org.apache.sis.storage.netcdf

Class AttributeNames

Object

AttributeNames

public class AttributeNames
extends Object

Name of attributes used in the mapping from/to NetCDF metadata to ISO 19115 metadata. The attributes recognized by SIS are listed below:

"acces_constraint" "acknowledgment" "comment" "contributor_email" "contributor_name" "contributor_role" "contributor_url" "creator_email" "creator_name" "creator_url" "cdm_data_type" "date_created" "date_issued" "date_modified" "flag_masks" "flag_meanings" "flag_names" "flag_values"

"full_name" "geographic_identifier" "geospatial_lat_max" "geospatial_lat_min" "geospatial_lat_resolution" "geospatial_lat_units" "geospatial_lon_max" "geospatial_lon_min" "geospatial_lon_resolution" "geospatial_lon_units" "geospatial_vertical_max" "geospatial_vertical_min" "geospatial_vertical_positive" "geospatial_vertical_resolution" "geospatial_vertical_units"

"history" "id" "institution" "keywords" "keywords_vocabulary" "license" "metadata_creation" "name" "naming_authority" "processing_level" "project" "publisher_email" "publisher_name" "publisher_url" "purpose" "references"

"standard_name" "standard_name_vocabulary" "summary" "time_coverage_duration" "time_coverage_end" "time_coverage_resolution" "time_coverage_start" "time_coverage_units" "title" "topic_category"

References:

• NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery wiki
• UnidataDD2MI.xsl file

Since:

0.3

Defined in the sis-netcdf module

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	AttributeNames.Dimension Holds the attribute names describing a simple latitude, longitude, and vertical bounding box.
static class	AttributeNames.Responsible Holds the attribute names describing a responsible party.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	ACCESS_CONSTRAINT The "acces_constraint" attribute name for the access constraints applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property.
static String	ACKNOWLEDGMENT The "acknowledgment" attribute name for a place to acknowledge various type of support for the project that produced this data (Recommended).
static String	COMMENT The "comment" attribute name for miscellaneous information about the data (Recommended).
static AttributeNames.Responsible	CONTRIBUTOR The set of attribute names for the contributor (Suggested).
static AttributeNames.Responsible	CREATOR The set of attribute names for the creator (Recommended).
static String	DATA_TYPE The "cdm_data_type" attribute name for the THREDDS data type appropriate for this dataset (Recommended).
static String	DATE_CREATED The "date_created" attribute name for the date on which the data was created (Recommended).
static String	DATE_ISSUED The "date_issued" attribute name for a date on which this data was formally issued (Suggested).
static String	DATE_MODIFIED The "date_modified" attribute name for the date on which this data was last modified (Suggested).
static String	FLAG_MASKS The "flag_masks" attribute name for bitmask to apply on sample values before to compare them to the flag values.
static String	FLAG_MEANINGS The "flag_meanings" attribute name for the meaning of flag values.
static String	FLAG_NAMES The "flag_names" attribute name for the designation associated with a range element.
static String	FLAG_VALUES The "flag_values" attribute name for sample values to be flagged.
static String	GEOGRAPHIC_IDENTIFIER The "geographic_identifier" attribute name for an identifier of the geographic area.
static String	HISTORY The "history" attribute name for providing an audit trail for modifications to the original data (Recommended).
static String	IDENTIFIER The "id" attribute name for an identifier (Recommended).
static String	KEYWORDS The "keywords" attribute name for a comma separated list of key words and phrases (Highly Recommended).
static AttributeNames.Dimension	LATITUDE The set of attribute names for the minimal and maximal latitudes of the bounding box, resolution and units.
static String	LICENSE The "license" attribute name for a description of the restrictions to data access and distribution (Recommended).
static AttributeNames.Dimension	LONGITUDE The set of attribute names for the minimal and maximal longitudes of the bounding box, resolution and units.
static String	METADATA_CREATION The "metadata_creation" attribute name for the date on which the metadata was created (Suggested).
static String	NAMING_AUTHORITY The "naming_authority" attribute name for the identifier authority (Recommended).
static String	PROCESSING_LEVEL The "processing_level" attribute name for a textual description of the processing (or quality control) level of the data.
static String	PROJECT The "project" attribute name for the scientific project that produced the data (Recommended).
static AttributeNames.Responsible	PUBLISHER The set of attribute names for the publisher (Suggested).
static String	PURPOSE The "purpose" attribute name for the summary of the intentions with which the resource(s) was developed.
static String	REFERENCES The "references" attribute name for bibliographical references.
static String	STANDARD_NAME The "standard_name" attribute name for a long descriptive name for the variable taken from a controlled vocabulary of variable names.
static String	STANDARD_NAME_VOCABULARY The "standard_name_vocabulary" attribute name for indicating which controlled list of variable names has been used in the "standard_name" attribute.
static String	SUMMARY The "summary" attribute name for a paragraph describing the dataset (Highly Recommended).
static AttributeNames.Dimension	TIME The set of attribute names for the start and end times of the bounding box, resolution and units.
static String	TITLE The "title" attribute name for a short description of the dataset (Highly Recommended).
static String	TOPIC_CATEGORY The "topic_category" attribute name for a high-level geographic data thematic classification.
static AttributeNames.Dimension	VERTICAL The set of attribute names for the minimal and maximal elevations of the bounding box, resolution and units.
static String	VOCABULARY The "keywords_vocabulary" attribute name for the guideline for the words/phrases in the "keywords" attribute (Recommended).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AttributeNames() For subclass constructors only.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TITLE

