Difference between revisions of "Documenting ISO-1 Metadata for Data Discovery"

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Metadata reference information: (M) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.citation/CI_Citation.title)	Metadata point of contact (M) (MD_Metadata.contact/CI_ResponsibleParty)
Dataset reference date (M) (MD_Metadata//MD_DataIdentification.citation/CI_Citation.date)	Metadata date stamp (M) (MD_Metadata.dateStamp)
Abstract describing the dataset (M) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.abstract)	Dataset topic category (M) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.topicCategory)
Dataset language (M) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.language)
Geographic location of the dataset (by four coordinates or by geographic identifier) (C) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.extent/EX_Extent/EX_GeographicExtent/EX_GeographicBoundingBox or EX_GeographicDescription)	Metadata language (C) (MD_Metadata.language)
Dataset character set (C) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.characterSet)	Metadata character set (C) (MD_Metadata.characterSet)
Additional extent information for the dataset (vertical and temporal) (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.extent/EX_Extent/EX_TemporalExtent or EX_VerticalExtent)	Dataset responsible party (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.pointOfContact/CI_ResponsibleParty)
Lineage (O) (MD_Metadata/DQ_DataQuality.lineage/LI_Lineage)	On-line resource (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_Distribution/MD_DigitalTransferOption.onLine/CI_OnlineResource)
Spatial representation type (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.spatialRepresentationType)	Metadata file identifier (O) (MD_Metadata.fileIdentifier)
Distribution format (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_Distribution/MD_Format.name and MD_Format.version)	Metadata standard name (O) (MD_Metadata.metadataStandardName)
Metadata standard version (O) (MD_Metadata.metadataStandardVersion)	Reference system (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_ReferenceSystem)
Spatial resolution of the dataset (O) (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.spatialResolution/MD_Resolution.equivalentScale or MD_Resolution.distance)

This Table and content is excerpted from the ISO 19115-1 Standard.

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-<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
+<table border="1">
+            <tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata reference information: (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.citation/CI_Citation.title)</td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata point of contact (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.contact/CI_ResponsibleParty)</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Dataset reference date (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata//MD_DataIdentification.citation/CI_Citation.date)</td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata date stamp (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.dateStamp)</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Abstract describing the dataset (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.abstract)</td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Dataset topic category (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.topicCategory)</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Dataset language (M)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.language)</td>
+                <td></td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Geographic location of the dataset (by four coordinates or by geographic identifier) (C)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.extent/EX_Extent/EX_GeographicExtent/EX_GeographicBoundingBox or EX_GeographicDescription)</td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata language (C)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.language)</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Dataset character set (C)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.characterSet)</td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata character set (C)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.characterSet)</td>
+            </tr>
 <tr>
-<th>Metadata Element</th>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Additional extent information for the dataset (vertical and temporal) (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.extent/EX_Extent/EX_TemporalExtent or EX_VerticalExtent)</td>
-<th>Obligation/max occurrence</th>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Dataset responsible party (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.pointOfContact/CI_ResponsibleParty)</td>
-<th>Comment</th>
 </tr>
-<tr>
+            <tr>
-<td style="word-break:break-all;">Metadata reference information:<br/>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Lineage (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/DQ_DataQuality.lineage/LI_Lineage)</td>
-MD_Metadata.metadataIdentifier</td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>On-line resource (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_Distribution/MD_DigitalTransferOption.onLine/CI_OnlineResource)</td>
-<td style="word-break:break-all;">Dataset used in or produced by a processStep</td>
+            </tr>
-<td style="word-break:break-all;"><b>ISO</b> /gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:source/gmd:LI_Source<br><b>ISO</b> /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:source/gmd:LE_Source<br><b>ISO</b> /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:processStep/gmd:LI_ProcessStep/gmd:source/gmd:LI_Source<br><b>ISO</b> /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:processStep/gmd:LE_ProcessStep/gmd:source/gmd:LE_Source<br></td>
+            <tr>
-</tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Spatial representation type (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.spatialRepresentationType)</td>
-<tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata file identifier (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.fileIdentifier)</td>
-<td style="word-break:break-all;">Process Step</td>
+            </tr>
-<td style="word-break:break-all;">A step in the processing that produced a resource</td>
+            <tr>
-<td style="word-break:break-all;"><b>ISO</b> /gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:processStep/gmd:LI_ProcessStep<br><b>ISO</b> /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:processStep/gmd:LE_ProcessStep<br><b>ISO</b> /gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:source/gmd:LI_Source/gmd:sourceStep/gmd:LI_ProcessStep<br><b>ISO</b> /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dataQualityInfo/gmd:DQ_DataQuality/gmd:lineage/gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:source/gmd:LE_Source/gmd:sourceStep/gmd:LE_ProcessStep<br></td>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Distribution format (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_Distribution/MD_Format.name and MD_Format.version)</td>
-</tr>
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata standard name (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.metadataStandardName)</td>
-</table>
+            </tr>
-''xPath Note:'' The xPaths included in this table use several wildcards. // means
+            <tr>
-any path, so //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty indicates a gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty anywhere
+                <td valign="top"><b>Metadata standard version (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata.metadataStandardVersion)</td>
-in an XML file. /*/ indicates a single level with several possible elements. This
+                <td valign="top"><b>Reference system (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_ReferenceSystem)</td>
-usually indicates one of several concrete realizations of an abstract object. For
+            </tr>
-example /*/gmd:identificationInfo could be gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo
+            <tr>
-or gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo and gmd:identificationInfo//*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords
+                <td valign="top"><b>Spatial resolution of the dataset (O)</b><br /> (MD_Metadata/MD_DataIdentification.spatialResolution/MD_Resolution.equivalentScale or MD_Resolution.distance)</td>
-could be gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords
+            </tr>
-or gmd:identificationInfo/srv:SV_ServiceIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords.
+        </table>
-[[Category:Documentation Connections]]
+<p>This Table and content is excerpted from the ISO 19115-1 Standard.</p>