'$RCSfile: eml-distribution.xsd,v $' Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis For Details: http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/ '$Author: jones $' '$Date: 2001-07-31 17:10:05 $' '$Revision: 1.15 $' This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA eml-distribution This schema defines how a resource is to be distributed outside of it's home institution. Resource Distribution Information eml-distribution describes the methods by which a resource can be distributed from it's home institution. the distribution module contains fields to define the online and offline transfer information for a resource. The online transfer is just a URL, and the offline transfer describes media information for reading the file. From NBII. Unique identifier The unique identifier of this metadata file or object. The identifier field provides a unique identifier for this metadata documentation. It will most likely be part of a sequence of numbers or letters that are meaningful in a larger context, such as a metadata catalog. That larger system can be identified in the "system" attribute. Multiple identifiers can be listed corresponding to different catalog systems. nceas.3.2]]> The 'identifier' field is derived from the eml-dataset meta_file_id filed in EML 1.4. Catalog system The catalog system in which this identifier is used. This element gives the name of the catalog system in which this identifier is used. It is useful to determine the scope of the identifier, and to determine the semantics of the various subparts of the identifier. Unresolved issue: can or should this be a URI/URL pointing to the catalog system, or just the name? nceas.3.2]]> New to EML 2.0. Digital Transfer Information Information needed to receive or send this resource digitally, either online or offline. Information needed to receive or send this resource digitally. This includes the URL for online resources, and a description of the media for offline resources. The resource's originator with a ole of dataContact should be used as the address to obtain an offline resource. ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata Download site URL A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) from which this resource can be downloaded A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) from which this resource can be downloaded. This includes any nformation needed to access this site, such as connection information. http://data.org/getdata?id=98332 ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata medium of the resource the medium on which this resource is distributed digitally the medium on which this resource is distributed digitally, such as 3.5" floppy disk, or various tape media types CD-ROM, 3.5 in. floppy disk, Zip disk ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata Medium name Name of the medium Name of the medium Tape, 3.5 inch Floppy Disk ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata density of the digital medium the density of the digital medium if this is relevant. the density of the digital medium if this is relevant. Used mainly for floppy disks or tape. High Density (HD), Double Density (DD) ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata units of a numerical density a numerical density's units if a density is given numerically, the units should be given here. B/cm ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata storage volume total volume of the storage medium the total volume of the storage medium on which this resource is shipped. 650 MB ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata medium format format of the medium on which the resource is shipped. the file system format of the medium on which the resource is shipped NTFS, FAT32, EXT2, QIK80 ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata note about the media note about the media any additional pertitant information about the media ISO CD 19115.3, Geographic information - Metadata