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Metadata Level

Granule

Data Type

TBD

Obligation

Optional

Description

The year (and optionally month, or month and day). This attribute is used to specify a single date covered by a data collection, granule, or event.

Sample Value

2011-01-01

Dependent Attributes

TimeofDay

Sample Value

2011-01-01

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with TimeofDay.

ECS Path

GranuleMetaDataFile > GranuleURMetaData > SingleDateTime .CalendarDate

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:temporalElement/gmd:EX_TemporalExtent/gmd:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:beginPosition with /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:temporalElement/gmd:EX_TemporalExtent/gmd:extent/gml:TimePeriod/gml:endPosition

Notes

Modify for one-time acquisition

Theme

Temporal Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls