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eml-protocol
The EML Protocol Module is used to describe methods and identify the proccesses that have been
used to define / improve the quality of a data file, also used to
identify potential problems with the data file.
EML Protocol
A field that contains method, processing, and quality control
information.
eml-protocol is a field that contains method, processing, and quality control
information. It may consist of paragraphs of descriptive text that
describes the methods to be employed, or optionally references to
literature citations that do the same. Likewise, descriptions of pre
and post processing of data files may be described within.
Please see the examples for the sub-fields.
Derived from EML 1.4: eml-status, and eml-quality modules.
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.
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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?
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New to EML 2.0.
ProtocolType
A reusable container for protocol-related information
The ProtocolType container defines a number of reusable fields that
can be referenced from multiple EMl modules.
Please see the examples for the sub-fields.
Introduced in EML 2.0
method information
Information about the methods employed in collecting or generating
a data set or other resource.
The method field allows for repeated paragraphs of text that
describe the methodology for a project, experiment, or particular
data table. Likewise, a literature citation may be provided that
describes the methodology that employed.
Derived from EML 1.4
Processing Step
Information on pre or post processing actions for a data set.
Step defines the quality control or quality assurance procedures
that were applied to the corresponding data file. For example,
a shell-script that 'greps' for an alpha-character within a
datafile that is supposed to contain only numeric characters
For example, a shell-script that 'greps' for an alpha-character
within a datafile that is supposed to contain only numeric
characters.
Introduced in EML 2.0
Quality Control
Information on possible errors or on the quality of a data set.
The qualityControl field provides a location for the description
of possible errors in a data set, or a description of the quality
of the data set based on the the processing steps or methods
employed in collecting the data.
Introduced in EML 2.0
Protocol Information
A container for methods and protocol-related information
The protocol field provides a container for other related fields
such as methods, processingStep, and qualityControl.
Please see the examples for the sub-fields.
Introduced in EML 2.0
Paragraph
A field for text paragraphs
The paragraph field is used as a generic field for text. It allows
the text to be divided into distinct paragraphs within an EML file.
Any text, really, could be part of a single paragraph element...
Derived from EML 1.3