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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(15)

Obligation

Optional

Description

The unit specification for the period duration. Example values include: decade, year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, microsecond, millisecond

Sample Value

month

Dependent Attributes

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

Sample Value

month

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

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

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Temporal > RegularPeriodic > RegularPeriodicContainer.PeriodDurationUnit

ISO XPath

TBD

Notes

EX_TemporalExtent extenet extent: TM_Primitive define as string

Theme

Temporal Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls