MDG_Guide
- Mandatory Elements (this page)
- Optional Elements
- Data Policy
- Testing Conformance
Following elements are required (always or conditionally) in the WIS Discovery Metadata. Please note that is bare minimum, and refer to recommendations for each data type.
Overview
MD_Metadata
((|#fileIdentifier|fileIdentifier)): urn:x-wmo:md:org.example::unique-id
language: eng
characterSet: utf8
((|#contact|contact)):
CI_ResponsibleParty
organisationName: (Organisation that Created the Metadata)
contactInfo:
CI_Contact
address:
CI_Address
electronicMailAddress: somebody@example.org
role: pointOfContact
((|#dateStamp|dateStamp)): 2013-11-28
identificationInfo:
MD_DataIdentification
citation:
CI_Citation
((|#title|title)): (Brief Description of the Dataset)
((|#citation-date|date)):
CI_Date
date: 2012-10-29
dateType: revision
((|#abstract|abstract)): (Long description of the dataset, probably more than several lines)
descriptiveKeywords:
MD_Keywords
keyword: atmosphericComposition
type: theme
thesaurusName:
CI_Citation
title: ((|#WMO_CategoryCode|WMO_CategoryCode))
date:
CI_Date
date: 2012-09-15
dateType: publication
((|#dataset-language|language)): eng
((|#dataset-characterSet|characterSet)): utf8
((|#topicCategory|topicCategory)): climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
extent:
EX_Extent
geographicElement:
((|#EX_GeographicBoundingBox|EX_GeographicBoundingBox))
westBoundLongitude: 11.107
eastBoundLongitude: 24.167
southBoundLatitude: 55.001
northBoundLatitude: 69.063
descriptions of elements
1. fileIdentifier
| XPath | MD_Metadata/fileIdentifier |
| Requirement | WCMP mandatory, ISO19139 optional |
| Repeatable | NO |
2. contact
| XPath | MD_Metadata/contact |
| Requirement | WCMP recommendation |
| Repeatable | YES |
The element contact is a complex type including following subelements.
2.1. name of metadata contact
ISO requires that at least one of following three subelements must be present in contact:
- contact/*/individualName
- contact/*/organisationName
- contact/*/positionName
2.2. email
WCMP recommends that at least contact/*/contactInfo/*/address/*/electronicMailAddress be described in the metadata contact.
2.3. role of metadata contact
3. dateStamp
| XPath | MD_Metadata/contact |
| Requirement | WCMP recommendation |
| Repeatable | YES |