Concepts Glossary
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Recommendation Spirals:
- Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
- Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Recommended
- Attribute Convention for Data Discovery - Suggested
- Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Queryables
- Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Additional Queryable Properties
- Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) Core Returnable Properties
- DCAT for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- DIF for Data Discovery - Required
- DIF for Data Discovery - Highly Recommended
- ECHO for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- ECHO for Data Discovery - Recommended
- ECS for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- FGDC for Data Discovery - Mandatory
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Conditional
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Optional
- ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended
- SERF for Service Discovery - Required
- SERF for Service Discovery - Highly Recommended
- WSDL for Web Service Description
- ISO Lineage
- ISO Quality
- ISO External References
- FGDC for Data Understanding
- ISO User Feedback
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| Abstract | A paragraph describing the resource. |
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| Acknowledgement | Provides a place to acknowledge various types of support for the project that produced the data. |
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| Address | Address line for the location |
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| Association | Complete statement of a one-to-one relationship |
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| Attribute Accuracy Explanation | The identification of the test that yielded the Attribute Accuracy Value. |
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| Attribute Accuracy Report | 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 |
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| Attribute Accuracy Value | An estimate of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of attribute values in the data set |
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| Attribute Definition | the description of the attribute |
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| Attribute Definition Source | the source of the description of the entity type |
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| Attribute Label | the name of the attribute. |
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| Author | Author of the cited resource |
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| Author / Originator | The principal author of the resource |
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| Author / Originator Email Address | The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource |
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| Author / Originator World Wide Web Address | The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the cited resource |
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| Award Link | A link to information about the award that provided support for the project. |
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| Binding | A protocol and data format specification for a particular interface. |
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| Bounding Box | A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest |
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| Browse File Name | Name of the file holding the browse graphic. |
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| Caption | Brief description of the multimedia sample or browse image. |
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| Cited Resource Alternate Title | Alternate title of the cited resource |
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| Cited Resource Identifier | Identifier for the cited resource |
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| Cited Resource Title | A short description of the (cited) resource. |
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| City | City of the location |
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| Codeset Domain Codeset Name | the title of the codeset. |
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| Codeset Domain Codeset Source | the authority for the codeset. |
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| Common Data Model Datatype | The THREDDS data type for this resource. |
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| Complete Citation | Complete citation for the resource as a text blob. |
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| Completeness Report | Information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules used to derive the data set. |
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| Confidence | Trustworthiness of a data quality result. |
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| Conformance Result | Information about the outcome of evaluating the obtained value (or set of values) against a specified acceptable conformance quality level. |
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| Contact Instructions | Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organisation |
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| Contributor Name | Contributor to the resource |
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| Contributor Role | The role of any individuals or institutions that contributed to the creation of the data. |
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| Coordinate Reference System (CRS) | Geographic Coordinate Reference System (Authority and ID) for the BoundingBox |
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| Country | Country of the location |
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| Coupled Resource | Identifier and name of the dataset to which the service is coupled. |
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| Coupled Type | Describes the tightness of the coupling to the coupled resource. |
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| Coverage Content Type | An item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation, modelResult |
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| Coverage Result | Result organising the measured values as a coverage. |
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| Creation Date | Date of creation of the cited resource |
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| Data Link | A link to data produced by the project. |
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| Data Quality Scope | The specific data to which the data quality information applies. |
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| Date | The date of a creation or update event of the catalogue record. |
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| Description | Complete description of the multimedia sample or browse image. |
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| Descriptive Result | Data quality descriptive result. |
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| Distribution Contact | Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource. |
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| Distribution Liability | Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor. |
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| Easternmost Longitude | The easternmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. |
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| Editor | Editor of the cited resource |
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| Email address of the individual or organization |
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| End Time | The end of the bounding time period |
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| Entity Type Definition | the description of the entity type |
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| Entity Type Definition Source | the source of the description of the entity type |
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| Entity Type Label | the name of the entity type. |
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| Enumerated Domain Value | the name or label of a member of the set. |
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| Enumerated Domain Value Definition | the definition of a member of the set. |
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| Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source | the source of a definition of a member of the set. |
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| Evaluation Method Description | Description of the evaluation method. |
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| Evaluation Procedure | Reference to the procedure information. |
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| Evaluation Reference | Information on documents which are referenced in developing and applying a data quality evaluation method. |
