[Esip-documentation] ACDD 1.3 issue: role attributes (creator, publisher, contributor, project, institution)

[John Graybeal via Esip-documentation]

This issue for ACDD 1.3 covers the category of role attributes (creator, publisher, contributor, project, institution). A few of the major attributes have to be pinned down, then there are some minor issues.

We settled on approaches for creator_name, creator_email, creator_url, creator_type, institution, and project; definitions are complete, pending review.  (Note 'role' is also a creator_type.)  I modified publisher_* attributes and added publisher_type, following the same principals.  (Silence is consent...)

The new-to-1.3 term creator_institution is meaningful with the current definition ('institution of the user that originated this data…'), given that the institution attribute is NOT the creator's institution. But the name of this attribute is confusing. Is creators_institution better, or if not, what would be?

These attributes are also new: publisher_institution, publisher_project, creator_institution_info, creator_project_info. Are they useful enough to add?

Minor concerns:

There are several new attributes that end in _info; are these useful enough to add?

The text about white space in several definitions has been rewritten for clarity. Are these OK as written, or should that detail be moved to Attribute Content Guidance, or does it have another issue?




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