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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Formal Metadata


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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>.fmeta

Style formal metadata style, multi-record, in mixed case, without tabs

Mnemonic
(see example)

Fortran format
(a)

C format
(%s)

Purpose metadata

Derivative /infobank/programs/html/makefmeta

Example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), Chief Scientist (Fred Davey, Alan Cooper) Publication_Date: 19990423 Title: Antarctic Marine Geology and Geophysics from Field Activity: L-2-84-AN (bathymetry, gravity, magnetics, samples, seismic) Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/infobank/tiger/l/l284an/html/l-2-84-an.fmeta.html Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/infobank/tiger/l/l284an/html/l-2-84-an.html Description: Abstract: This data set contains data, metadata, and formal metadata associated with a marine data collection activity referred to by the USGS/CMG Activity ID: L-2-84-AN

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