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Element Description

The Collection Citation Citations element provides the information required to properly cite the collection a data product in professional scientific literature. Providing the Collection Citation is also useful for the attribution of data products in external data catalogs. This element provides information is for constructing a citation for the item citing the collection itself, and is not designed for listing bibliographic references of scientific research articles arising from search results. A list of related to the collection. Any references related to the research results collection should be provided in the Publication Reference element.

Best Practices

There are seventeen sub-elements that comprise Collection Citations:

While Collection Citations is not required, it is highly recommended that it be provided so that the dataset may be appropriately cited. The dataset citation should also be provided on the collection's dataset landing page. 

There are seventeen sub-elements that comprise Collection Citation:

Creators: The name Creators: The name of the organization(s) or individual(s) with primary intellectual responsibility for the collection's development.

Editors: The individual(s) responsible for changing the data in the collection.

Title: The title of the collection; this is should be the same as the collection Entry Title.

Series Name: The name of the data series, or aggregate data of which the data is a part.

Release Date: The date when the collection was made available for release.

Release Place: The name of the city (and state or province and country if needed) where the collection was made available for release.

Publisher: The name of the individual or organization that made the collection available for release.

Version: The version of the collection. This should be the same value as provided in the Version element. 

Issue Identification: The volume or issue number of the publication (if applicable).

Data Presentation Form: The mode in which the data are represented, e.g. atlas, image, profile, text, etc.

Other Citation Details: Additional free-text citation information.

OnlineResource/Linkage: The URL of the website related to the online resource. For Collection Citation, this URL should link to the dataset landing page. If the collection has a DOI, then it is recommended that the DOI URL be provided here. 

OnlineResource/Protocol:OnlineResource/Protocol: The protocol of the linkage for the online resource, such as resource (e.g. https, svn, ftp, etc.). Providing a Protocol is optional.  

OnlineResource/ApplicationProfile: The application profile Application Profile holds the name of the application that can service the data. For example if the URL points to a word document, then the applicationProfile Application Profile is MS-Word. Providing an Application Profile is optional.

OnlineResource/Name: The name of the online resource.A name for the link to the collection. Providing Name is optional. 

OnlineResource/Description: The  A brief description of the link to the collection. Providing a Description is optional. 

online resource.OnlineResource/Function: The function of the online resource. In ISO where this class originated This field originated from the ISO metadata standard where the valid values are: download, information, offlineAccess, order, and search.

          Examples:

          CollectionCitations/SeriesName: "MATUCPUDT"

          CollectionCitations/Creator: "Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)"

          CollectionCitations/ReleasePlace: "Greenbelt, MD, USA"

. Providing a Function is optional.

OnlineResource/MimeType: MIME stands for "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions". Mime types are used to identify the nature and format of files provided on the Internet, and are typically used by internet browsers in order to determine how to properly process or display a document or file. Providing the Mime Type element in the metadata helps ensure that the URL contents will be properly displayed on the Web. Providing a Mime Type is optional. Mime Type is a controlled vocabulary field and should be chosen from the GCMD mime type keyword list.  

Other Citation Details: Additional free-text information about the collection citation.

          Examples:

          CollectionCitations/Creator: "Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)"

          CollectionCitations/ReleasePlace: "Greenbelt, MD, USA"

                    CollectionCitations/Title: "tavgU_3d_udt_Cp: MERRA 3D IAU Tendency, Wind Components, Diurnal V5.2.0" 

          CollectionCitations/SeriesName: "MATUCPUDT"

          CollectionCitations/Version: "5.2.0"

          CollectionCitations   CollectionCitation/OnlineResource/Linkage:   "https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/MATUCPUDT_5.2.0.html"

          CollectionCitationCollectionCitations/OnlineResource/Publisher: "Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)"

          CollectionCitationCollectionCitations/OnlineResource/ReleaseDate: "2008-07-23T00:00:00.000Z"

          CollectionCitationCollectionCitations/OnlineResource/DataPresentationForm: "Digital Science Data"

          CollectionCitations/Version: "5.2.0"

Metadata Validation and QA/QC

All metadata entering the CMR goes through the below process to ensure metadata quality requirements are met. All

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).

Please see the expandable sections below for flowchart details.

