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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(50)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

Keyword used to describe the general topic area of the collection. A collection can conceivably cover several topics.

Sample Value

Cryosphere

Dependent Attributes

ECSDisciplineKeyword, ECSTermKeyword, ECSVariableKeyword, ECSParameterKeyword

Sample Value

Cryosphere

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with ECSDisciplineKeyword, ECSTopicKeyword, ECSTermKeyword.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > DisciplineTopicParameters > DisciplineTopicParametersContainer.ECSTopicKeyword

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:keyword/gco:CharacterString

Notes

Note: if used, see also - /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:descriptiveKeywords/gmd:MD_Keywords/gmd:type/gmd:MD_KeywordTypeCode

Theme

Descriptive Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls