Overview metadata

Overview Metadata

• The Overview metadata gives a high-level overview of the DAS deployment and describes the geographic location of the installation, dates of the project, and information on the data provider.

• Required fields (mark with an asterisk, and indicated in the tables below) network_code* | location* | country* | principal_investigator_name* | principal_investigator_email* | principal_investigator_address* | point_of_contact* | point_of_contact_email* | point_of_contact_address* | start_date* | end_date*

• Optional fields funding_agency | project_number | digital_object_identifier | purpose_of_data_collection | comment

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network_code

attributeID	network_code Required
Description	Unique network name for the installation with a maximum of 8 alphanumeric characters with no special characters (e.g., underscores, period, dash).
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Alphanumeric
Units or options	--
Example	NVPORO

location

attributeID	location Required
Description	Name of the geographic location of the installation.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	Brady's Hot Springs, Nevada

country

attributeID	country Required
Description	Country where the installation is located. Use ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 three-letter country code.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	USA

principal_investigator_name

attributeID	principal_investigator_name Required
Description	Name of principal investigator for the installation.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	USA

principal_investigator_email

attributeID	principal_investigator_email Required
Description	Email address of principal investigator.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Email address
Units or options	--
Example	--

principal_investigator_address

attributeID	principal_investigator_address Required
Description	Physical address and institution of principal investigator.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	University of Wisconsin

point_of_contact

attributeID	point_of_contact Required
Description	Point of contact for the metadata.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	--

point_of_contact_email

attributeID	point_of_contact_email Required
Description	Email address of point of contact.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Email address
Units or options	--
Example	--

point_of_contact_address

attributeID	point_of_contact_address Required
Description	Physical address and institution of point of contact.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	University of Wisconsin

start_date

attributeID	start_date Required
Description	Start date of data collection at the installation in UTC.
Required	True
Type	String
Style	ISO formatted date
Units or options	--
Example	2016-03-11

end_date

attributeID	end_date Required
Description	End date of data collection at the installation in UTC. If installation is still in operation, use a future date (e.g. 2999-01-01).
Required	True
Type	String
Style	ISO formatted date
Units or options	--
Example	2016-03-26

funding_agency

attributeID	funding_agency Optional
Description	Name(s) of agency that funded the experiment.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	U.S. DOE Geothermal Technology Office

project_number

attributeID	project_number Optional
Description	Funding project number. Should be supplied if a number has been assigned by funding agency(s).
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	DOE CN: EE0006760

digital_object_identifier

attributeID	digital_object_identifier Optional
Description	Digital Object Identifier that uniquely identifies the metadata, this identifier may only become available following archiving.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	URL
Units or options	--
Example	https://doi.org/10.15121/1778858

purpose_of_data_collection

attributeID	purpose_of_data_collection Optional
Description	Brief explanation of the purpose of experiment.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	Monitor geothermal field

comment

attributeID	comment Optional
Description	Additional comments.
Required	False
Type	String
Style	Free form text
Units or options	--
Example	--