Dialect Mappings

Dialect Mappings

<gmi:MI_Metadata>
...
  <gmd:identificationInfo>
    <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
      <gmd:citation>
        <gmd:CI_Citation>
          <gmd:identifier>title>
            <gmd:MD_Identifier>
          <gco:CharacterString>Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030</gco:CharacterString>
          <gmd</gmd:code>
title>
          <gmd:edition>
            <gco:CharacterString>SCIENCE_QUALITY<CharacterString>1.0</gco:CharacterString>
              </gmd:code>edition>
              <gmd:codeSpace>editionDate>
                <gco:CharacterString>gov.nasa.esdis.umm.collectiondatatype<DateTime>2015-12-31T00:00:00.000Z</gco:CharacterString>DateTime>
              </gmd:codeSpace>editionDate>
              <gmd:description>citedResponsibleParty>
            <gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
    <gco:CharacterString>Collection Data Type</gco:CharacterString>
        <gmd:individualName>
         </gmd:description>
       <gco:CharacterString>Seto, K., B. Guneralp, and L.R. <Hutyra</gmdgco:MD_Identifier>
CharacterString>
              </gmd:identifier>individualName>
            </gmdmd:CI_Citation>ResponsibleParty>
          </gmd:citation>
citedResponsibleParty>
          </gmd:MD_DataIdentification><gmd:citedResponsibleParty>
  </gmd:identificationInfo>
</gmi:MI_Metadata>

CollectionDataType: "SCIENCE_QUALITY",

Future Mappings

<gmd:DS_Series>
<gmd:seriesMetadata>
<gmi:MI_Metadata>
  <gmd:identificationInfo>
    <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
      <gmd:citation>          <gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
              <gmd:individualName>
                <gco:CharacterString>NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)</gco:CharacterString>
              </gmd:individualName>
              <gmd:role>
                <gmd:CI_RoleCode codeList="https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/iso/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_RoleCode" codeListValue="publisher"=publisher</gmd:CI_RoleCode>
              </gmd:role>
            </gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
          </gmd:citedResponsibleParty>
          <gmd:citedResponsibleParty>
            <gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
              <gmd:positionName>
                <gco:CharacterString>release place</gco:CharacterString>
              </gmd:positionName>
              <gmd:contactInfo>
                <gmd:CI_Contact>
                  <gmd:address>
                    <gmd:CI_Address>
                      <gmd:deliveryPoint>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Palisades, NY</gco:CharacterString>
                      </gmd:deliveryPoint>
                    </gmd:CI_Address>
                  </gmd:address>
                </gmd:CI_Contact>
              </gmd:contactInfo>
        <gmd:CI_Citation>
      <gmd:role>
     <gmd:identifier>
          <gmd:CI_RoleCode  <gmd:MD_Identifier>codeList="https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/iso/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_RoleCode" codeListValue="publisher"=publisher</gmd:CI_RoleCode>
              <gmd</gmd:code>role>
                <gco:CharacterString>SCIENCE_QUALITY</gco:CharacterString></gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
              </gmd:code>citedResponsibleParty>
              <gmd:codeSpace>citedResponsibleParty>
                <gco:CharacterString>gov.nasa.esdis.umm.collectiondatatype</gco:CharacterString><gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
              </gmd<gmd:codeSpace>contactInfo>
                <gmd:description>CI_Contact>
                <gco:CharacterString>Collection Data Type</gco<gmd:CharacterString>onlineResource>
                 </gmd:description>   <gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
            </gmd:MD_Identifier>
          </gmd<gmd:identifier>linkage>
        </gmd:CI_Citation>
       </gmd:citation>
    </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
  <     <gmd:URL>https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Z899CG</gmd:identificationInfo>
</gmi:MI_Metadata>
URL>
                      </gmd:linkage>
                    </gmd:seriesMetadata>
</gmd:DS_Series>

CollectionDataType: "SCIENCE_QUALITY",

UMM Migration

<mdb:MD_Metadata>
  <mdb:identificationInfo>
    <mri:MD_DataIdentification>
      <mri:citation>CI_OnlineResource>
                  </gmd:onlineResource>
                </gmd:CI_Contact>
              </gmd:contactInfo>
              <gmd:role>
                <gmd:CI_RoleCode codeList="https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/iso/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_RoleCode" codeListValue="resourceProvider"=resourceProvider</gmd:CI_RoleCode>
              </gmd:role>
        <cit:    </gmd:CI_Citation>ResponsibleParty>
          <cit</gmd:identifier>citedResponsibleParty>
            <mcc:MD_Identifier></gmd:CI_Citation>
      </gmd:citation>
    </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
    <mcc:code>
 </gmd:identificationInfo>
...
</gmi:MI_Metadata>

CollectionCitations: [
    {
           <gco:CharacterString>SCIENCE_QUALITY</gco:CharacterString>
      Creator: "Seto, K., B. Guneralp, and L.R. Hutyra",
        </mcc:code>
            </mcc:MD_Identifier>
ReleasePlace: "Palisades, NY",
        Title: "Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030",
        OnlineResource: {
           </cit:identifier>Linkage: "https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Z899CG"
        </cit:CI_Citation>
      </mri:citation>
    </mri:MD_DataIdentification>
  </mdb:identificationInfo>
</mdb:MD_Metadata>

CollectionDataType: "SCIENCE_QUALITY",

},
        Publisher: "NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)",
        ReleaseDate: "2015-12-31",
        Version: "1.0"
     }
],

UMM Migration

History

UMM Versioning

History

UMM Versioning

ARC Documentation