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This discussion is very timely. I have been tasked in our upcoming Program Increment (PI) to compile a list of data formats and put them forward for an ESO review. This will give the DAACs and others users to provide additional input. I am going to be looking
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Are you all already talking to some of the DAACs about this? I don't want to duplicate efforts here, but rather coordinate them. </div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [esip-semantictech] NASA GCMD Keywords Version 9.0 Released (2019-11-12)</font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I agree, it would be good to have the DAACs compile their list of formats. Ideally, there would be a shared spreadsheet, where each DAAC would check against what was already there, to avoid have the same format
called different things.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I've taken the GCMD list and assigned encodings to all that I could identify. The categories are ASCII, Binary, Image, Library (i.e. associated with a software library like HDF), and Proprietary (which is somewhat
of a mixed bag, could be ASCII or Binary, open or closed).</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The spreadsheet is here: <a class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_spreadsheets_d_1Lt7hl-2D-5FNKbp37FZkQ870b9c9LhlS39ZMq1N-2DUZdPUp8_edit-3Fusp-3Dsharing&d=DwMD-g&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=ClhE-fOXVws9KIK2m9XESFX-807X65oCtO3rphfxx2E&m=xcSlh_W-AUb3kYKMHNoIRB28B29Cfh63qt6y43A-Q6Y&s=QaiYzqCbDPCVilD-lUozx6KSJlLhK5-w4XZ9WwgiWIw&e=">
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lt7hl-_NKbp37FZkQ870b9c9LhlS39ZMq1N-UZdPUp8/edit?usp=sharing</a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Feedback, corrections, additions welcome. I'll give edit permission as requested.
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Cheers,</p>
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<div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">On 1/11/20 12:04 AM, John Scialdone wrote:<br>
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We've been kicking around the the Data Format Controlled Vocabulary list as well. We had a call with Valerie, Tyler and Scott recently about inconsistencies in this list. One of the goals of this list (from ARC team review of our metadata) was to help users
understand the software needed to read/use the data. We suggested to add a field to this structure whereby values such as "ESRI", "Microsoft", "QGIS", "Adobe", "Google" etc. could be associated with a format. I think it would be a good exercise for all the
DAACs to generate a list of formats they use and associated s/w, then bring them together over some telecons, face to face meetings, and thru tracking this effort via the Earthdata wiki, to eventually help generate a more well-thought-out list.<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I'm curious whether the ESIP semantic community has any opinions on these two controlled vocabularies.
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">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?</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">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.
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Many formats are subtypes of other formats listed. Wouldn't a better approach be to list the
<i>encodings</i> (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>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">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></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">The
</span><a href="https://gcmdservices.gsfc.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/MeasurementName/?format=csv"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">Measurement Name</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">
list is a preliminary set of (~100) keywords that represent an observable property, usually geophysical, geo-biophysical, physical, or chemical. The
</span><a href="https://gcmdservices.gsfc.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/GranuleDataFormat/?format=csv"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">Granule Data Format</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">
list of keywords represent the format of the data that is distributed by the data center. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">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"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">Common Metadata Repository</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">.</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">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"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">Keyword Landing Page.</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400"> Questions about the keywords can
be submitted to </span><a href="mailto:support@earthdata.nasa.gov"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400; text-decoration:underline">support@earthdata.nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; font-weight:400">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-weight:400">or directed to Valerie Dixon at
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