<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 10, 2020, at 14:08, Siri Jodha Khalsa via esip-semanticweb <<a href="mailto:esip-semanticweb@lists.esipfed.org" class="">esip-semanticweb@lists.esipfed.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">I'm curious whether the ESIP semantic community has any opinions on these two controlled vocabularies.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">One question I have is why a measurement keyword list was necessary when GCMD already has the science keywords (a source for the original SWEET). i.e. why not integrate measurements (which are represented as variables in the science keywords) into the science keywords?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">the data format list is even more perplexing to me. "incidence angle file" is a format? Georeferenced TIFF in addition to GeoTIFF? DV? (digital value?) is a format? KML as well as OGC KML? ASCII and text (what about unicode?) DEM, if this refers to digital elevation models with a .DEM extension from USGS, are ASCII files.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">Many formats are subtypes of other formats listed. Wouldn't a better approach be to list the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">encodings</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(a much smaller list, which would tell users how to read the data with software) and then add the conventions that have been applied (e.g. CF for netCDF or GRIB for binary). For the encodings list, why not start with mime types?<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>+1 (encodings + conventions)</div><div><br class=""></div><div>James</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">sjs<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;">On 11/12/19 5:00 PM, Stevens, Tyler B. (GSFC-423.0)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies] via esip-semanticweb wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:SN4PR0901MB21917E6D4DA678B6806E09D9CF770@SN4PR0901MB2191.namprd09.prod.outlook.com" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class=""><b style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-right: 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">The NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) staff is pleased to announce the release of the GCMD keywords version 9.0. Version 9.0 consists of two new keyword schemes: (1) Measurement Name and (2) Granule Data Format. </span></div><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-right: 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://gcmdservices.gsfc.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/MeasurementName/?format=csv" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Measurement Name</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>list is a preliminary set of (~100) keywords that represent an observable property, usually geophysical, geo-biophysical, physical, or chemical. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://gcmdservices.gsfc.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/GranuleDataFormat/?format=csv" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Granule Data Format</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>list of keywords represent the format of the data that is distributed by the data center. </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 1.38; margin-right: 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">The keywords help facilitate the classification and discovery of Earth Science data by providing a rich vocabulary for characterizing the data. The GCMD keywords are used by hundreds of data providers worldwide for categorizing the ~33,000 records stored in the</span><a href="http://earthdata.nasa.gov/cmr" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Common Metadata Repository</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">.</span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">For more information about the keywords and how to access them, please visit the</span><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Keyword Landing Page.</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Questions about the keywords can be submitted to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:support@earthdata.nasa.gov" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;" class="">support@earthdata.nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">or directed to Valerie Dixon at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400;" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:valerie.dixon@nasa.gov">valerie.dixon@nasa.gov</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400;" class="">.</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
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