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APPENDIX F - AbbreviateD Field Names

The following table provides abbreviated names for use in user interfaces for data entry and data presentation applications where the full name may be unwieldy (underscores may be omitted). It is advised to use the full name where possible, only using the abbreviated form of it where the full form is difficult to integrate into a form.

Identifier	Element name	Abbreviated Name
1	Title	Title
2	Alternative Title	Alt_Title
3	Originator	Originator
4	Abstract	Abstract
6	Status of Start Date of Capture	Start_Status
7	Start date of Capture	Start_Capture
8	Status of End Date of Capture	End_Status
9	End Date of Capture	End_Capture
10	Frequency of Update	Update_Freq
11	Presentation Type	Pres_Type
12	Access Constraint	Access
13	Use Constraint	Use
14	Keywords	Keywords
17	System of Spatial referencing by coordinates	Georef
19	West Bounding coordinate	West_BCoord
20	East Bounding coordinate	East_BCoord
21	North Bounding Coord	North_BCoord
22	South Bounding Coord	South_BCoord
24	National Extent	Extent
25	Administrative Area Extent	Admin_Extent
26	Postcode District Extent	Postcode_Extent
27	Spatial Reference System	Spatial_ref
28	Level of Spatial Detail	Spatial_Detail
29	Supply Media	Supply_Media
30	Data Format	Data-Format
31	Additional Information Source	Add_Info
32	Dataset Association	Data_Assoc
34	Contact Name or Title	Contact
35	Full postal address of supplier	Address
36	Postcode of supplier	Postcode
37	Telephone number of supplier	Tel
38	Facsimile number of supplier	Fax
39	Email address of supplier	Email
40	Web address of supplier	Web
41	Date of Update of Metadata	Metadata_Update
42	Sample	Sample

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