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Table LOAD_ENTRY | TYPE*SIZE | In this table general information for the data record is entered. |
entry_name | char*160 | * Entry name uniquely identifying this meta data record. |
entry_acronym | char*31 | * Acronym of the entry_name, uniquely identifying the entry. |
project_acronym | char*31 | Abbreviated version of project_name. |
progress_descr | char*31 | The state of the data set in the institute (e.g. complete, in work, planned). |
creation_date | date | Date of data creation. |
review_date | date | Date of the latest review for accuracy of scientific content of the data. |
revision_date | date | Date of last update of data. |
future_review_date | date | Future time at which the meta data should be reviewed for accuracy of scientific or technical content. |
summary | char*2000 | Contains an abstract and additional information not contained in other fields. |
accuracy_report | char*2000 | Quantitative accuracy of the attributes described by the data (e.g. information on error bars). |
consistency_report | char*2000 | An explanation of the fidelity of the relationships in the data set and the tests used for their proof. |
completeness_report | char*2000 | Information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules to derive the data set. |
horizontal_acc_repor t | char*2000 | Quantitative horizontal position accuracy. |
vertical_acc_report | char*2000 | Quantitative vertical position accuracy. |
Table LOAD_CONTA | TYPE*SIZE | Any type of contact should be given here. A contact information consists of the information on a person and/or an institute (e.g. the person/institute that has the metadata entered: contact_type "Metadata"). |
contact_type | char*80 | Type of the contact (investigator, technical info, copyright etc.). |
institute_info | - | The institute related to the contact. Select an institute from the LOV, supply a new institute record if necessary. |
person_info | - | The person related to the contact. Select a person from the LOV, supply a new person record if necessary. |
Table LOAD_REFER | TYPE*SIZE | Enter here any reference to a publication, that is related to the data (e.g. papers, that made use of the data or the reference where the data is published). |
ref_type_descr | char*2000 | Description of the relation, the publication has to the entry (e.g. publication uses entry data, publication provides entry data). |
citation_info | - | Publication related to the entry. Normally the Publication is to be inserted into the value list. |
Table LOAD_PARAM | TYPE*SIZE | This table shall provide information on the physical quantities actually measured or given in the data, as e.g. precipitation, sea level etc.) and the storage information, necessary to access the data. |
topic_name | char*80 | * Kinds of measurements/physical quantities represented by the data. |
unit_name | char*80 | Unit of the physical quantity found in topic_name (e.g. meter, Volt, class). |
aggregation_descr | char*80 | Description of the aggregation of the meeasured topic (e.g. monthly mean, daily maximum, none...). |
reference_method | char*80 | Form by that the data of this topic references the space (e.g. point, vector, raster, spectral...). |
access_structure_name | char*80 | Short form of access_structure_descr. |
access_structure_descr | char*2000 | Explanation/description of the contents of the following 4 storage fields. |
storage1 | char*250 | Name of the host, data is lying on (not necessary, when file systems are joined). |
storage2 | char*250 | Name of the path the user has to enter, to find the data. |
storage3 | char*250 | Name of the file containing the data. Set to * if data consists of several files in the directory "storage2" (and its subdirectories). |
storage4 | char*250 | Additional storage information (e.g. approx. number of files, if there are several). |
modification_date | date | =Date, for which the information in storage* was valid. |
Table LOAD_COVER | TYPE*SIZE | The spacetime volume covered by the data: area, elevation, time period. |
location_name | char*80 | Name of the location of the area covered by the data. |
min_lat | float*4 | * Southernmost latitude of the area covered by the data (south of Equator negative). |
max_lat | float*4 | * Northernmost latitude of the area covered by the data (south of Equator negative). |
min_lon | float*4 | * Westernmost longitude of the area covered by the data (west of Greenwich negative). |
max_lon | float*4 | * Easternmost longitude of the area covered by the data (west of Greenwich negative). |
min_altitude | float*4 | Lowest depth/altitude of the vertical coverage of the data. Leave empty (NULL), if data has no vertical extension. |
min_alt_unit | char*31 | Unit of min_altitude. |
max_altitude | float*4 | Highest depth/altitude of the vertical coverage of the data. Leave empty (NULL), if data has no vertical extension. |
max_alt_unit | char*31 | Unit of max_altitude. |
start_year | integer*8 | * Start year of the time covered by the data (YYYYYY...). |
start_month | integer*1 | Start month (MM), NULL if unknown. |
