DIF to ISO Mapping

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	DIF to ISO Mapping

NAMES OF DIF FIELDS	number	LONG NAMES OF ISO FIELDS	DEFINITION	DOMAIN	COMMENTS
NOTE: required fields in bold

		MD_Metadata

Entry_ID	2	fileIdentifier	Unique identifier for this metadata file	Free Text
*no DIF field-can go in summary	3	language	Language used for documenting metadata	LanguageCode = ISO 639	These fields can be mapped
*no DIF field-can go in summary	4	characterSet	Full name of the character coding standard	CharacterSetCode = ISO 10646-2	automatically by software tools.

Parent DIF	5	parentIdentifier	Unique identifier of the parent metadata	Free Text
	322	super	Aggregate dataset that is a superset	DS_Aggregate

*no DIF field-can go in summary	6	hierarchyLevel	Scope to which the metadata applies	MD_MetadataScope = "dataset"
*no DIF field-can go in summary	7	hierarchyLevelname	Name of the hierarchy level	Free Text

Group:Personnel (DIF Author)	8	contact (optional)	Party responsible for the metadata	CI_ResponsibleParty
	283	CI_Responsible Party	ID of and means of commun with persons	Class
			associated with the dataset.
	284	mandatoryPartyInfo	Individual, organization or position that is	Class
			knowledgeable about the dataset.
First, Middle_ and Last _Names	285	individualName	Name of the responsible person, surname	Free Text
	286	organisationName	Name of the responsible organization	Free Text
Role	287	positionName	Role or position of the responsible person	Free Text	*ISO has position and function fields -
Role	288	responsibility	Function performed by the responsible party	CI_ResponsibilityCode	Both appear to be mandatory
				contentProvider,custodian/steward	See B.17.3 of ISO 19115.3
				owner, user, distributor, etc.
	289	contactInfo (optional)	Address of the responsible party	Class
Address	290	CI_Address	Location of the responsible individual or org.
""	291	deliveryPoint	Address line for the physical address
""	292	city	City of the physical address
""	293	administrativeArea	State, province of the physical address
""	294	postalCode	ZIP or other postal code
	295	country	Country of the Physical address
Email	296	electronicMailAddress	Address of the electronic mailbox of the resp
	297	CI_Contact	Information required enabling contact with the	Class
Phone	300	phone	Telephone numbers for the organization/ind		Looks like ISO does not differentiate
Fax			Telephone numbers for the organization/ind		between Phone and Fax (like our old..)

DIF Creation Date	9	date	Date that the metadata were created	ISO 19108
Last DIF Revision Date					These 3 don't appear to be in ISO.
DIF Revision History
Future DIF Review Date

NAMES OF		LONG NAMES OF
DIF FIELDS	number	ISO FIELDS	DEFINITION	DOMAIN	COMMENTS
required in bold		required in bold

	18	distInfo	Provides info about the distributor and	MD_Distribution (class)
			options for obtaining the dataset
Group: Data Center	182	MD_Distribution	Information about the distributor and options
Data_Center_Name	193	distributorContact	Party from whom the dataset may be obtained	CI_responsibleParty<<Data Type>>
Data_Center_URL	189	onLine	Information about online sources	CI_OlineResource<<Data Type>>
Data_Set_ID					not in ISO?
	184	distributor	Provides information about distributor	MD_distributor
Group: Personnel	193	distributorContact	Party from whom the dataset may be obtained	CI_responsibleParty<<Data Type>>
Data_Center_Contact

Quality	19	dataQualInfo	Provides overall assessment of quality of da	to FGDC
Project					not in ISO

		MD_Identification

Data Set Language	30	language	Languages used within the dataset	LanguageCode = ISO 639)
*no DIF field-can go in summary	31	characterSet	Full name of the character coding standard	C/ISO 10646-2 not used	Such as Cyrillic, etc?
Summary	32	abstract	Brief narrative summary of the content	Free Text

