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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

string(10)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

This attribute specifies the type of date represented by the value in the date attributes of the temporal subclasses.

Sample Value

Gregorian

Dependent Attributes

TimeType, TemporalRangeType, PrecisionofSeconds, EndsatPresentFlag, PeriodName, Period1stDate, Period1stDate, PeriodCycleDurationUnit, PeriodCycleDurationValue, PeriodDurationUnit, PeriodDurationValue, MultipleDateName, TimeofDay, CalendarDate, RangeBeginningDate, RangeBeginningTime, RangeEndingDate, RangeEndingTime

Sample Value

Gregorian

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with TimeType, TemporalRangeType, PrecisionofSeconds, EndsatPresentFlag, and either the set of TimeofDay, CalendarDate, or the set of RangeBeginningDate, RangeBeginningTime, RangeEndingDate, RangeEndingTime.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Temporal.DateType

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:contentInfo/gmd:MD_CoverageDescription/gmd:dimension/gmd:MD_Band/gmd:otherAttribute/gco:Record/ecs:AdditionalAttributes/ecs:AdditionalAttribute/ecs:DataType

Notes

None.

Theme

Temporal Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

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