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Element Description

The Abstract provides a brief description of the resource the metadata represents.

Best Practices

The abstract should summarize the data set and mimic a journal abstract that is useful to the science community but also approachable for a first time user of the data. The following information should be included (when applicable):

The temporal range of the data set
The names of platforms, instruments, and/or methods used to collect data
The spatial coverage of the data (including any gaps in coverage)
A brief explanation of processing applied to the data
The format data is provided in and whether proprietary software is required to use it
Units the data is provided in
Spatial and temporal resolution of the data
Similarities and differences of these data to other closely related data sets
The purpose and/or intended use of the data (especially if the <Purpose> element is not populated)
If the data were collected as part of a campaign, a brief description of the campaign and how the data set fits into the picture of the campaign
Any other pertinent information a user might find helpful

In addition, the abstract should utilize a standard mixed case capitalization scheme. All acronyms should be defined. All sentences should be complete sentences and proper grammar should be used.

Examples:

"The GPM Ground Validation Iowa X-band Polarimetric Mobile Doppler Weather Radars IFloodS dataset was gathered during the IFloodS campaign from April to June 2013 throughout central and northeastern Iowa. The Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) was a ground measurement campaign that took place throughout Iowa from May 1 to June 15, 2013. The main goal of IFloodS was to evaluate how well the GPM satellite rainfall data can be used for flood forecasting. Four X-band Polarimetric (XPOL) Mobile Doppler Weather Radars were used to collect high-resolution observations of precipitation. The data consists of reflectivity, Doppler velocity, spectrum width, differential reflectivity, differential phase, copolar correlation coefficient, and sound-to-noise ratios. These data are available in netCDF, and browse image files are available in .png format."

"This data set, LBA-ECO LC-39 MODIS Active Fire and Frequency Data for South America: 2000-2007, provides active fire locations and estimates of annual fire frequencies for South America from 2000-2007. Data from the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors aboard the Terra (2000-2007) and Aqua (2003-2007) satellite platforms were analyzed to determine spatial and temporal patterns in satellite fire detections. The analysis considered a high-confidence subset of all MODIS fire detections to reduce the influence of false fire detections over small forest clearings in Amazonia (Schroeder et al., 2008). The number of unique days on which the active fire detections were recorded within a 1 km radius was estimated from the subset of active fire detections and the ArcGIS neighborhood variety algorithm. There are 14 data files with this data set: 7 GeoTIFF (.tif) files of fire frequency at MODIS 250 m resolution, where each grid cell value represents the number of days in that year on which active fires were detected, and 7 shape files of active fire locations for the years 2001-2007."

Element Specification

Model	Element	Type	Constraints	Required?	Cardinality	Notes
UMM-C	Abstract	String	40000 maximum characters	Yes	1	This element allows markdown-formatted text and line breaks within the text are preserved. Additional information on markdown can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown.

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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title	GCMD Metadata QA/QC

Manual Review
- Check that there is at-least a brief summary of the data
- Confirm that other URLs link to the appropriate web pages
- Identify errors, discrepancies or omissions
- Proof all content for conciseness and readability
Automated Review
- Check that the field length is not greater than 40,000 characters
- Check that the field length is at-least 50 characters
- Check that the field has been populated
- Check for potential broken links

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title	CMR Validation

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title	ARC Metadata QA/QC

ARC Priority Matrix

Priority Categorization	Justification
	This element is categorized as highest priority when: The element is not included at all. The element is included but is empty. The abstract contains a spelling or grammatical error. The abstract is a copy of the short name or data set title. The abstract is comprised of a single incomplete sentence. The information provided in the abstract is inaccurate. The information provided in the abstract is unclear or difficult to understand. A broken link is contained in the abstract.
	An acronym needs to be defined in the abstract. Information that would make the abstract more robust is missing from the abstract.
	A link needs to be updated from 'http' to 'https' in the abstract. The title of the data set is not included in the first sentence of the abstract.
	The element is provided, and follows all applicable criteria specified in the best practices section above.

ARC Automated Checks

Checks whether the abstract is provided in the metadata.
- If the abstract is not found; return is "Provide an *abstract for this dataset. This is a required field."
- If the abstract is found:
  - Checks the length of the abstract.
    - If the abstract is less than 75 characters; return is "*Abstract may be of inadequate length. The *abstract should mimic a journal abstract that is useful to the science community but also approachable for a first time user of the data."
  - Checks whether the DOI title is found in the abstract.
    - If the DOI title is not found in the abstract; return is "Recommend adding the product title in the first sentence of the *abstract. Use the DOI title, if applicable, for consistency."
  - URL checker is implemented. <note: create this will link to a separate wiki page for URL checker to link to, since once it is applied to several fields>created>

*exact nomenclature will change depending on the native metadata format

Dialect Mappings

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title	DIF 9

DIF 9

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

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title	DIF 10

DIF 10

Specification

Path

Type

Constraints

Required in DIF 10?

