Supporting Dataset Creator Searches

This group includes attributes that could support searches for people/institutions/projects that are responsible for datasets. This information is also critical for the correct attribution of the people and institutions that produce datasets.

Crosswalks

Concept	Description	Paths
Author / Originator	The principal author of the resource	EML concat (//eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:creator/eml:individualName/eml:givenName/eml:text,’ ‘,//eml:eml/eml:dataset/eml:creator/eml:individualName/eml:surName/eml:text) FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:idinfo/fgdc:citeinfo/fgdc:origin ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:individualName/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=creator_name]
Originating Organization	The organization responsible for creating the resource	EML /eml:dataset/eml:creator/eml:organizationName/eml:text FGDC /fgdc:metadata/fgdc:distinfo/fgdc:distrib/fgdc:cntinfo/fgdc:cntperp/fgdc:cntorg ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:organisationName/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=institution]
Author / Originator Email Address	The electronic mail address of the principal author of the resource	DIF /dif:DIF/dif:Data_Set_Citation/dif:Dataset_Creator ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode = 'author']/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:address/gmd:CI_Address/gmd:electronicMailAddress/gco:CharacterString netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=creator_email]
Author / Originator World Wide Web Address	The World Wide Web mail address of the principal author of the resource	ISO //gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:citedResponsibleParty/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty[gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode = 'author']/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:CI_Contact/gmd:onlineResource/gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:linkage/gmd:URL netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=creator_url]
Creation Date	The date the resource was created	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date/gmd:date/gco:Date netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=date_created]
Modification Date	The date the resource was modified	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date/gmd:date/gco:Date netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=date_modified]
Issue Date	The date the resource was issued	ISO /*/gmd:identificationInfo/*/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date/gmd:date/gco:Date netCDF /nc:netcdf/nc:attribute[@name=date_issued]

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.