"" ""	33	purpose	Summary of the intentions with which ds	Free Text
			was developped
"" ""	34	supplementalInformatio	Other descriptive info about dataset	Free Text
			Example: Data Model
	35	credit	Recognition of those who contributed to ds.	Free Text

Data Set Progress	36	status	Status of Data Set	MD_ProgressCode <<Code List>>	B.17.14
				completed, historicalArchive, obsolete,	We may want to add some of these.
				onGoing, planned, required, inWork
Group: Spatial Coverage	38	geographicBox	Geographic Areal Domain of the dataset	EX_GeographicBoundingBox	Class
	250	EX_GeographicBoundingBox	Geographic area of the entire dataset		Class
			referenced to WGS 84
Westernmost_Longitude:	251	WestBoundLongitude	Western-most coordinate of the limit ^?	"-180 <= West Bounding ' Latitude'	Only required once you
Easternmost_Longitude:	252	eastBoundLongitude	Eastern-most coordinate of the limit ^?	"-190 <= East Bounding ' Latitude'	start filling in the limits.
Southernmost_Latitude:	253	southBoundLatitude	Southern-most coordinate of the limit	"-90 <= South Bounding ' Latitude'	Some biological datasets
Northernmost_Latitude:	254	northBoundLatitude	Northern-most coordinate of the limit	"-90 <= North Bounding ' Latitude'	don't have any spatial info.
Location	39	geographicDescription	Documented in ISO19112 - Location	SI_LocationInstance	38 and/or 39 required
		SI_LocationInstance
		geographicIdentifier
		spatialResolution (optional)
	256	elements	by identifier

		LONG NAMES OF
DIF FIELDS	number	ISO FIELDS	DEFINITION	DOMAIN	COMMENTS
required in bold		required in bold

Discipline					not in ISO, could use for #41
Parameters	41	category	Keywords describing dataset	MD_category	Look over B17.7 codelist

	42	datasetCitation	Recommended reference to be used	CI_Citation	class
Group: Data Set Citation	265	CI_Citation	Standardized resource reference	CI_Citation	class
Originator	278	citedResponsibleParty	Name and position info for an individual	CI_ResponsibleParty <<Data Type>>
Entry_Title					not repeated in ISO
Title	266	Title	Name by which the cited info is known	Free Text
Publication	278?	citedResponsibleParty	Name and position info for an individual	CI_ResponsibleParty <<Data Type>>	not in ISO
Issue_Identification	276	issueIdentification	Issue of the series publication
Publication_Date	268	date	Reference date for the cited information	ISO 19108
Publication_Place					not in ISO
Publisher					not in ISO
Edition	270	edition	Version of the dataset	Free Text
Data Presentation Form	274	presentationForm	Mode in which the data is represented	CI_PresentationFormCode	B.17.2
URL	302	onlineResourc	Online information that can be used	CI_OnlineResource <<Data Type>>

	43	datasetExtent (optional)	Additional information about the bounding,	EX_Extent (Class)
			polygon, vertical and temporal extent
	260	EX_VerticalExtent	Vertical domain of dataset	Class
Minimum_Altitude/Depth	261	Minimum Value	Lowest vertical extent contained in dataset.
Maximum_Altitude/Depth	262	Maximum Value	Highest vertical extent contained in dataset
			Vertical units used for vertical extent info	UomLength = metres, feet, millimetres
			polygon, vertical, and temporal extent
Group: Data Resolution	40	spatialResolution	Provides info about spatial resolution	Free Text	Data Resolution may map to #40 &
Group: Data Resolution					#263.
Latitude	263	unitOfMeasure	Vertical units used for vertical extent		ISO doesn't appear to differentiate
Longitude	263	unitOfMeasure	information		between Altitude and Depth
Altitude	263	unitOfMeasure	Vertical units used for vertical extent
Depth	263	unitOfMeasure	information
Temporal
Group: Temporal Coverage	257	EX_TemporalExtent	Time Period covered by the content
Start_Date	258	extent	Date and Time for content of dataset	TM_Primitive (ISO 19108)
Stop_Date	258	extent	Date and Time for content of dataset	TM_Primitive (ISO 19108)
Paleo Temporal Coverage			not in ISO		This is in the biological extension




