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Element Description

The type of the service being described. These types of services are back-end service types. 

Best Practices

Curators must use the controlled list for the type of service. 

• OPeNDAP: A type of service that enables researchers to access and share NASA Earth science data from a wide variety of programs. For more information, see https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-and-software/api/opendap
• THREDDS: A type of service that provides researchers with access to a large collection of real-time and archived dataset from a variety of environmental data sources at a number of distributed server sites. For more information, see https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/tds/ 
• WEB SERVICES
• ESI
• ECHO ORDERS
• WCS
• WMS
• WMTS
• EGI - No Processing
• SOFTWARE PACKAGE
• TOOL
• WEB PORTAL
• International Web Portal
• MODEL
• Harmony
• NOT PROVIDED

For specific guidance and best practices on curating UMM-S records for OPeNDAP, ESI and ECHO order types, see Create UMM-S Records And Associations to UMM-C for ECHO Orders and ESI Service Types and OPeNDAP, ESI and ECHO ORDER types.

Examples:

• Service example: ESI
• OPeNDAP example: OPeNDAP
• SEDAC Hazards mapper example: WEB SERVICES

Element Specification

Metadata Validation

All records undergo CMR schema and business rule validation before entering the system. 

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