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.

Concept	Description	Dialect (Fit) Paths
Metadata Identifier	A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record.	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Entry_ID ISO /*/gmd:fileIdentifier/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:metadataIdentifier/mcc:MD_Identifier SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Entry_ID
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.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:citation/adiwg:citeinfo/adiwg:title DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Entry_Title DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Title DCAT /dct:title Dryad dcterms:title ECHO /*/echo:ShortName | /*/echo:LongName ECHO /*/echo:DataSetId ECS /*/ecs:ShortName | /*/ecs:LongName EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:title FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:title HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='title']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='LongName']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:title/gco:CharacterString UMM /umm:UMM/umm:CollectionCitation/umm:Title OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Title SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Entry_Title THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/@name THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:metadata/dc:title THREDDS //thredds:dataset[1]/@name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='title']/@nc:value
Alternate Resource Title	An alternative title for the resource.	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:alternateTitle/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:alternateTitle/gco:CharacterString
Abstract	A paragraph describing the resource. Note: This concept is called "Desciption" in Catalog Services for the Web.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:descript/adiwg:abstract DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Summary/dif:Abstract DCAT /dct:description Dryad dcterms:description ECHO /*/echo:Description ECS /*/ecs:CollectionDescription EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:abstract//* EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:abstract FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:descript/fgdc:abstract HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='summary']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='CollectionDescription']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:abstract/gco:CharacterString UMM /umm:UMM/umm:Summary OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Abstract SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Summary/serf:Abstract THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:documentation[@type='abstract'] THREDDS //thredds:metadata/thredds:documentation[@type='abstract'] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='summary']/@nc:value
Resource Creation/Revision Date	The date the resource was created	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Release_Date DCAT /dct:issued ECHO /*/echo:InsertTime ECHO /*/echo:LastUpdate ECS /*/ecs:RevisionDate FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citation/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:pubdate HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='date_created']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:Date ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date[normalize-space(gmd:dateType/gmd:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/gmd:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='creation']/cit:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='revision']/cit:date/gco:DateTime ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:citation/cit:CI_Citation/cit:date/cit:CI_Date[normalize-space(cit:dateType/cit:CI_DateTypeCode)='publication']/cit:date/gco:DateTime SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Service_Citation/serf:Release_Date THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:metadata/thredds:date[@type='created'] netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='date_created']/@nc:value
Topic Category	High level category enumeration used in ISO	DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:ISO_Topic_Category DCAT /dct:theme ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:topicCategory/gmd:MD_TopicCategoryCode ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:topicCategory/mri:MD_TopicCategoryCode UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ISOTopicCategory SERF /serf:ISO_Topic_Category
Theme Keyword	A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types. Note: The general identification keywords usually have a type of "theme" and are refered to as "theme keywords". Other types and vocabularies are used for other information. Service Entry Resource Format (SERF) requires a Science and a Service GCMD Keyword. This concept is called Subject in the CSW Specification.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:keywords/adiwg:theme/adiwg:themekey DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Category DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Topic DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Term DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_1 DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_2 DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Variable_Level_3 DIF (1) /dif:DIF/dif:Parameters/dif:Detailed_Variable DCAT /dct:keyword Dryad dcterms:subject ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:CategoryKeyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:TopicKeyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:TermKeyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:VariableLevel1Keyword/echo:Value ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:VariableLevel2Keyword/echo:Value ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:VariableLevel3Keyword ECHO (1) /*/echo:ScienceKeywords/echo:ScienceKeyword/echo:DetailedVariableKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:DisciplineKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:TopicKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:TermKeyword ECS (1) /*/ecs:DisciplineTopicParameters/ecs:VariableKeyword EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:keywordSet/eml:keyword FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekey HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='keywords']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSDisciplineKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSTermKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSTopicKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSVariableKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 (1) /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='DisciplineTopicParameters']/hdf5:Group/hdf5:Group[@Name='ECSParameter']/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='ECSParameterKeyword']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO (1) /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(mri:type/mri:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/mri:keyword/gco:CharacterString UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Category UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Topic UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:Term UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:VariableLevel2/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:VariableLevel1/umm:VariableLevel2/umm:VariableLevel3/umm:Value UMM (1) /umm:UMM/umm:ScienceKeywords/umm:DetailedVariable OGC-SOS (1) /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords[ows:Type='theme']/ows:Keyword SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Keyword THREDDS (1) //thredds:metadata/thredds:keyword THREDDS (1) //thredds:dataset/thredds:keyword netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='keywords']/@nc:value
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. Note: DIF, ECHO and ECS require that theme keywords come from the Global Change Master Directory list.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:keywords/adiwg:theme/adiwg:themekt FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:keywords/fgdc:theme/fgdc:themekt HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='keywords_vocabulary']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/gmd:thesaurusName/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:descriptiveKeywords/mri:MD_Keywords[normalize-space(mri:type/mri:MD_KeywordTypeCode)='theme']/mri:thesaurusName/cit:CI_Citation OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceIdentification/ows:Keywords/ows:Type='theme']/ows:Type/@codespace THREDDS //thredds:dataset/thredds:keyword/@vocabulary THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:geospatialCoverage/thredds:name/@thredds:vocabulary netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='keyword_vocabulary']/@nc:value
Metadata Contact	The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:metainfo/adiwg:metc DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel[dif:Role='DIF AUTHOR'] DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Originating_Metadata_Node ECHO /*/echo:ArchiveCenter ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'DIF AUTHOR')] ECS /*/ecs:Contact[Role='Archive'] EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:metadataProvider//* FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:metainfo/fgdc:metc/fgdc:cntinfo HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='creator_name']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactPerson'] HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactOrganization']/hdf5:Group[@Name='Data_Originator'] ISO /*/gmd:contact ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:contact/cit:CI_Responsibility OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Personnel[serf:Role='SERF AUTHOR'] THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='creator_name']/@nc:value
Resource Contact	The organization or person responsible for answering questions about the resource.	ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:ptcontac/adiwg:cntinfo ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:datacred/adiwg:credorg/adiwg:cntinfo ADIwg /adiwg:project/adiwg:idinfo/adiwg:datacred/adiwg:credper/adiwg:cntinfo DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Personnel[dif:Role='INVESTIGATOR'] DIF /serf:SERF/serf:Personnel[serf:Role='INVESTIGATOR'] DCAT /dct:contactPoint ECHO /*/ArchiveCenter ECHO /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'TECHNICAL CONTACT')] ECS /CollectionMetaDataFile/CollectionMetaDataSets/Collections/CollectionMetaData/Contact[Role='User Services'] EML /eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:contact//* HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Attribute[@Name='creator_name']/hdf5:Data/hdf5:DataFromFile HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactPerson'] HDF5.1 /hdf5:HDF5-File/hdf5:RootGroup/hdf5:Group[@Name='METADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='COLLECTIONMETADATA']/hdf5:Group[@Name='ContactOrganization']/hdf5:Group[@Name='Data_Originator'] ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:pointOfContact ISO-1 /mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/*/mri:pointOfContact OGC-SOS /sos:Capabilities/ows:ServiceProvider SERF /serf:SERF/serf:Personnel THREDDS /thredds:catalog/thredds:dataset/thredds:creator/thredds:name netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@nc:name='creator_name']/@nc:value

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.

Metadata Implementation