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lter-project
The lter-project module - Research context for resources
This module is based on the eml-project module. It was developed in response to a
need to describe a context for research projects and their management. The definition of a
"project" is not constrained. It may
include scientific research investigations or student-led thesis projects, working
groups of limited scope, or cyberinfrastructure coding projects. It is intended to
house information on how a project was created, including descriptions of
motivations and goals, funding, personnel, and description of the study area or study design.
This module also has descriptors for associated resources and projects, and for material
intended for (or derived from) reports, and related to project management issues such as
approval or permission.
Unlike the eml-project module included with EML 2, documents written against this
schema are standalone documents; the lter:researchProject element is a top level element.
This module includes the
"resource group" which includes basic elements for title, abstract, responsible
parties, coverage, keywords, etc, as do other top-level EML resources.
Since it is derived from the EML-2.1.0 family of schemas, most namespaces were left
unchanged. If an imported schema was edited to provide functionality for the lter-project
schema, its namespace was updated to include the term 'lter-' to distinguish it
from the namespaces used by EML.
Use lter-project to describe a research project or to provide a
containing context for resources.
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lter-project.xsd
eml-access.xsd
eml-coverage.xsd
eml-literature.xsd
eml-party.xsd
eml-physical.xsd
eml-resource.xsd
eml-text.xsd
eml-unitTypeDefinitions.xsd
research project
The root element of this module.
researchProject is the root element of a project document.
The form of a project's description is defined by the ResearchProjectType;
see that Type's definition for more
information.
Research project Type
Description of a research context
The researchProject complex type describes the XML structure to document
the research context. It can include research goals, motivations, theory, hypotheses,
etc., as well as a description of research efforts that form the basis for other
work.
Funding
Funding information.
The funding field is used to provide information about funding sources
for the project such as: grant and contract numbers; names and addresses of funding
sources. Other funding-related information may also be included.
Description of the study area.
Description of the physical area associated with the research project,
which might include climate, geology, distrubances, etc, or a coverage node.
The studyAreaDescription field describes the physical area associated
with the research project. It can include descriptions of the geographic, temporal,
and taxonomic coverage of the research location. It may also include a description
of domains (or themes) of interest such as climate, geology, soils or distrubances,
and it may reference a citable
biological or geophysical classification systems such as the Bailey Ecoregions or the
Holdridge Life Zones.
Non-coverage characteristics of the study area
Description of non-coverage characteristics of the study area such as
climate, geology, disturbances
The descriptor field is used to document the domain (or theme) of
interest such as climate, geology, soils or disturbances. It may reference a
citable biological or geophysical classification systems such as the Bailey
Ecoregions or the Holdridge Life Zones. The descriptor element's attributes
specify the descriptor's name, and whether or not it is citable.
Description of some aspect of the study area.
Description of some aspect of the study area.
The descriptorValue field contains the value of a
descriptor, describing some aspect of the study area. The descriptorValue
may be either a
general description in textual form, or may be the value part of
a "name/value"
pair where the name is entered in the attribute "name_or_id"
on the parent element (<descriptor>). For example,
if the value of the "name" attribute of the element "descriptor" is
"climate", and the value of the attribute "name_or_id" of the element
"descriptorValue" is "Annual Precipitation" then the value of this element
could be "12.5 inches".
<descriptor name_or_id="Annual Precipitation" citableClassificationSystem="false">
12.5 inches
</descriptor;>
<descriptor name_or_id="Bailey Ecoregion" citableClassificationSystem="true">
124 arctic tundra
</descriptor;>
The name or ID of a descriptor value.
The name part of a name/value pair of a descriptor; or
ID portion of a classification, if applicable.
The name_or_id field is the name part of a
name/value pair of a descriptor; or ID portion of a
classification, if applicable. The values of biogeophysical
classification systems, e.g. Bailey-Ecoregions, often take the
form of an ID or Code along with a text representaiton. For
example, the ID/Code M131 refers to the phrase "Open Woodland
-Tundra". M131 is an unambiguous reference to a more detailed
description. If one is using a published classification system
then a corresponding citation to the source is recommended, e.g.,
Bailey,R.G., 1996 "Ecosystem Geography".
M131
Average Annual Rainfall
citation
A citation for this descriptor.
A citation for this desciptor.
name
The name of the descriptor system.
The name of the descriptor system. The name can be either a
theme such as climate or hydrology, or the name of a citable classification
system.
citation classification system
This boolean attribute defines whether this descriptor comes from
a citable classification system or not.
This boolean attribute defines whether this descriptor comes
from a citable classification system or not.
true
false
citation
The citation for this descriptor.
The citation for this descriptor.
coverage
The coverage of this descriptor.
The coverage of this descriptor. See the type description
for the more documentation.
Associated Material
Associated material, file or document belonging to the
project
associatedMaterial should be used to record other files,
documents or resources that may belong with this project. These include
but are not limted to: proposals, protocols, datasets, imagery,
citations, or other databases. The element also has optional attributes
to describe features of the material, such as the type, date (e.g., of
publication), system and level of importance. See the Type attributes
for more information.
