Element Definitions:
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table-entity
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Tooltip:
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Table Entity descriptor
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Summary:
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Descriptor of one table entity in the dataset.
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Description:
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The table entity element is a descriptor of one entity in the dataset
identified by its name. The entity element can contain information
about the entity's orientation, number of records,
case sensitiveness, and temporal, geographic and taxonomic coverage.
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Example:
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orientation
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Tooltip:
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Entity's record orientation
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Summary:
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Specification of the entity's record orientation.
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Description:
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This element contains specification of the entity's
record orientation by element's attribute "columnorrow".
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Example:
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The valid attribute values are "columnmajor" or "rowmajor".
If the attribute is not specified, "columnmajor" is used.
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caseSensitive
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Tooltip:
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Data case sensitiveness
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Summary:
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Specification of text case sensitiveness in the entity.
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Description:
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This element contains specification of text
case sensitiveness of the data in the entity. It is
specified from element's attribute "yesorno".
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Example:
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The valid attribute values are "yes" or "no".
If the attribute is not specified, "yes" is used.
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numberOfRecords
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Tooltip:
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Number of records
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Summary:
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The integer count of the number of records inthe entity
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Description:
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This element contains a count of the number of records
in the entity. This is typically an integer value,
and only includes records that represent observations.
It would not include any details of physical formatting
such as the number of header lines (see eml-physical
for that information).
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Example:
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<numberOfRecords>975</numberOfRecords>
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other-entity
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Tooltip:
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Other Entity descriptor
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Summary:
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Descriptor of single non-table entity in the dataset.
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Description:
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The other entity element is a descriptor of one non-tabular entity in the
dataset, identified by its name. The element can contain information
about the entity's basic identity, its temporal, geographic and
taxonomic coverage, and its type.
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Example:
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Photograph of rocky intertidal plot 12 from Santa Cruz Island
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entityType
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Tooltip:
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Entity type
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Summary:
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Contains the name of the type for this entity.
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Description:
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This element contains the name of the entity's type.
The entity's type is typically the name of the data
type represented in the entity, such as raster image,
vector image, etc.
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Example:
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<entityType>Raster Image</entityType>
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identifier
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Tooltip:
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Unique identifier
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Summary:
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The unique identifier of this metadata file or object.
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Description:
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The identifier field provides a unique identifier for this
metadata documentation. It will most likely be part of a
sequence of numbers or letters that are meaningful in a
larger context, such as a metadata catalog. That larger
system can be identified in the "system" attribute. Multiple
identifiers can be listed corresponding to different catalog
systems.
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Example:
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<identifier system="metacat">nceas.3.2</identifier>
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entityName
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Tooltip:
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Entity name
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Summary:
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Entity name specifier
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Description:
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The name identifies the entity in the dataset: file name,
name of database table, etc.
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Example:
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SpeciesAbundance1996
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entityDescription
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Tooltip:
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Entity description
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Summary:
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General description of the entity and its contents
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Description:
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A paragraph of text generally describing the entity, its type, and
relevant information about the data in the entity.
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Example:
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Species abundance data for 1996 at the VCR LTER
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Attribute Definitions:
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columnorrow
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Tooltip:
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Attribute of orientation element
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Summary:
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Specification of the entity's record orientation.
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Description:
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This attribute specifies the entity's
record orientation.
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Example:
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The valid attribute values are "columnmajor" or
"rowmajor". If the attribute is not specified,
"columnmajor" is used.
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yesorno
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Tooltip:
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Attribute of caseSensitive element
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Summary:
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Specification of text case sensitiveness in the entity.
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Description:
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This attribute specifies text case sensitiveness of
entity's data.
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Example:
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The valid attribute values are "yes" or "no".
If the attribute is not specified, "yes" is used.
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system
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Tooltip:
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Catalog system
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Summary:
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The catalog system in which this identifier is used.
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Description:
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This element gives the name of the catalog system in which
this identifier is used. It is useful to determine the
scope of the identifier, and to determine the semantics
of the various subparts of the identifier. Unresolved issue:
can or should this be a URI/URL pointing to the catalog
system, or just the name?
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Example:
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<identifier system="metacat">nceas.3.2</identifier>
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