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Metadata Mappings (DRAFT)




Discovery attributes - THREDDS - DC - ADN - DIF - LEAD - FGDC - ISO 19115


NetCDF Attribute Convention
for Dataset Discovery
CF 1.0
THREDDS
DL metadata
Dublin Core
ADN
DIF
LEAD
FGDC
ISO 19115
title
title
dataset@name
title








title : alternative





creator_name
institution
dataset/metadata/creator/name creator





creator_email
dataset/metadata/creator/contact@email




creator_url
dataset/metadata/creator/contact@url




keywords

dataset/metadata/keyword subject





keywords_vocabulary

dataset/metadata/keyword@vocabulary




summary

dataset/metadata/documentation[@type="summary"] description






comment
dataset/metadata/documentation








description : tableOfContents








description : abstract





publisher_name

dataset/metadata/publisher/name publisher





publisher_rul
dataset/metadata/publisher/contact@url




publisher_email
dataset/metadata/publisher/contact@email




contributor_name

dataset/metadata/contributor contributor





contributor_role

dataset/metadata/contributor@role




history
history
dataset/metadata/documentation[@type="history"]
[Note: also see DC provenance and relation]






project

dataset/metadata/project
[Note: also see DC provenance and relation]






processing_level
dataset/metadata/documentation[@type="processing_level"]
[Note: also see DC provenance and relation]






acknowledgement

dataset/metadata/documentation[@typ="funding"]
[Note: also see DC provenance and relation]








dataset/metadata/date date
[Note: associated with an event in the life cycle of the dataset not its intellectual content]





date_created

dataset/metadata/date[@type="created"] date : created





date_valid

dataset/metadata/date[@type="valid"]
[Note: cannot currently be a range]
date : valid
[Note: may be a range]





date_available

dataset/metadata/date[@type="available"]
[Note: cannot currently be a range]
date : available
[Note: may be a range]





date_issued

dataset/metadata/date[@type="issued"] date : issued





date_modified

dataset/metadata/date[@type="modified"] date : modified








date : dateAccepted








date : dateCopyrighted







date : dateSubmitted





data_type

dataset/metadata/dataType
type
[Note: Recommend use of controlled vocabulary. The DCMI Type Vocabulary contains the term "dataset".]





data_type_domain

dataset/metadata/dataType@domain
[Note: does not yet exist]







dataset/metadata/dataFormat
format








format : extent








format : medium





id

dataset@id
identifier





naming_authority

dataset@authority
dataset/metadata/authority








identifier : bibliographicCitation






source
[Note: "The method of production of the original data". ]

source
[Note: resource from which this one is derived.]








language






references

relation
[Note: Could be related to "history" in THREDDS/CF/ncDiscovery]








relation :
  • Is Version Of
  • Has Version
  • Is Replaced By
  • Replaces
  • Is Required By
  • Requires
  • Is Part Of
  • Has Part
  • Is Referenced By
  • References
  • Is Format Of
  • Has Format
  • Conforms To








coverage





geospatial_lat_min
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/northsouth/start coverage : spatial





geospatial_lat_max
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/northsouth/size




geospatial_lat_units
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/northsouth/units




geospatial_lat_resolution
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/northsouth/resolution




geospatial_lon_min
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/eastwest/start




geospatial_lon_max
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/eastwest/size




geospatial_lon_units
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/eastwest/units




geospatial_lon_resolution
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/eastwest/resolution




geospatial_vertical_min
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/updown/start




geospatial_vertical_max
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/updown/size




geospatial_vertical_units
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/updown/units




geospatial_vertical_resolution
dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage/updown/resolution




geospatial_vertical_positive

dataset/metadata/geospatialCoverage@zpositive




time_coverage_start

dataset/metadata/timeCoverage/start coverage : temporal





time_coverage_end
dataset/metadata/timeCoverage/end




time_coverage_duration
dataset/metadata/timeCoverage/duration




time_coverage_resolution
dataset/metadata/timeCoverage/resolution




license

metadata/documentation[@type="@rights"] rights








rights : accessRights








rights : license
[Note: more of a legal document than a description as in ncDiscovery "license"?]








audience








audience : mediator








audience : educationLevel








provenance
[Note: Could be related to "history" in THREDDS/CF/ncDiscovery]








rightsHolder





long_name
long_name dataset/metadata/variables/variable@vocabulary_name





standard_name
standard_name dataset/metadata/variables/variable@vocabulary_name





standard_name_vocabulary

dataset/metadata/variables@vocabulary





units
units
dataset/metadata/variables/variable@units








NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery

Specification

THREDDS DL Metadata

Specification

Dublin Core

ADN

DIF

LEAD

FGDC

ISO 19115






 
 
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