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| Evalulation Method | The procedure used to evaluate the measure. |
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| Evalulation Method Type | Type of method used to evaluate quality of the data. |
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| Fax | Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted via facsimile (fax) |
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| First Name | First name of the individual |
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| Format | Format of the multimedia sample or browse image. |
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| Format of the Online Resource | Identify the format of the online resource |
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| Has Security Constraints | Are there any security constraints? |
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| Homogeneity | Expected or tested uniformity of the results obtained for a data quality evaluation. |
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| Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation | The identification of the test that yielded the Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value. |
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| Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report | An explanation of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. |
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| Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value | An estimate of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements in the data set expressed in (ground) meters. |
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| Host Project Identifier | An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal. |
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| Hours of Service | Time period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organisation or individual |
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| ISBN | International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of the cited resource |
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| ISSN | International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the cited resource |
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| Instrument | Information about the instrument used to make the observations. |
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| Instrument Characteristic |
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| Instrument Characteristic Data Type |
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| Instrument Characteristic Description |
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| Instrument Characteristic Name |
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| Instrument Characteristic Unit |
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| Instrument Characteristic Value |
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| Instrument Citation | A citation to reference material that provides details about the instrument. |
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| Instrument Description | Textual description of the instrument. |
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| Instrument Keyword | Keywords that describe the instrument used to collect the resource. |
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| Instrument Keyword Vocabulary | The name of a registered authoritative source for instrument keywords. |
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| Instrument Long Name | Full name (unabbreviated) for the Instrument used to collect the observations. |
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| Instrument Short Name | Short name (abbreviation) for the Instrument used to collect the observations. |
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| Instrument Type | The type of instrument. |
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| Instrument UUID | Unique Identifier for the instrument. |
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| Interface | A set of operations supported by one or more service endpoints. |
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| Issue | Issue of the cited resource |
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| Issue Date | The date the resource was issued |
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| Keyword | A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types. |
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| Keyword Type | Methods used to group similar keywords |
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| 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. |
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| Last Name | Last name of the individual |
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| Latitude Dimension Length | The number of divisions on the latitude axis |
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| Latitude Resolution | The average distance between divisions on the latitude axis |
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| Lineage Scope | Type of resource and/or extent to which the lineage information applies. |
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| 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. |
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| Logical Consistency | The degree of adherence to logical rules of data structure, attribution and relationships (data structure can be conceptual, logical or physical). |
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| Logical Consistency Report | An explanation of the fidelity of relationships in the data set and tests used. |
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| Longitude Dimension Length | The number of divisions on the longitude axis |
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| Longitude Resolution | The average distance between divisions on the longitude axis |
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| Measure | The type of evaluation |
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| Measure Description | Description of the measure. |
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| Measure Identifier | Identifier of the measure, value uniquely identifying the measure within a namespace. |
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| Measure Name | Name of the test applied to the data. |
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| Measure Time | Date or range of dates on which a data quality measure was applied. |
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| Media | Media on which the resource is available |
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| 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. |
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| Metadata Contact | The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata. |
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| Metadata Identifier | A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record. |
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| Metadata Language | Language of the metadata |
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| Metadata Standard Citation | The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms |
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| Metadata Standard Version | The name of the standard to which the metadata conforms |
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| 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. |
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| Middle Name | Middle name of the individual |
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| Modification Date | The date the resource was modified |
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| Modified Date | Date on which the record was created or updated within the catalogue |
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| Naming Authority | The organization responsible for the maintenance of the identifier (namespace) |
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| Northernmost Latitude | The northernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. |
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| Online Resource | Online Resource for the cited resource |
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| Online Resource Description | A brief description of the online resource |
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| Online Resource Function | A description of the function of the online resource |
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| Online Resource Name/Title | A name or title of the online resource |
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| Ordering Instructions | General instructions, terms and services provided by the distributor |
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| Organization Name | Name of the organization |
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| Originating Organization | The organization responsible for creating the resource |
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| Other Citation Details | Other information about the cited resource |
