MD Format
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Elements | Definition and Recommended Practice | Examples |
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1 | name | 1 | Name of the resource format. | ASCII NetCDF HDF5 |
2 | version | 1 | Version of the format. Use gco:nilReason attribute if version is unknown. | 4 <gmd:version gco:nilReason="inapplicable"/> |
3 | amendmentNumber | 0..1 | Amendment number of the format version. | |
4 | specification | 0..1 | Name of a subset, profile, or product specification of the format. Identify the name of the specification. Do not include URL to specification. Provide full citation in the MD_AggregateInformation section. | NCEI NetCDF Templates v2.0 |
5 | fileDecompressionTechnique | 0..1 | Algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied. | ZIP |
6 | formatDistributor | 0..1 | Information about the distributor's format. |