Cardinality

Notes

DIF 10

/DIF/Summary

/DIF/Summary/Abstract

String

40000 maximum characters

Yes

No

1

0..1

The use of the path /DIF/Summary/Abstract is recommended.

Enumeration Mapping

N/A

Example Mapping

Section

Column

width	50%

DIF 10

No Format

<Summary>
  <Abstract>The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.</Abstract>
</Summary>

OR 
<Summary>
  The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.
</Summary>

Column

width	50%

UMM

No Format

"Abstract" : "The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.",

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title	ECHO 10

ECHO 10

Specification	Path	Type	Constraints	Required in ECHO10?	Cardinality	Notes
ECHO 10	/Collection/Description	String	40000 maximum characters	Yes	1

Enumeration Mapping

N/A

Example Mapping

Section

Column

width	50%

ECHO 10

No Format

<Description>
  The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.
</Description>

Column

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UMM

No Format

"Abstract" : "The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.",

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title	ISO 19115-2 MENDS

ISO 19115-2 MENDS

Specification

Path

Type

Notes

ISO 19115-2 MENDS

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString

String

Enumeration/Code List Mapping

N/A

Example Mapping

Section

Column

width	50%

ISO 19115-2 MENDS

No Format

<gmd:abstract>
  <gco:CharacterString>The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.</gco:CharacterString>
</gmd:abstract>

Column

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UMM

No Format

"Abstract" : "The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.",

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title	ISO 19115-2 SMAP

ISO 19115-2 SMAP

Specification

Path

Type

Notes

ISO 19115-2 SMAP

/gmd:DS_Series/gmd:seriesMetadata/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/

gmd:abstract/gco:CharacterString

with

/gmd:DS_Series/gmd:seriesMetadata/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification[gmd:citation/

gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:identifier/gmd:MD_Identifier/gmd:description/gco:CharacterString="The ECS Short Name"

String

Enumeration/Code List Mapping

N/A

Example Mapping

Section

Column

width	50%

ISO 19115-2 SMAP

No Format

<gmd:DS_Series>
 <gmd:seriesMetadata>
   <gmi:MI_Metadata>
     <gmd:identificationInfo>
       <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
         <gmd:citation>
           <gmd:CI_Citation>
             ...
             <gmd:identifier>
               <gmd:MD_Identifier>
                 ...
                 <gmd:description>
                   <gco:CharacterString>The ECS Short Name</gco:CharacterString>
                 </gmd:description>
               </gmd:MD_Identifier>
             </gmd:identifier>
             ...
           </gmd:CI_Citation>
         </gmd:citation>
         ...
         <gmd:abstract>
           <gco:CharacterString>The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.</gco:CharacterString>
         </gmd:abstract>
         ...
       </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
     </gmd:identificationInfo>
     ...
   <gmi:MI_Metadata>
 </gmd:seriesMetadata>
</gmd:DS_Series>

Column

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UMM

No Format

"Abstract" : "The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.",

UMM Migration

None

Future Mappings

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title	ISO 19115-1

Specification	Path	Type	Notes
ISO 19115-1	/mdb:MD_Metadata/mdb:identificationInfo/mri:MD_DataIdentification/mri:abstract/gco:CharacterString	String

Section

Column

width	50%

No Format

<mri:MD_DataIdentification>
  ...
  <mri:abstract>
    <gco:CharacterString>
      The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.
    </gco:CharacterString>
  </mri:abstract>
  ...
</mri:MD_DataIdentification>

Column

width	50%

No Format

"Abstract" : "The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of CO2, plus estimates of the errors associated with the retrieval. In contrast to AIRX2RET, the horizontal resolution of this standard product is about 110 km (1x1 degree). An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 15 footprints cross track by 22 lines along track.",

History

UMM Versioning

Version	Date	What Changed
1.10.0		No changes were made for Entry Title Abstract during the transition from version 1.9.0 to 1.10.0
1.9.0

ARC Documentation

Version	Date	What Changed	Author
1.0	4/10/18	Recommendations/priority matrix transferred from internal ARC documentation to wiki space	Jeanne' le Roux

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History

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