[Esip-documentation] WDS keyword in NASA/GCMD question

Tue Sep 1 09:42:02 EDT 2015

Good morning,

I’ve added the new Project Keyword to the GCMD database and it is good to go for use in the metadata. If your discussions prompt any other keyword-related changes or additions that may be needed, please just let us know and we’ll get those captured.

Thanks,
Ellen

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From: Mustapha Mokrane <mustapha.mokrane at icsu-wds.org<mailto:mustapha.mokrane at icsu-wds.org>>
Date: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 10:17 PM
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Subject: Re: WDS keyword in NASA/GCMD question

Dear Anna,

Thank you very much for your email and sorry for the delayed reply. I am still working my way through the pile of emails received during my summer break and I just caught up this one.

Your suggestion to create a new keyword for ICSU-WDS in the GCMD projects keywords seems extremely sensible. Please go ahead and let me know if there is something we can do on our side to help.

I am wondering also how we can ensure consistency in using this new metadata keyword for datasets associated with ICSU-WDS across the 4 WDS Members hosted in NOAA data centres (now under NCEI). For this purpose I am copying Ken and Howard (WDS Oceanography), Eugene (WDS Palaeoclimatology), Howard (WDC Meteorology Asheville) to initiate a dialogue and seek their advice.

With best regards.
Mustapha
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On 8 August 2015 at 08:25, Anna Milan - NOAA Federal <anna.milan at noaa.gov<mailto:anna.milan at noaa.gov>> wrote:
Hi Mustapha,
I'm trying to properly document WDS in our metadata records and would like to get feedback/support on adding a keyword to the projects keyword list. The current keywords in GCMD are no longer applicable due to the change in 2009(?) from WDC to WDS and other organizational changes in NOAA.
This is an example of the (now inapplicable) keywords that we used to use from the Data Center Keyword list:

WDC/GEOPHYSICS, BOULDER > World Data Center for Geophysics, Boulder

I propose adding this to the project keywords<http://gcmdservices.gsfc.nasa.gov/static/kms/projects/projects.csv> list in GCMD and then using this in all our metadata that is associated with WDS.

ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System

Thanks in advance for your response. I realize it's just one keyword, but it means a lot to us metadata folk who care about representing our datasets accurately. 

Cheers,
Anna
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