Documenting Resource Identification

Identification

The Identification Spiral sets the stage for discovery of the described resource using text search engines. It includes a unique identifier for the metadata, a title, an abstract, theme keywords and contact information for the metadata and the dataset. In many dialects citations to the described resource are used to provide important information about how users should cite the documented resource that is described by the metadata. These citations are an important part of the identification information and, as such, they are in a special location in the record.

Crosswalks

Concept	Description	Paths
Metadata Identifier	A unique reference to the record within the catalogue (Metadata Identifier)	DIF /dif:Entry_Id ISO /*/gmd:fileIdentifier/gco:CharacterString
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.	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Entry_Title Dryad dcterms:title ECHO /echo:Collection/echo:ShortName>/echo:Collection/echo:LongName EML /eml:dataset/eml:title/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:title ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /*/mdb:identificationInfo/*/rmd:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Title THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/@thredds:name THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:metadata/thredds:@dc:title netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=title]
Abstract	A paragraph describing the resource.	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Summary/dif:Abstract Dryad dcterms:description ECHO /echo:Collection/Description EML /eml:dataset/eml:abstract/eml:descendant FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:descript/fgdc:abstract ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /*/mdb:identificationInfo/*/rmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Abstract THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:documentation[@thredds:type=summary] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=summary]
Topic Category	High level category enumeration used in ISO	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:topicCategory/gmd:MD_TopicCategoryCode
Keyword	A comma separated list of key words and phrases. Can be one of several types.	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Category > //dif:Parameters/dif:Topic > //dif:Parameters/dif:Term > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_1 > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_2 > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 > //dif:Parameters/dif: > //dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 Dryad dcterms:subject ECHO / echo:Collection/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:CategoryKeyword>//echo:TopicKeyword>//echo:TermKeyword>//echo:VariableLevel1Keyword/echo:Value>//echo:VariableLevel2Keyword/echo:Value>//echo:VariableLevel3Keyword>//echo:DetailedVariableKeyword ECS METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > DisciplineTopicParameters > DisciplineTopicParametersContainer.ECSDisciplineKeyword > DisciplineTopicParametersContainer.ECSParameterKeyword > DisciplineTopicParametersContainer.ECSTermKeyword > DisciplineTopicParametersContainer.ECSTopicKeyword EML /eml:dataset/eml:keywordSet/eml:keyword/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekey |/fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:place/fgdc:placekey ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords/ows:Keyword THREDDS thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:keyword THREDDS thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:keyword netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=keywords]
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.	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:thesaurusName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=keyword_vocabulary]
Metadata Contact	The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel[dif:Role='DIF AUTHOR'] DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Originating_Metadata_Node ISO /*/gmd:contact OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider
Resource Contact	The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel[dif:Role='INVESTIGATOR'] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:pointOfContact OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider
Complete Citation	Complete citation for the resource	ECHO /echo:Collection/echo:CitationForExternalPublication

xPath Note: The xPaths included in this table use several wildcards. // means any path, so //gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty indicates a gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty anywhere in an XML file. /*/ indicates a single level with several possible elements. This usually indicates one of several concrete realizations of an abstract object. For example /*/gmd:identificationInfo could be gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo or gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo and gmd:identificationInfo//*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords could be gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords or gmd:identificationInfo/srv:SV_ServiceIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords.