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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

float(7)

Obligation

Optional

Description

The number of PeriodCycleDurationUnits in the period cycle. e.g. the RegularPeriodic event 'Spring-North Hemi' might have a PeriodDurationUnit='month' PeriodDurationValue=3.0 PeriodCycleDurationUnit='year' PeriodCycleDurationValue='1.0 indicating that Spring-North Hemi lasts for 3.0 months and has a cycle duration of 1.0 year. The unit for this attribute is the value of the attribute PeriodCycleDurationUnit.

Sample Value

1

Dependent Attributes

TimeType, DateType, TemporalRangeType, PrecisionofSeconds, EndsatPresentFlag, PeriodName, Period1stDate, Period1stTime, PeriodCycleDurationUnit, PeriodDurationUnit, PeriodDurationValue

Sample Value

1

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with TimeType, DateType, TemporalRangeType, PrecisionofSeconds, EndsatPresentFlag, PeriodName, Period1stDate, Period1stTime, PeriodCycleDurationUnit, PeriodDurationUnit, PeriodDurationValue.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Temporal > RegularPeriodic > RegularPeriodicContainer.PeriodCycleDurationValue

ISO XPath

TBD

Notes

EX_TemporalExtent extent: TM_Primitive

Theme

Temporal Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

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