Data Center Text
 
Definition
A brief description of the data center, including the types of data offered.
 
Syntax 
Group: Data_Center_Text
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Specifications
  • Required field.
  • May be used only once.
  • Multiple lines of text are allowed, each line containing a maximum of 80 characters. Characters may be selected from the printable UTF-8 character set.
 
Recommendations
  • Should include background information on the data center as well as they types of data/services offered.
  • The total length could consist of approximately 30 lines.
  • Single space with blank lines separating paragraphs
  • Standard elements of style only
  • Capitalization should follow standard constructs. For readability, do not use all capital letters or all lower case letters, but use the appropriate case where applicable.
  • No right justification
  • Acronyms should be expanded to provide understanding.
  • May contain tabular information
  • Hyperlinked URLs may be imbedded in the text by surrounding them in single or double quotes:
    • "http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov"
 
Example 
Group: Data_Center_Text
    The Global Geophysical Fluids Center (GGFC) and the
    associated eight Special Bureaus (SB) have the responsibility
    of supporting, facilitating, and providing services to the
    worldwide research community, in areas related to the
    variations  in Earth rotation, gravity field and geocenter
    that are caused by mass transport in the global geophysical
    fluids. Mass transports in the geophysical fluids will cause
    the following geodynamic effects on a broad time scale: 
    (1) variations in the solid Earth's rotation (in 
    length-of-day/universal time and polar motion/nutation) via
    the conservation of angular momentum and effected by torques
    at the fluid-solid Earth interfaces; (2) changes in the
     gravity field according to Newton's gravitational
    law; (3) motion in the center of mass of the solid Earth
    relative to that of the whole Earth ("geocenter") via the
    conservation of linear momentum; and (4) mass loading effects
    normally manifested in surface deformations and movements.
       
    Website: "http://bowie.gsfc.nasa.gov/ggfc/"
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This document should be cited as:
Ancillary Description Writer's Guide, 2008.
Global Change Master Directory. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [http://gcmd.nasa.gov/User/suppguide/].