Attribute Convention for ORCESTRA

Attribute Convention for ORCESTRA#

Goals#

The goal of this convention is to define a minimal set of global attributes for datasets to provide the following functionalities:

  • Automatically retrieve contact information for any dataset

  • Create a summary table with all datasets and some key metadata

Global attributes#

Key

Value

title

Short phrase or sentence describing the dataset

summary

Paragraph describing the dataset

creator_name

Comma-separated list of names

creator_email

Comma-separated list of emails

project

Comma-separated list of projects (see below)

platform

Name of the platform that supported the sensor (see below)

source

Method of production of the original data (e.g. “radar”, “radiometer”, “CTD”)

history

Audit trail for modifications to the original data

license

SPDX-ID

references

Comma-separated list of URL/DOI to extended information
Published or web-based references that describe the data or methods used to produce it.

keywords

Comma-separated list of keywords

Undefined attributes should not be set.

For additional metadata we encourage to follow CF and ACDD conventions

Valid project values#

  • ORCESTRA

  • BOW-TIE

  • CELLO

  • CLARINET

  • MAESTRO

  • PERCUSION

  • PICCOLO

  • SCORE

  • STRINQS

Valid platform values#

  • EarthCARE

  • HALO

  • ATR-42

  • INCAS KingAir

  • BCO

  • CVAO

  • RV METEOR

  • INMG

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