Temporal Keywords

Element Description

The Temporal Keywords element specifies a word or phrase which serves to summarize the temporal characteristics of a dataset.

Best Practices

Temporal Keywords is an optional element. There is not a controlled vocabulary for temporal keywords. If this element is utilized it is recommended that a consistent naming convention be developed for related records or for records from the same data center.

Examples:

TemporalKeywords: "Weekly"

TemporalKeywords: "Subannual"

TemporalKeywords: "Annual Climatology"

Element Specification

Providing the Temporal Keyword element is optional. Multiple Temporal Keywords may be provided (Cardinality: 0..*).

Model	Element	Type	Constraints	Required?	Cardinality
UMM-C	TemporalKeywords	String	1 - 80 Characters	No	0..*

Metadata Validation and QA/QC

All metadata entering the CMR goes through the below process to ensure metadata quality requirements are met. All records undergo CMR validation before entering the system. The process of QA/QC is slightly different for NASA and non-NASA data providers. Non-NASA providers include interagency and international data providers and are referred to as the International Directory Network (IDN).

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GCMD Metadata QA/QC

Manual Review
- Identify errors, discrepancies or omissions.
- Verify that all pertinent keywords have been applied.
- Verify that existing facets and other controlled keyword values are consistent and suitable for the data.
Automated Review
- Check that the field has been populated.
- Check that the field is populated with a valid value from KMS.
- Check that the field value is not a duplicate.
- Check that the 'Detailed_Variable' field length is not greater than 80 characters.

CMR Validation

TBD

ARC Metadata QA/QC

ARC Priority Matrix

Priority Categorization	Justification
Red = High Priority Finding	This element is categorized as highest priority when: The Temporal Keywords is not appropriate for the dataset.
Yellow = Medium Priority Finding	This element is categorized as medium priority when: A recommendation is made to change a Temporal Keywords to be more accurate or more consistent with related collections.
Blue = Low Priority Finding	This element is categorized as low priority when: A recommendation is made to add a relevant Temporal Keywords to the metadata.
Green = No Findings/Issues	The element is provided and follows all applicable criteria specified in the best practices section above.

ARC Automated Checks

ARC uses the pyQuARC library for automated metadata checks. Please see the pyQuARC GitHub for more information.

Dialect Mappings

DIF 9

DIF 9 ^{(Note: DIF-9 is being phased out and will no longer be supported after 2018)}

DIF 10

Providing an Ancillary_Temporal_Keyword is optional. Multiple Ancillary_Temporal_Keywords may be provided (Cardinality: 0..*).

UMM-C Element	DIF 10 Path	Type	Constraints	Required in DIF 10?	Cardinality
TemporalKeywords	Temporal_Coverage/Temporal_Info/Ancillary_Temporal_Keyword	String		No	0..*

Example Mapping

DIF 10

<Temporal_Coverage>
  <Temporal_Info>
    <Ancillary_Temporal_Keywords>Daily Climatology</Ancillary_Temporal_Keywords>
  </Temporal_Info>
</Temporal_Coverage>

UMM

TemporalKeywords: [
  "Daily Climatology",
],

ECHO 10

Providing a Temporal Keyword is optional. Multiple Temporal Keywords may be provided (Cardinality: 0..*).

UMM-C Element	ECHO 10 Path	Type	Constraints	Required in ECHO10?	Cardinality
TemporalKeywords	TemporalKeywords/Keyword	String	1 - 80 Characters	No	0..*

Example Mapping

ECHO 10

<Temporal_Coverage>
  <Keyword>Daily Climatology</Keyword>
</Temporal_Coverage>

UMM

TemporalKeywords: [
  "Daily Climatology",
],

ISO 19115-2 MENDS

Providing a Temporal Keyword is optional. Multiple Temporal Keywords may be provided (Cardinality: 0..*).

UMM-C Element

ISO 19115-2 MENDS Path

Type

TemporalKeywords

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString

with

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode

codeList="https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/iso/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_KeywordTypeCode" codeListValue="temporal"=temporal

String

Example Mapping

ISO 19115-2 MENDS

<gmi:MI_Metadata>
  <gmd:identificationInfo>
    <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
      <gmd:descriptiveKeywords>
        <gmd:MD_Keywords>
          <gmd:keyword>
            <gco:CharacterString>Daily Climatology</gco:CharacterString>
          </gmd:keyword>
          <gmd:type>
            <gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode codeList="https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/iso/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_KeywordTypeCode" codeListValue="temporal"=temporal</gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode>
          </gmd:type>
          <gmd:thesaurusName gco:nilReason="unknown"/>
        </gmd:MD_Keywords>
      </gmd:descriptiveKeywords>
    </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
  </gmd:identificationInfo>
</gmi:MI_Metadata>

UMM

TemporalKeywords: [
  "Daily Climatology",
],

ISO 19115-2 SMAP

Providing a Temporal Keyword is optional. Multiple Temporal Keywords may be provided (Cardinality: 0..*).

UMM-C Element

ISO 19115-2 SMAP Path

Type

TemporalKeywords

/gmd:DS_Series/gmd:seriesMetadata/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString

with

/gmd:DS_Series/gmd:seriesMetadata/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gmd:type/MD_KeywordTypeCode[@codeListValue="temporal"]

String

Example Mapping

ISO 19115-2 SMAP

<gmd:DS_Series>
<gmd:seriesMetadata>
<gmi:MI_Metadata>
  <gmd:identificationInfo>
    <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
      <gmd:descriptiveKeywords>
        <gmd:MD_Keywords>
          <gmd:keyword>
            <gco:CharacterString>Daily Climatology</gco:CharacterString>
          </gmd:keyword>
          <gmd:type>
            <gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode codeList="https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/iso/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_KeywordTypeCode" codeListValue="temporal"=temporal</gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode>
          </gmd:type>
          <gmd:thesaurusName gco:nilReason="unknown"/>
        </gmd:MD_Keywords>
      </gmd:descriptiveKeywords>
    </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
  </gmd:identificationInfo>
</gmi:MI_Metadata>
</gmd:seriesMetadata>
</gmd:DS_Series>

UMM

TemporalKeywords: [
  "Daily Climatology",
],

UMM Migration

None

History

UMM Versioning

Version	Date	What Changed
1.15.5	12/3/2020	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.15.4 to 1.15.5
1.15.4	9/18/2020	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.15.3 to 1.15.4
1.15.3	7/1/2020	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.15.2 to 1.15.3
1.15.2	5/20/2020	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.15.1 to 1.15.2
1.15.1	3/25/2020	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.15.0 to 1.15.1
1.15.0	2/26/2020	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.14.0 to 1.15.0
1.14.0	10/21/2019	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.13.0 to 1.14.0
1.13.0	04/11/2019	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.12.0 to 1.13.0
1.12.0	01/22/2019	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.11.0 to 1.12.0
1.11.0	11/28/2018	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.10.0 to 1.11.0
1.10.0	05/02/2018	No changes were made for Temporal Keywords during the transition from version 1.9.0 to 1.10.0

ARC Documentation

Version	Date	What Changed	Author
1.0	01/16/2019	Recommendations/priority matrix transferred from internal ARC documentation to wiki space	Ingrid Garcia-Solera Jeanne' le Roux

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Temporal Keywords

Element Description

Best Practices

Element Specification

Metadata Validation and QA/QC

DIF 10

ECHO 10

ISO 19115-2 MENDS

ISO 19115-2 SMAP

UMM Migration

History

UMM Versioning

ARC Documentation