Field Definitions are Available Here

Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(255)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

Last name of the individual which the contact role (producer, archiver, distributor,or data originator) applies. People are points of contact, rather than organizations, in cases where the association of the person to the data set is more significant than the association of the organization to the data set. They may also be included if both a single person and organization are provided as points of contact.

Sample Value

Doe

Dependent Attributes

Role, HoursofService, ContactInstructions, ContactJobPosition, ContactFirstName, ContactMiddleName, StreetAddress, City, StateProvince, PostalCode, Country, TelephoneNumber, TelephoneNumberType, ElectronicMailAddress

Sample Value

Doe

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with Role, ContactFirstName.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Contact > ContactPerson > ContactPersonContainer.ContactLastName

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:pointOfContact/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty/gmd:individualName/gco:CharacterString

Notes

None.

Theme

Identification Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls