'$RCSfile: eml-software.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: 2001-07-13 17:35:37 $'
'$Revision: 1.3 $'
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eml-software
The eml-software module contains general information that describes
software resources.
Software
General information about a software resource.
the 'software' element contains general information about a
software resource that is being documented. This is field is
intended to give information for software tools that are needed
to interpret a dataset, software that was written to process a
resource, or software as a resource in itself.
It includes the version, the programming language,
and the location of the software, along with the source code
information or binary file information. The information
provided in the subelements are specific to software
resources and extend the Resource type.
Please see the examples for each subelement of the 'Software'
type.
The 'software' element was introduced into EML 2.0, however
it was derived from the eml-software module in EML 1.4.
Version number
The version number of the software resource.
This field provides the version number of the
software that is being documented. The version
number may be a vendor-assigned number, or it may be
a version tag from a software versioning system such
as CVS (Concurrent Versioning System).
8.2.1 or WEBSITE_2_BETA_1
This field was introduced into EML 2.0 beta 1, and is
derived from the eml-software module in EML 1.4.
Source module
The name of the source code module.
This field provides the name of the source code
module that contains the non-binary source.
eml-2.0b1.tgz
This field was introduced into EML 2.0 beta 1, and is
derived from the eml-software module in EML 1.4.
Binary file
The name of the binary file for the software.
This field provides the name of the compiled
binary file for the software distribution.
morpho-macintosh-1.2.bin
This field was introduced into EML 2.0 beta 1, and is
derived from the eml-software module in EML 1.4.
Software location
The Internet location of the software resource.
This field provides the Uniform Resource Locator
of where the software resource is available on
the Internet.
http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/metacat/
This field was introduced into EML 2.0 beta 1, and is
derived from the eml-software module in EML 1.4.
Programming Language
The programming language for the software resource.
This field provides the name and version of the
programming language in which the software
resource was written.
PERL version 5.005_03
This field was introduced into EML 2.0 beta 1, and is
derived from the eml-software module in EML 1.4.