Mandatory Concepts for Accessibility/Usability
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Recommendations:
- SERF for Service Discovery - Required
- ISO-1 for Service Discovery - Mandatory
- ACDD Variable Attributes for Usability - Highly Recommended
| Name | Description | Count | Recommendations |
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| Abstract | A paragraph describing the resource. | 2 |
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| Bounding Box | A bounding box for identifying a geographic area of interest | 1 |
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| Coverage Content Type | An item from a shared vocabulary of content types: image, thematicClassification, physicalMeasurement, auxiliaryInformation, qualityInformation, referenceInformation, modelResult | 1 |
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| Creation Date | Date of creation of the cited resource | 1 |
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| Distribution Contact | Contact information for the organization or individual that distributes the resource. | 1 |
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| Keyword | A word or phrase that describes some aspect of a resource. Can be one of several types. | 1 |
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| Metadata Contact | The organization or person currently responsible for the metadata. | 1 |
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| Metadata Identifier | A phrase or string which uniquely identifies the metadata file/record. | 1 |
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| Parameter Name (Standard) | The name of a parameter included in the resource from a standard vocabulary. | 1 |
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| Purpose | A paragraph describing the original purpose for collecting the dataset. | 1 |
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| Resource Title | A short description of the resource. The title should be descriptive enough so that when a user is presented with a list of titles the general content of the data set can be determined. | 2 |
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| Resource Type | A resource code identifying the type of resource e.g. dataset, a collection, an application (see MD_ScopeCode) which the metadata describes. | 1 |
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| Standard Name Vocabulary | The name of the shared vocabulary from which variable standard names are taken. | 1 |
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| Units | The units of the variables data values. | 1 |
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