APPENDIX D - MAPPING TO XML

This appendix explains how the NGDF Discovery Metadata elements presented in the Guidelines map to the element definitions in the XML DTD presented here.

NGDF Discovery Metadata Guidelines

 

XML DTD Specification

Identifier

Element Name

Element Name

1

Title

title

2

Alternative Title

alttitle

3

Originator

originat

4

Abstract

abstract

5

Data Capture Period

capture

6

Status of Start Date of Capture

startstat

7

Start Date of Capture

stdate

8

Status of End Date of Capture

endstat

9

End Date of Capture

enddate

10

Frequency of Update

frequpdt

11

Presentation Type

present

12

Access Constraint

access

13

Use Constraint

usecon

14

Keywords

keywords

15

Geographic Extent

geogext

16

Spatial Referencing by Coordinates

coordext

17

System of Spatial Referencing by Coordinates

syscoord

18

Bounding Rectangle

boundrec

19

West Bounding Coordinate

westext

20

East Bounding Coordinate

eastext

21

North Bounding Coordinate

northext

22

South Bounding Coordinate

southext

23

Spatial Referencing by Geographic Identifiers

geogref

24

National Extent

natext

25

Administrative Area Extent

adminext

26

Postcode District Extent

pcodeext

27

Spatial Reference System

spatrefsys

28

Level of Spatial Detail

spatdet

29

Supply Media

media

30

Data Format

dataform

31

Additional Information Source

addinfo

32

Dataset Association

associat

33

Supplier

supplier

34

Contact Name or Title

cname

35

Full postal address of supplier

postaddr

36

Postcode of Supplier

postcode

37

Telephone number of supplier

telno

38

Facsimile number of supplier

faxno

39

Email address of supplier

email

40

Web address of supplier

webaddr

41

Date of update of metadata

update

42

Sample

sample


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