| Type | Concerning | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| S | Table LOCATION | A field location_descr*2000 is inserted to enable comments on the locations. |
| S | Table CITATION | A field additional_info*250 is inserted to enable comments on the publication. |
| S | GENERAL_KEY.general_key | Length of 31 is extended to 250 chars. |
| S | PROGRESS.progress_descr | Length is extended to 2000 chars. |
| S | PROJECT.project_name | Length is extended to 250 chars. |
| S | Table INSTITUTE | The field additional_info is reduced to char*250. |
| S | Table DIF_ENTRY | Is removed from CERA Core and placed into CERA Module Metadata_Standard. |
| S | Table SPATIAL_DATA_ORG | Table moved from CERA Block SPATIAL INFORMATION to Block ATTRIBUTE. |
| D | all relation tables | In the relational tables an entry_id not necessarily has to occur. So NULL entries may appear in views expanded over several tables. |
| D | DISTRIBUTION.data_size | To enable input in scientific format (e.g., 2E+9), data type is changed from int to real. |
| D | Table ENTRY.creation_date | Following DIF&CSDGM: creation date of metadata, not of data. |
| D | Table ENTRY.review_date | Following DIF&CSDGM: review date of metadata, not of data. |
| D | Table ENTRY.revision_date | Following DIF&CSDGM: field deleted. |
| D | Table ENTRY.future_review_date | Following DIF&CSDGM: future review date of metadata, not of data. |
| D | TEMPORAL_COVERAGE.stop_year | An entry of 999999 indicates continously supplemented data. An appropriate item should exist in table CURRENTNESS_REF. |
| R | Block ATTRIBUTE | Renamed to PARAMETER. |
| R | Block SPATIAL INFORMATION | Renamed to SPATIAL REFERENCE. |
| R | Block PUBLICATION | Renamed to REFERENCE. |
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