Access |
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- General Description: Data set accesability
- Example fields: storage location,
contact, copyright, access, standard citation, disclaimer , fees.
- Notes: This module includes all information needed
for a user to acquire the dataset it describes.
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Context |
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- General Description: Research origin descriptors
- Example fields: title, originator,
temporal description, objectives, abstract, funding, site description,
design description, methods description, staff.
- Notes: Describes the origin of this dataset.
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Dataset |
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- General Description: Data set descriptors and package
- Example fields: dataset id, title, originator,
abstract, keyword info, relations.
- Notes: Describes the person or organization who controls this dataset,
as well as academic information such as the abstract of the proposal and keyword
information.
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File |
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- General Description: Date structure descriptors
- Example fields: filename, file size, format,
orientation, header info, temporal/spatial coverage, authentication,
data problems.
- Notes: Information on how this dataset is stored.
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Software |
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- General Description: Software descriptors
- Example fields: title, abstract,
version number, developer, source module, binary file,
software location, programming language, operating system,
system requirements.
- Notes: Description of any software used or developed in the
creation of this dataset.
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Status |
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- General Description: Dataset status
- Example fields: data update date,
data archive date , metadata update date, qa/qc status.
- Notes: Current status of this dataset. When it was last
updated, if it has been through a qa/qc process, when it was
last archived, etc.
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Supplement |
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- General Description: Supplemental descriptors
- Example fields: data forms,
entry verification, quality assurance, related material,
archival procedures, archival sites, publications, data request,
review history, remarks.
- Notes: Extra information not included in other modules.
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Variable |
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- General Description: Variable descriptors
- Example fields: variable name,
variable definition, unit, storage type,
code definition , numeric range , missing value code,
precision, field format.
- Notes: Information on range, domain and precision of
variables in this dataset.
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