Example of a Metadata Record in "Skinny" Directory Interchange Format (DIF)
 
Entry_ID: ASAC_2372
Entry_Title: A comparative study on floral ecology between 
Malaysia and Antarctica
Group: Personnel
   Role: INVESTIGATOR
   Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
   Role: DIF AUTHOR
   First_Name: MASHHOR
   Last_Name: MANSOR
   Email: mashhor@usm.my
   Phone: 604-658 5081
   Fax: 60-4-6565125
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
      Address: UNIVERSITY SAINS MALAYSIA
      City: Gelugor
      Province_or_State: Penang
      Postal_Code: 11800
      Country: MALAYSIA
   End_Group
End_Group
Discipline: EARTH SCIENCE
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: BIOSPHERE
   Term: ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
   Variable: COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: BIOSPHERE
   Term: VEGETATION
   Variable: VEGETATION SPECIES
End_Group
ISO_Topic_Category: BIOTA
Keyword: ANTARCTICA
Keyword: ECOLOGY
Keyword: FLORA
Data_Set_Progress: PLANNED
Group: Spatial_Coverage
  Southernmost_Latitude: 90.0S
  Northernmost_Latitude: 62.83S
  Westernmost_Longitude: 180.0W
  Easternmost_Longitude: 180.0E
End_Group
Location: ANTARCTICA
Location: MALAYSIA
Data_Set_Language: ENGLISH
Group: Data_Center
  Data_Center_Name:AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
  Data_Center_URL: http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=3786
  Group: Personnel
    Role: DATA CENTER CONTACT
    First_Name: DATA OFFICER
    Last_Name: AADC
    Email: metadata@aad.gov.au
    Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
    Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
    Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Australian Antarctic Division
      Address: Channel Highway
      City: Kingston
      Province_or_State: Tasmania
      Postal_Code: 7050
      Country: Australia
     End_Group
   End_Group
End_Group
Group: Summary
   
  Preliminary Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2372
  
  See the link below for public details on this project.
   
   ---- Public Summary from Project ----
    
   This project aims to determine the physiological adaptations of 
   algae to the extreme conditions of Antarctica. The major aim is 
   to understand the effect of global changes such as temperature 
   and ultraviolet radiation increases arising from the Antarctic 
   ozone hole and to detect environmental changes in the Antarctic 
   due to human activities.
End_Group
Group: Related_URL
  URL: http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/public/...
  Group: Description
      
    Public information for ASAC project 2372
 
  End_Group
End_Group
IDN_Node: AMD/AU
IDN_Node: CEOS
Originating_Metadata_Node: GCMD
Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: Version 9.4
DIF_Creation_Date: 2003-05-26
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2005-02-07

 

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This document should be cited as:
Directory Interchange Format (DIF) Writer's Guide, 2008.
Global Change Master Directory. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [http://gcmd.nasa.gov/User/difguide/].