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| Overview | detailed summary of the information contained in a data set. |
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| Overview Citation | reference to the complete description of the entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data set. |
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| Pages | Pages of the cited resource |
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| Paleo-Temporal Coverage | For paleoclimate or geologic data, “Paleo_Temporal_Coverage” is the period of time covered by the data collected. |
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| Parameter Definition | The definition of a parameter included in the resource. |
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| Parameter Name | The name of a parameter included in the resource. |
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| Parameter Name (Standard) | The standard name of a parameter included in the resource. |
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| Parameter Units | The units of a parameter included in the resource. |
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| Parent Identifier | A unique identifier for a parent dataset or collection |
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| Phone | Telephone numbers at which the organisation or individual may be contacted |
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| Place Keyword | A comma separated list of key words and phrases that give the location of the resource. |
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| 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. |
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| Platform | The platform used to collect the observations. |
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| Platform Characteristic |
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| Platform Characteristic Data Type |
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| Platform Characteristic Description |
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| Platform Characteristic Name |
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| Platform Characteristic Unit |
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| Platform Characteristic Value |
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| Platform Citation | Source where information about the platform is described. |
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| Platform Description | Narrative description of the platform supporting the instrument. |
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| Platform Keyword | Keywords that describe the platform used to collect the resource. |
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| Platform Keyword Vocabulary | The name of a registered authoritative source for platform keywords. |
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| Platform Long Name |
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| Platform Short Name | The platform used to collect the observations. |
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| Platform Sponsor | Organization responsible for building, launch, or operation of the platform. |
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| Platform Type |
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| Platform UUID | Unique identifier for the platform. |
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| Position Name | Name of the job or position in an organization |
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| Positional Accuracy Report | Accuracy of the position of features within a spatial reference system. |
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| Postal_Code | Zip code or other postal code for the location |
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| Presentation Form | Form of the cited resource |
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| Process Step | A step in the processing that produced a resource |
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| Process Step Description | Description of the event, including related parameters or tolerances. |
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| Process Step Purpose | Requirement or purpose for the process step. |
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| Process Step Reference | Process step documentation. |
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| Process Step Scope | Type of resource and/or extent to which the process step applies. |
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| Process Step Source Produced |
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| Process Step Source Used | The Source Citation Abbreviation of a data set used in the processing step. |
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| Process Step Time | Date, time, range or period of process step. |
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| Processing Level | A code that indicates the extent of processing done in the creation of a dataset. |
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| Processor | Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organisation(s) associated with the process step. |
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| Product Link | A link to a product produced by the project. |
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| Project Host | The organization responsible for hosting a project website or including it in a portal. |
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| Project Keyword | Keywords that describe the Project used to collect the resource. |
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| Project Name | The name of the project that the resource was associated with. |
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| Project Sponsor | The organization responsible for funding the project. |
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| Project Website Link | A link to a website with information about the project. |
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| Province or State | Province, state, or other administrative area of the location |
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| Publication Date | Date of publication of the cited resource |
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| Publisher | Publisher of the cited resource |
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| Publisher E-Mail | Email associated with the publisher of the cited resource |
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| Publisher Location | Place of publication of the cited resource |
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| Publisher URL | World Wide Web address associated with the publisher of the cited resource |
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| Purpose | A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset. |
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| Quality Statement | Information about the quality of the data or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the data. |
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| Quantitative Result | The values or information about the value(s) (or set of values) obtained from applying a data quality measure. |
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| Range Domain Attribute Resolution | the smallest unit increment to which an attribute value is measured. |
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| Range Domain Maximum Value | the greatest value that the attribute can be assigned. |
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| Range Domain Minimum Value | the least value that the attribute can be assigned. |
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| Range Domain Units | the unit of measurement for an attribute value. |
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| Related Resource Identifier | Identifier for a resource related to the resource being described. |
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| Relation | A reference to a related resource. |
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| Report | Quantitative quality information for the data specified by the scope. |
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| Report Number | Report number of the cited resource |
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| Representativity | Degree to which the sample used has produced a result which is representative of the data within the data quality scope. |
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| 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. |
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| Resource Citation | Citation for the resource. |
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| Resource Contact | The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource. |
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| Resource Cost or Fees | Cost associated with access to the resource |
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| Resource Creation/Revision Date | The date the resource was created |
