Metadata

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DMF/Core

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDDLOC">MDDLOC</a>

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Metadata Default Locale
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This is the locale in which the metadata elements are primarily expressed.

Constraints:

• MDDLOC.identifier is never set.

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<a href="#type_Locale">Locale</a>

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DMF/Core

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDLCST">MDLCST</a>

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Metadata Legal Constraint
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This element provides a means to express a set of legal constraints applicable to the metadata.

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<a href="#type_Legal Constraint">Legal Constraint</a>

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DMF/Common

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDLINK">MDLINK</a>

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Metadata Linkage
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This element refers to the online location where the metadata is available.

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<a href="#type_URL">URL</a>

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DMF/Specific

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDMFRQ">MDMFRQ</a>

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Metadata Maintenance Frequency
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This element provides information on the frequency with which changes and additions are made to the metadata after the initial metadata is completed.

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<a href="#type_Frequency Codelist">Frequency Codelist</a>

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DMF/Common

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDPTMD">MDPTMD</a>

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Parent Metadata Set
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This refers to the metadata set of a resource to which this resource is a subset (child). Typically, the parent metadata set of a dataset metadata set is the metadata set of the corresponding dataset series.

Constraints:

• This element is not applicable to services.
• It is mandatory if an upper-level hierarchy exists, typically if a dataset pertains to a dataset series.

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<a href="#type_Parent Metadata Reference">Parent Metadata Reference</a>

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DMF/Common

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDREL">MDREL</a>

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Metadata Releasability Addressee
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This element establishes a body to which the metadata can be released.

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<a href="#type_NATO Releasability Codelist">NATO Releasability Codelist</a>, <a href="#type_NATO Body Codelist">NATO Body Codelist</a> or <a href="#type_String">String</a>
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In a NATO context, the String value is expected to be a 3-character country codes from STANAG 1059 when available.

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DMF/Defence

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDRPTY">MDRPTY</a>

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Metadata Responsible Party
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Information about the party responsible for the metadata.

The party.role is usually defaulted to pointOfContact.

The party.orgName can be defaulted to "To be determined" but it is strongly recommended that each organization set up its own default values.

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<a href="#type_Responsible Party">Responsible Party</a>

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DMF/Core

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDSCST">MDSCST</a>

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Metadata Security Constraint
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This element provides a means to express a set of security constraints applicable to the metadata.

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<a href="#type_Security Constraint">Security Constraint</a>

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DMF/Common

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDSID">MDSID</a>

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Metadata Set Identifier
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This is a value uniquely identifying the original and published versions of the metadata set.

Constraints:

• Mandatory when used in a catalogue. In this case, it should be the value which enables the user to access a metadata set by its identifier. It is usually generated automatically by the catalogue system.

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<a href="#type_String">String</a>
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It is strongly recommended to provide a unique identifier (e.g. UUID or URI) or a locator (e.g. URL). The value shall be the identifier of an existing metadata set.

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DMF/Core

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDSTD">MDSTD</a>

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Metadata Standard
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This is a citation of the metadata standard to which the metadata set conforms.

Constraints:

• The values for MDSTD shall be MDSTD.title='urn:dgiwg:metadata:dmf:2.0:profile:all' and MDSTD.version='2.0' for the 'all' profile, MDSTD.title='urn:dgiwg:metadata:dmf:2.0:profile:core' and MDSTD.version='2.0' for the 'core' profile, or the values of one of the registered DMF Profiles: (MDSTD.title='urn:dgiwg:metadata:dmf:2.0:profile:<ProfileName>' and MDSTD.version='<ProfileVersion>').
• Note: For backward compatibility use MDSTD.title='STANAG 2586' and MDSTD.version='Edition 1' for STANAG 2586.

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<a href="#type_Citation">Citation</a>

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DMF/Core

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<a name="elt_Metadata_MDTLOC">MDTLOC</a>

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Metadata Translation
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This defines the locale in which some metadata elements may be translated

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<a href="#type_Locale">Locale</a>

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DMF/Common

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Identifier	Title / Description	Value Domain	Card	Metadata Class
MDDATE	Metadata Date Stamp more The date which specifies when the metadata record was created or updated.	Date or <a href="#type_DateTime">DateTime</a> Default value is the date of the current day. </div>