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The Distribution Contact Responsibility contains the party responsible for answering questions about the distribution of the dataset. This is typically the Archive Center for the dataset. The xPath of the source of this information in the DIF and ECHO dialects is given in Table 87

 

Table 87. Sources for Distribution Contact Responsibility information.

Dialect

Source

DIF

  1. /DIF/Data_Center/Data_Center_Name

ECHO

  1. /*/ArchiveCenter
  2. /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'Archive')]
  3. /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,’DATA CENTER CONTACT’)]
  4. /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'Distributor')]
  5. /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'User Services')]
  6. /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'GHRC USER SERVICES')]
  7. /*/Contacts/Contact[contains(Role,'ORNL DAAC User Services')]

 

Table 9 8 shows the frequency of occurrence of elements of the Distribution Contact Responsibility / Parties for fifteen seventeen collections in the CMR. Twelve Eleven of the fifteen seventeen collections include the name of the responsible organization in almost 100% of their records. The amount of contact information for these organizations varies quite a bit. Most collections include email addresses for the distributors.

 

Table 98. Occurrences of the Distributor Contact Responsibility

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Path Elements

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ASF

...

CDDIS

...

GHRC

...

GSFCS4PA

...

LAADS

...

LANCEMODIS

...

LARC

...

LARC_ASDC

...

LPDAAC_ECS

...

NSIDCV0

...

NSIDC_ECS

...

OMINRT

...

PODAAC

...

SEDAC

...

USGS_EROS

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:address/gmd:administrativeArea

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

.98

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:address/gmd:city

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

.98

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:address/gmd:country

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

.98

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:address/gmd:deliveryPoint

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

.98

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:address/

gmd:electronicMailAddress

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

.99

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:address/gmd:postalCode

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

.98

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:contactInstructions

...

.98

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

.97

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:hoursOfService

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:phone/gmd:facsimile

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:contactInfo/

gmd:phone/gmd:voice

...

1.00

...

2.00

...

2.28

...

1.96

...

3.00

...

1.32

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

.99

...

2.00

...

4.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:individualName

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

.33

...

.03

...

.99

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:positionName

...

.33

...

.03

...

.99

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.14

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.32

...

2.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

gmd:distributorContact/

gmd:organisationName

...

1.00

...

.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

2.00

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

.97

...

1.00

...

1.00

...

 Number of Records842835339687785116343495185197634113537511
ConceptElement PathASFCDDISGES_DISCGHRCGSFCS4PALAADSLANCEAMSR2LANCEMODISLARCLARC_ASDCLPDAAC_ECSNSIDC_ECSOB_DAACOMINRTORNL_DAACPODAACUSGS_EROS
gmd:CI_RoleCodegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:role/gmd:CI_RoleCode1.001.001.001.001.111.001.001.001.352.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.00
gmd:voicegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:phone/gmd:voice1.002.00  2.21  1.03.791.001.00.93  2.001.004.00
gmd:organisationNamegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:organisationName 1.001.00    .661.002.001.00.991.001.00 1.001.00
gmd:deliveryPointgmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:deliveryPoint 1.00  1.11  .34.791.001.00.93  1.00 1.00
gmd:citygmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:city 1.00  1.11  .34.791.001.00.93  1.00 1.00
gmd:administrativeAreagmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:administrativeArea 1.00  1.11  .34.791.001.00.93  1.00 1.00
gmd:postalCodegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:postalCode 1.00  1.11  .34.791.001.00.93  1.00 1.00
gmd:countrygmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:country 1.00  1.11  .34.791.001.00.93  1.00 1.00
gmd:individualNamegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:individualName 1.00  1.11   .35  .01  1.001.00 
gmd:contactInstructionsgmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:contactInstructions       .34.79 1.00.92    1.00
gmd:hoursOfServicegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:hoursOfService        .78 1.00.93    1.00
gmd:positionNamegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:positionName        .35  .01   1.00 
gmd:facsimilegmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:phone/gmd:facsimile        .78 1.00.93     
gmd:electronicMailAddressgmd:distributionInfo/gmd:distributor/gmd:distributorContact/gmd:contactInfo/gmd:address/gmd:electronicMailAddress     .21 .05         

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