Publisher Publisher of the cited resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Publisher E-Mail Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
Publisher URL World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
Relation A reference to a related resource.
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
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 this
              field.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Resource Contact The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
  • Project Contacts
Resource Creation/Revision Date The date the resource was created
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Mandatory
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
Resource Duration The temporal duration of a resource.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Resource Format The physical or digital manifestation of the resource
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Resource Identifier Identifier for the resource described by the metadata
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
  • Project Identification
Resource Language The language of the resource.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Conditional
Resource Lineage A description of the source(s) and production process(es) used in producing the resource.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
Link (URL) in the metadata for the resource.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
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.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Mandatory
  • Project Identification
Resource Type A resource code identifying the type of resource e.g. dataset, a collection, an application
              (see MD_ScopeCode) which the metadata describes.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Conditional
Revision Date Date of revision of the cited resource
  • Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Site The name or description of the physical location where the data were collected
  • Project Extent
Site Location The latitude/longitude/elevation of the physical location where the data were collected
  • Project Extent
Source A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Southernmost Latitude The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
Spatial resolution The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource.
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for funding the
              project.
  • Project Identification
Standard Name Vocabulary The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Start Time The start of the bounding time period
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
Subject The topic of the content of the resource
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Temporal Extent The temporal extent of the resource
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
Temporal Resolution The smallest time step included in the resource.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
Topic Category High level category enumeration used in ISO
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Conditional
Type The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type can include general categories,
              genres or aggregation levels of content.
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
  • Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
Vertical Extent The vertical extent of the resource
  • ISO-1 for Data Discovery - Optional
Vertical Maximum The maximum height of the bounding rectangle
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
Vertical Minimum The minimum height of the bounding rectangle
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent
Westernmost Longitude The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle.
  • Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
  • Project Extent