MD Format
| Elements | Definition and Recommended Practice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | 1 | Name of the resource format. Examples:
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| 2 | version | 1 | Version of the format. Use gco:nilReason attribute if version is unknown.
Examples:
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| 3 | amendmentNumber | 0..1 | Amendment number of the format version. |
| 4 | specification | 0..1 | Name of a subset, profile, or product specification of the format. Identify the name of the specification. Do not include URL to specification. Provide full citation in the MD_AggregateInformation section. Example:NCEI NetCDF Templates v2.0 |
| 5 | fileDecompressionTechnique | 0..1 | Algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied. Example: ZIP |
| 6 | formatDistributor | 0..1 | Information about the distributor's format. |
Community Requirements
M = Mandatory; C = Conditional; R = Recommended; blank cell = user discretion
| Community | Element | M/C/R | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOAA Completeness Rubric V2 Access Category |
name | M | |||
| version | M | nilReason attribute is accepted | |||
| amendmentNumber | |||||
| specification | R | Extra credit | |||
| fileDecompressionTechnique | |||||
| formatDistributor | Mandatory if no MD_Distribution/distributionFormat | ||||
| OneStop Project | name | M | Same as Rubric | ||
| version | M | ||||
| amendmentNumber | |||||
| specification | R | ||||
| fileDecompressionTechnique | |||||
| formatDistributor | |||||
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