Description of research design
Description of the design of the research project
The field designDescription contains general textual descriptions of
research design. It can include detailed accounts of goals, motivations, theory,
hypotheses, strategy, statistical design, and actual work. Literature citations may
also be used to describe the research design.
Description of research design
Textual description of research design.
The field designDescription contains general textual descriptions
of research design. It can include detailed accounts of goals, motivations,
theory, hypotheses, strategy, statistical design, and actual
work.
Citation for research design
Citation that describes the research design.
The citation field is a citation to literature that describes
elements of the research design, such as goals, motivations, theory, hypotheses,
strategy, statistical design, and actual work.
reporting
reporting.
put the reporting stuff here. see the type for more info
Associated Material
Associated material, file or document belonging to the
project
associatedMaterial should be used to record other files,
documents or resources that may belong with this project. These include
but are not limted to: proposals, protocols, datasets, imagery,
citations, or other databases. The element also has optional attributes
to describe features of the material, such as the type, date (e.g., of
publication), system and level of importance. See the Type attributes
for more information.
associated project
This field is for a reference to another project
This field contains a reference to another project. Use the
relationship attribute to specify the relationship that the referenced project has to
the current project.
Descriptor Theme Type
The type of descriptor theme or the name of a classification
system.
The descriptorType is used to represent either the name of a citable
classification system/controlled vocabulary such as the Bailey classification of
ecoregions or a domain of physical descriptors such as climate or
disturbances.
climate
soils
hydrology
"bailey"
biome
disturbance
geology
Associated Material Category Type
The type of material associated with this project
The type of material associated with this project. Several
pre-defined categories have been included, and authors should use these when
applicable to facilate search by applications expecting them. Authors may
choose other content if the pre-defined strings are not appropriate.
dataset
image
publication
Reporting Type
Reporting Type.
The reportingType is used for containing report material for the
project.
Report Section
Report Section
The report Section is used to contain elements that may be used to
create a report. It may be repeated as necessary.
Report Section Title
Report Section title
The report Section Title is used to name a topic required by a
report in this project.
Activities
Report Section Value
Report Section Value.
The report section Value contains text for the report
section
Associated Material
Associated material, file or document belonging to the
project
associatedMaterial should be used to record other files,
documents or resources that may belong with this project. These include
but are not limted to: proposals, protocols, datasets, imagery,
citations, or other databases. The element also has optional attributes
to describe features of the material, such as the type, date (e.g., of
publication), system and level of importance. See the Type attributes
for more information.
Report recipient
Report recipient.
The recipient who will receive this report.
NSF
Report date
Report date.
The date of the report.
2008
Assiated project Type
Associated project Type
A project that is associated with this project. This type was developed as
an alternative to the nested "relatedProject"s in EML. The relationship attribute reflects
the relationship of the associated project to the project being described.
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER Project
Associated Project ID
The ID of another project, associated with this
project
The Id of the material in some system. See the Type for more information.
knb-lter-sbc.1.1
Associated Project System
Associated Project System
The system of the project identified by the id attribute. See the Type for more information.
lter
Associated Project Scope
Associated Project Scope
The scope in which the id is to be used. See the Type for more information.
system
relationship
relationship
The relationship of the associatedProject to the project being
described. To simplify connections between projects, the
content of this attribute is fixed to "parent".
parent
Associated Material
Associated material, file or document belonging to the project
This field is intended to be used as necessary to record other files, documents
or resources that may belong with this project. These include but are not limted ]
to: proposals, protocols, datasets, imagery, citations, or other databases.
It contains an instance of EML's physicalDistributionType. This type includes
an access tree for controlling access to resources. Assume that access is open
unless otherwise stated. The element has optional attributes
to describe features of the material, such as the type, date (e.g., of
publication), system and level of importance. See the individual attributes for
more information on their use.
Associated Material ID
The ID of the Associated material, associated with this
project
The Id of the material in some system. See the Type for more
information.
knb-lter-sbc.1.1
Associated Material System
Associated Material System
The system of the material identified by the id attribute. See the Type for more information.
knb-lter-sbc.1.1
Associated Material Scope
Associated Material Scope
The scope in which the id is to be used. See the Type for more information.
knb-lter-sbc.1.1
Associated Material category
The category of the material to be associated with this node.
The category or kind of the material. The Type is a represented
by a union of an enumerated list of commonly used names of resources.
Other strings are also allowed.
dataset
image
publication
date
The date of the Associated material
The date of the material. Nothing is implied
about how the date should be used.
2008
weight
weight
A project may have many associated resources, and these may have various
levels of importance. This attribute allows managers to specify a weight for
the associated material Applications should allow low-value weights to "float"
up to indicate higher importance.
0
1
Approval Type
Approval Type
The approvalType is used for containing report material for the
project.
Report Section
Report Section
The report Section is used to contain elements that may be used to
create a report. It may be repeated as necessary.
Report Section Title
Report Section title
The report Section Title is used to name a topic required by a
report in this project.
Activities
Report Section Value
Report Section Value.
The report section Value contains text for the report
section
associatedMaterial
Associated Material
See the type for the full description
Report recipient
Report recipient.
The recipient who will receive this report.
NSF
Report date
Report date.
The date of the report.
2008