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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Analog Items metadata [combined .item files]


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InfoBank Terms:	Activity ID activity overview crew formal metadata lines metadata NGDC port stops project/theme region ship stations time virtual globe year
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Data Formats:	ARC coverage E00 FGDC metadata gridded/image imaging material scattered/swath Shapefile vector/polygon

File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.analog

Style 3-dash structure style, multi-record, in mixed case, without tabs

Mnemonic
(see example)

Fortran format
(a)

C format
(%s)

Purpose entity and attribute information

Derivative /infobank/programs/util/statistics

Example

1 2 3 4 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890

Box ID --- 55 Location --- Rm. 1133 in Bldg. 1 on Main Campus, area A, bank of box drawer s, column 28, row 7 Activity ID --- J185MB Scientist --- John Chin, Steve Wolf Contents --- 1 roll microfilm (Monterey Bay North and South shelves, innerspace bathymetry), 2 rolls microfilm (ORE Geopulse 3.5 khz subbottom Klein sidescan), 3 mylar rolls

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