| Element | Definition | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Short Name | This element describes the data set short name. | Yes |
| Version | This element describes the data set version. | Yes |
| Version Description | This element describes the version of the data set. | |
| Entry Title | This element describes the title of the data set described by the metadata. | Yes |
| DOI | This element stores the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) that identifies the data set. | |
| Abstract | This element provides a brief description of the data set the metadata represents. | Yes |
| Purpose | This element contains suggested usage for the data and/or a description for why the resource exists. | |
| Science Keywords | This element enables specification of Earth Science keywords. | Yes |
| Ancillary Keywords | ||
| Platform | This element describes the relevant platforms used to acquire the data. | Yes |
| Instrument | This element is used to register the device that measured or recorded the data, including direct human observation. | Yes |
| Related URL | This element describes any resource-related URLs that include project home pages, resource information pages, services, related data, archives/servers, metadata extensions, direct links to online software packages, web mapping services, links to images, documents, or other data. | |
| Data Language | The Data Language element describes the language used in the preparation, storage, and description of the collection. It is the language of the collection data itself. It does not refer to the language used in the metadata record (although this may be the same language) | No |
| Data Dates | The Data Dates element is used to identify dates when the data or resource itself changed in some way. | No |
| Data Center | The Data Center metadata element is used to identify and provide contact information for the organization responsible for originating, processing, archiving, and/or distributing the data set being described in the metadata. | Yes |
| Contact Group | The Contact Group metadata element is used to provide contact information for a group associated with the dataset. | |
| Contact Person | The Contact Person metadata element is used to provide contact information for an individual associated with the dataset. | |
| Collection Data Type | The Collection Data Type element is used to identify the collection as a Science Quality Collection or as a non-science-quality collection such as a Near Real Time collection. | No |
| Processing Level | An identifier indicating the level at which the data in the collection are processed, ranging from level 0 (raw instrument data at full resolution) to level 4 (model output or analysis results). | Yes |
| Collection Citation | The Collection Citation element provides the information required to properly cite the collection in professional scientific literature. | No |
| Collection Progress | This element describes the production status of the data set. | Yes |
| Quality | This element describes the quality of the data set. | |
| Use Constraints | Designed to protect privacy and/or intellectual property by allowing the author to specify how the collection may or may not be used after access is granted. This includes any special restrictions, legal prerequisites, terms and conditions, and/or limitations on using the item. Providers may request acknowledgement of the item from users and claim no responsibility for quality and completeness. Note: Use Constraints describe how the item may be used once access has been granted and is distinct from Access Constraints, which refers to any constraints in accessing the item. | |
| Access Constraints | The Access Constraints element describes any restrictions imposed on data access. Access Constraints can be described in a free text field with the option to provide an access control list (ACL) value. | No |
| Metadata Language | The Metadata Language element specifies the language used in the metadata record (i.e. English, French, Chinese, etc.) | ... |
| Metadata Dates | Dates related to activities involving the metadata record itself. For example, Future Review date is the date that the metadata record is scheduled to be reviewed. | |
| Directory Names | Formerly called Internal Directory Name (IDN) Node (IDN_Node). This element has been used historically by the GCMD internally to identify association, responsibility and/or ownership of the data set, service or supplemental information. Note: This field only occurs in the DIF. When a DIF record is retrieved in the ECHO10 or ISO 19115 formats, this element will not be translated. | |
| TilingIdentificationSystem | ||
| Additional Attributes | This element stores the data's distinctive attributes (i.e. attributes used to describe the unique characteristics of the resource which extend beyond those defined in this mapping). | No |
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