Module Documentation: eml-project
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The EML Project Module describes the research context in which the dataset was created, including description of over-all motivations and goals, funding, personnel, etc. This is also the module to describe over-all sampling methods for the project.

Element Definitions:

eml-project
  Tooltip: Research protocol descriptors  
  Summary: Container of all research projects in which context the dataset was created.  
  Description: eml-project elements describe various aspects of the research project within which researchers created the associated dataset. The association of a dataset with this project metadata is established in eml-dataset  
  Example:  
identifier
  Tooltip: Unique identifier  
  Summary: The unique identifier of this metadata file or object.  
  Description: 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.  
  Example: <identifier system="metacat">nceas.3.2</identifier> 
researchProject
  Tooltip: Research project descriptor  
  Summary: Descriptor of research project in which context the dataset was created.  
  Description: Research project element is a descriptor of various programmatic aspects within which researchers created this dataset. It can also include general research goals and motivations, data collection methods, equations, formulas. But see 'eml-protocol' for more areas to provide methodological detail.  
  Example:  
title
  Tooltip: Project Title 
  Summary: Title of the project. 
  Description: A descriptive title for the research project. 
  Example: Species diversity in Tennessee riparian habitats. 
personnel
  Tooltip: Originator  
  Summary: The party who created the research project.  
  Description: The party who created the research project.  
  Example:  
geographicCov
  Tooltip: Geographical coverage  
  Summary: Geographical coverage of the site of the project.  
  Description: This element is to specify the geographical coordinates of the site of the project: latitude and longitude.  
  Example:  
abstract
  Tooltip: Abstract  
  Summary: Descriptive abstract.  
  Description: Descriptive abstract in paragraph of text.  
  Example:  
funding
  Tooltip: Funding  
  Summary: Funding information.  
  Description: Grant and contract numbers, names and addresses of funding sources described in paragraph of text.  
  Example:  
siteDescription
  Tooltip: Site description  
  Summary: Site description.  
  Description: Description of the site of the project. It is intended to include general descriptions of the habitiat in paragraph form. Likewise, information on geography, geology, hydrology, history, and climate should be included here if desired.  
  Example:  
designDescription
  Tooltip: Experimental or Sampling design  
  Summary: Experimental or Sampling design of the project  
  Description: Experimental or Sampling design: the design method, plots, samplings, descriptive paragraph of text or citation from a source.  
  Example:  
sampling
  Tooltip: Temporal sampling regime  
  Summary: Temporal sampling regime  
  Description: Information necessary to understand temporal sampling regime: temporal boundaries, frequency of occurrence, descriptive paragraph of text or citation from a source.  
  Example:  

Attribute Definitions:

system
  Tooltip: Catalog system  
  Summary: The catalog system in which this identifier is used.  
  Description: 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?  
  Example: <identifier system="metacat">nceas.3.2</identifier> 

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