Distribution

Definition

The medium, size, scientific data format, and fees involved in distributing the data set

Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media:
   Distribution_Size:
   Distribution_Format: 
   Fees:
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This group may be repeated. Individual subfields may only appear once per group.
All fields may contain 1 to 80 characters of the printable ASCII character set.

Distribution_Media: the media options for the user receiving the data.
Distribution_Size: an approximate size (in KB, MB or GB) for the entire data set. Please specify if data are compressed and the method of compression.
Distribution_Format: the scientific data format used to distribute the data.

All fields are free text.
Keywords for Distribution_Media may be selected from the Suggested Distribution Media Keywords List; see Appendix B.
Keywords for Distribution_Format may be selected from the Suggested Distribution Format Keywords List; see Appendix B.

Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: electronic
   Distribution_Size: 13.5MB compressed
   Distribution_Format: HDF
   Fees: $100
End_group

Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: CD-ROM
   Distribution_Size: 3.5GB uncompressed
   Distribution_Format: CDF
   Fees: $1000
End_group

Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Fees: Free
End_group

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