Dublin Core Element Set to GCMD DIF
The following is a mapping from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative's Element Set (1.1) to the GCMD Directory Interchange Format (DIF).
| Dublin Core Metadata | Standard DIF |
| Title | Entry_Title |
| Creator | Data_Set_Citation: Dataset_Creator |
| Personnel: Role: Investigator: Last_Name | |
| Personnel: Role: Investigator: First_Name | |
| Personnel: Role: Investigator: Middle_Name | |
| Subject and Keywords | Keyword |
| Parameters: Category | |
| Parameters: Topic | |
| Parameters: Term | |
| Parameters: Variable | |
| Parameters: Detailed_Variable | |
| Source_Name | |
| Sensor_Name | |
| Project | |
| Location | |
| Description | Summary |
| Publisher | Data_Set_Citation: Dataset_Publisher |
| Data_Center: Data_Center_Name | |
| Data_Center: Data_Center_URL | |
| Data_Center: Data Center Contact, Last_Name | |
| Data_Center: Data Center Contact, First_Name | |
| Data_Center: Data Center Contact, Middle_Name | |
| Contributor: | Personnel: Role: |
| Personnel: Last_Name | |
| Personnel: First_Name | |
| Personnel: Middle_Name | |
| Date | Data_Set_Citation: Dataset_Release_Date |
| Resource Type | Data_Set_Citation: Data_Presentation_Form |
| Format | Group: Distribution |
| Distribution_Media | |
| Distribution_Size | |
| Distribution_Format | |
| Fees | |
| Resource Identifier | Data Center: Data_Set_ID |
| Data_Set_Citation: Online_Resource | |
| Related_URL: URL_Content_Type | |
| Related_URL: URL | |
| Source | Related_URL: URL_Content_Type |
| Related_URL: URL | |
| Source_Name | |
| Language | Data_Set_Language |
| Relation | Parent_DIF |
| Data_Set_Citation: Online_Resource | |
| Related_URL: URL_Content_Type | |
| Related_URL: URL | |
| Reference | |
| Coverage | Location |
| Spatial_Coverage: Southernmost_Latitude Spatial_Coverage: Northernmost_Latitude Spatial_Coverage: Easternmost_Longitude Spatial_Coverage: Westernmost_Longitude Temporal_Coverage: Start_Date Temporal_Coverage: Stop_Date Paleo_Temporal_Coverage: Paleo_Start_Date Paleo_Temporal_Coverage: Paleo_Stop_Date Paleo_Temporal_Coverage: Chronostratigraphic_Unit |
|
| Rights Management | Use_Constraints |
| Access_Constraints |
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