NAMES OF		LONG NAMES OF
DIF FIELDS	number	ISO FIELDS	DEFINITION	DOMAIN	COMMENTS
required in bold		required in bold

Personnel (Technical Contact)	44	datasetPointofContact	Point of Contact	CI_Responsible Party <<Data Type>>
	283	CI_Responsible Party	ID of and means of commun with persons	Class
			associated with the dataset.
	284	mandatoryPartyInfo	Individual, organization or position that is	Class
			knowledgeable about the dataset.
First, Middle_ and Last _Names	285	individualName	Name of the responsible person, surname
	286	organisationName	Name of the responsible organization
*not in DIF	287	positionName	Role or position of the responsible person
Role	288	responsibility	Function performed by the responsible party
	289	contactInfo optional)	Address of the responsible party	Class
Address	290	CI_Address	Location of the responsible individual or org.
	291	deliveryPoint	Address line for the physical address
	292	city	City of the physical address
	293	administrativeArea	State, province of the physical address
	294	postalCode	ZIP or other postal code
	295	country	Country of the Physical address
Email	296	electronicMailAddress	Address of the electronic mailbox of the resp
	297	CI_Contact	Information required enabling contact with the
Phone	300	phone	Telephone numbers for the org/ind
Fax

Group: Multimedia Sample	55	MD_BrowseGraphic	Graphic that provides an illustration
File	56	fileName	Name of the file that contains a graphic	Free Text
URL	""	"" ""	"" ""	"" ""
Format	58	fileType	Graphic file type of a related graphic file	Free Text
Caption					no separate caption in ISO
Description	57	fileDescription	Text description of the illustration	Free Text

Keyword	60	keyword	Common-use word(s) or phrase(s) used	Free Text
Keyword (no exact DIF field	61	type	Method used to group similar keywords	MD_Keyword Type <<Code List>>	B.17.11
Access Constraints	71	accessConstraints	Access constraints applied to assure priv	MD_restrictions (list of valids)	B.17.16
Use Constraints	72	useConstraints	Use constraints to assure privacy,	MD_restrictions (list of valids)	B.17.16
			intellectual property







NAMES OF		LONG NAMES OF
DIF FIELDS	number	ISO FIELDS	DEFINITION	DOMAIN	COMMENTS
required in bold		required in bold

Group: Distribution	186	MD_DigitalTransferOptions	Means and media by which dataset is obtained
Distribution_Media	203	name	Name of the media on which the dataset	Free Text
			can be received
Distribution_Size	188	transferSize	Estimated size of the transferred dataset	> 0.0
	47	datasetFormat	Description of form of the dataset	MD_format
Distribution_Format	194	distributorFormat	Provides informatin about the Format in	MD_Format
			which the dataset may be obtained
	196?		name of the data transfer format	Free Text
	201	distributorFormat	Provides information about the distri format	MD_distributor
Fees	210	fees	Fees and terms for retrieving the dataset	Free Text

Group: Related URL	307	Cl_OnlineResource	Information about online sources
URL_Content_Type	309	functCode	Function performed by the resource	Cl_Online Function <<CodeList>>
URL	308	linkage	Method, source or location for online access	URL (IETF RFC1738 IETF RFC 2056)
Description	313	description	Description of what the resource is/does	Free Text

Source Name	329	DS_Platform	Vehicle/other support base holding sensor	Specified Class (DS_series)
Sensor Name	331	DS_Sensor	Device or piece of equipment which	Specified Class (DS_series)
			detects and records information
Originating Center					not in ISO
Reference	265	DataSet Citation			not in ISO

IDN Node					not in ISO

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