start_day | integer*1 | Start day (DD), NULL if unknown. |
stop_year | integer*8 | End year of the time covered by the data (YYYYYY...), NULL if unknown. |
stop_month | integer*1 | End month (MM), NULL if unknown. |
stop_day | integer*1 | End day (DD), NULL if unknown. |
currentness_ref_descr | char*2000 | * Basis, for determining the time period of content information (e.g. time information may refer tocalendar, model time etc.). |
Table LOAD_DISTR | TYPE*SIZE | Information related to the distribution of the data. |
data_size | integer*8 | Size of data (set) in Bytes. |
format_acronym | char*31 | Entry format, e.g. GIF, GRIB, PS. |
access_acronym | char*31 | Medium keeping the information (3,5" diskette, CD, paper, physical model, etc.). |
fees_acronym | char*31 | Fees one has (officially) to pay for the data. |
access_constr_descr | char*2000 | Description of the permits of the data: Permit to see and know about the data. |
use_constr_descr | char*2000 | Description of the permits of the data: Permit to use and publish the data. |
Table LOAD_SPATI | TYPE*SIZE | The form of spatial reference that relates the data to space. |
hor_sys_descr | char*2000 | Description of the horizontal coordinate system(s) (e.g. geographical, planar...). |
ver_sys_descr | char*2000 | Description of the vertical coordinate system(s) (e.g. length, pressure...). |
Table LOAD_PROCE | TYPE*SIZE | Procedures applied to the data (if there are any) by PIK or collaborators (e.g. mathematical procedures or other). Not just format changes. |
process_descr | char*2000 | * If data has been processed/changed: description of processing. |
process_date | date | If data has been processed/changed: date of processing. Set month and/or day to "1", if only year is known. |
person_info | - | Person that performed the procedure (to be selected from the LOV). Extend the LOV if the person is not given there. |
Table LOAD_KEY_C | TYPE*SIZE | Keywords, for the time being not treelike organized, just flat. |
general_key | char*31 | * Keyword list: any words or phrases used to further describe the entry. A LOV provides the data of a GCMD Thesaurus (for entries of the lowest level, the above level is given in parenthesis). |
LOV INSTITUTE | TYPE*SIZE | Desription of an Institution. Enter different records for different departments of an institute. |
institute_name | char*80 | * Name of the institute. Use the original name given by the institute to itself (if translation is necessary, translate to english). |
institute_acronym | char*31 | Abbreviated version of the institute name. |
department_name | char*160 | Name of the department or institute sub-division. Use multiple records for different departments. |
department_acronym | char*31 | Abbreviated version of the department name. |
country | char*80 | Full name of the country (address). |
state_or_province | char*80 | Name of the state or province (address). |
place | char*80 | Name of the place/city (address). |
street | char*80 | Name of the street (address). |
street_postal_code | char*10 | Postal code of the street address. |
pobox | char*80 | Pobox (address). |
pobox_postal_code | char*10 | Postal code of the Post box address (if different from street_postal_code). |
inst_url | char*80 | Universal Resource Locator of the institute's homepage. |
additional_info | char*400 | Additional address information, or other information about the institute. |
LOV PERSON | TYPE*SIZE | Description of a person. |
first_name | char*80 | First name. |
second_name | char*80 | Second name. |
last_name | char*80 | * Last name. Instead of a person's name a position or office may be given (e.g. secretary, central office). |
title | char*31 | Title of the person. |
telephone | char*80 | Phone. |
fax | char*80 | FAX. |
person_url | char*80 | Universal Resource Locator of the person's home page. |
char*80 | email address. | |
person_inst_ID | char*31 | ID no. of the institute, the person is affilated to. Select an institute from the list of values. Add the institute to the LOV if necessary. |
LOV CITATION | TYPE*SIZE | Enter here any publication, that is related to the data (e.g. papers, that made use of the data or the reference where the data is published). |
title | char*2000 | * Title of a publication related to the entry. |
authors | char*2000 | * List of the authors as given in the citation. |
publication | char*80 | Name of the publication (e.g. of the journal, entology, editorial). |
publisher | char*80 | Name of the publisher. |
editor | char*80 | Name of the editor(s). |
publication_date | date | Date of the publication. If day and/or month unknown, set to 1. |
country | char*80 | Name of the country (address). |
state | char*80 | Name of the state (address). |
place | char*80 | Name of the place (address). |
edition | char*80 | Name of the edition. |
access_spec | char*160 | Specification (number) of the citation_type (the URL, the ISBN, etc.) |
presentation_descr | char*2000 | Type of the data presentation, e.g. graph, picture, table... |
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