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| Resource Duration | The temporal duration of a resource. |
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| Resource Format | The physical or digital manifestation of the resource |
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| Resource Identifier | Identifier for the resource described by the metadata |
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| Resource Language | The language of the resource. |
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| Resource Lineage | A description of the source(s) and production process(es) used in producing the resource. |
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| Resource Long Name | The reference name used in describing the scientific contents of the data collection. |
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| Resource Quality Description | Description of the quality of the resource or any quality assurance procedures followed in producing the resource. |
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| Resource Status | The status of the resource |
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| 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. |
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| Resource Type | A resource code identifying the type of resource e.g. dataset, a collection, an application (see MD_ScopeCode) which the metadata describes. |
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| Resource Update Frequency | The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed |
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| 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. |
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| Resource on-line Link | Online link referencing additional information about the resource. |
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| Result | The output of the evaluation |
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| Revision Date | Date of revision of the cited resource |
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| Rights | Information about rights held in and over the resource |
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| Role | function performed by the responsible party |
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| Series Title | Title of a series that includes the cited resource |
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| Service | The end points supported by the web service. |
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| Service Location | Endpoint for accessing the service. |
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| Service Operation Name | Name of an operation provided by the service. |
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| Service Parameters | A narrative explanation of the role of the parameter. |
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| Service Provider | Organization or person responsible for the service. |
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| Service Type | Standard name for a service type. |
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| Service Type Version | Standard name for a version of a service. |
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| Site | The name or description of the physical location where the data were collected |
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| Site Location | The latitude/longitude/elevation of the physical location where the data were collected |
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| Source | A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. |
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| Source Citation | Recommended reference to be used for the source. |
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| Source Citation Abbreviation | Short-form alias for the source citation. |
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| Source Description | Detailed description of the source. |
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| Source Metadata | Reference to metadata for the source. |
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| Source Reference System | Spatial reference system used by the source. |
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| Source Scope | Type and/or extent of the source. |
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| Source Step | Information about a process step in which this source was used. |
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| Source Time Period | Time period for which the source data set corresponds to the ground. |
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| Southernmost Latitude | The southernmost latitude of the bounding rectangle. |
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| Spatial Resolution | The nominal scale and/or spatial resolution of the resource. |
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| Sponsor Project Identifier | An identifier for the project used by the organization responsible for funding the project. |
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| Standalone Report Citation | Reference to external standalone quality report. |
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| Standard Name Vocabulary | The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken. |
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| Start Time | The start of the bounding time period |
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| Supplemental Information | Miscellaneous information about the data. |
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| Temporal Extent | The temporal extent of the resource |
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| Temporal Quality Report | Quality of the temporal attributes and temporal relationships of features. |
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| Temporal Resolution | The smallest time step included in the resource. |
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| Thematic Accuracy Report | Accuracy of quantitative attributes and the correctness of non-quantitative attributes and of the classifications of features and their relationships. |
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| Topic Category | High level category enumeration used in ISO |
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| Transfer Size | The size of the digital resource |
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| Turnaround | Typical turnaround time for the filling of an order. |
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| Types | Describes the data. The XML Schema language (also known as XSD) is used (inline or referenced) for this purpose. |
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| URL | Address of the online resource |
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| Units | The units of the variables data values. |
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| Unrepresentable Domain | description of the values and reasons why they cannot be represented. |
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| Usability Report | Specific quality information about a dataset’s suitability for a particular application or conformance to a set of requirements. |
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| Version | Version of the cited resource |
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| Version Date | Date of the version of the cited resource |
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| Vertical Dimension Length | The number of divisions on the vertical axis |
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| Vertical Extent | The vertical extent of the resource |
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| Vertical Maximum | The maximum height of the bounding rectangle |
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| Vertical Minimum | The minimum height of the bounding rectangle |
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| Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation | The identification of the test that yielded the Vertical Positional Accuracy Value. |
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| Vertical Positional Accuracy Report | An explanation of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. |
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| Vertical Positional Accuracy Value | an estimate of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurement in the data set expressed in (ground) meters. |
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| Vertical Resolution | The average distance between divisions on the vertical axis |
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| Volume | Volume of the cited resource |
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| Web Page | On-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organisation |
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| Westernmost Longitude | The westernmost longitude of the bounding rectangle. |
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