public static final String TITLE

The "title" attribute name for a short description of the dataset (Highly Recommended). If no "title" attribute is provided, then AttributeNames will look for "full_name" and "name".

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / title

See Also:

NetcdfFile.getTitle(), UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

SUMMARY

public static final String SUMMARY

The "summary" attribute name for a paragraph describing the dataset (Highly Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / abstract

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

IDENTIFIER

public static final String IDENTIFIER

The "id" attribute name for an identifier (Recommended). The combination of the "naming_authority" and the "id" should be a globally unique identifier for the dataset.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / fileIdentifier
• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / identifier / code

See Also:

MetadataReader.getFileIdentifier(), NetcdfFile.getId(), UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

NAMING_AUTHORITY

public static final String NAMING_AUTHORITY

The "naming_authority" attribute name for the identifier authority (Recommended). The combination of the "naming_authority" and the "id" should be a globally unique identifier for the dataset.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / fileIdentifier
• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / identifier / authority

See Also:

IDENTIFIER, MetadataReader.getFileIdentifier(), UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

STANDARD_NAME

public static final String STANDARD_NAME

The "standard_name" attribute name for a long descriptive name for the variable taken from a controlled vocabulary of variable names. This is actually a variable attribute, but sometime appears also in global attributes.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / descriptiveKeywords / keyword with KeywordType.THEME

See Also:

STANDARD_NAME_VOCABULARY, KEYWORDS, UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

STANDARD_NAME_VOCABULARY

public static final String STANDARD_NAME_VOCABULARY

The "standard_name_vocabulary" attribute name for indicating which controlled list of variable names has been used in the "standard_name" attribute.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / descriptiveKeywords / thesaurusName / title

See Also:

STANDARD_NAME, VOCABULARY, UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

KEYWORDS

public static final String KEYWORDS

The "keywords" attribute name for a comma separated list of key words and phrases (Highly Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / descriptiveKeywords / keyword with KeywordType.THEME

See Also:

VOCABULARY, STANDARD_NAME, UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

VOCABULARY

public static final String VOCABULARY

The "keywords_vocabulary" attribute name for the guideline for the words/phrases in the "keywords" attribute (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / descriptiveKeywords / thesaurusName / title

See Also:

KEYWORDS, STANDARD_NAME_VOCABULARY, UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

TOPIC_CATEGORY

public static final String TOPIC_CATEGORY

The "topic_category" attribute name for a high-level geographic data thematic classification. Typical values are "farming", "biota", "boundaries", "climatology meteorology atmosphere", "economy", "elevation", "environment", "geoscientific information", "health", "imagery base maps earth cover", "intelligence military", "inland waters", "location", "oceans", "planning cadastre", "society", "structure", "transportation" and "utilitiesCommunication".

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / topicCategory

See Also:

TopicCategory, Constant Field Values

DATA_TYPE

public static final String DATA_TYPE

The "cdm_data_type" attribute name for the THREDDS data type appropriate for this dataset (Recommended). Examples: "Vector", "TextTable", "Grid", "Image", "Video", "Tin", "StereoModel", "Station", "Swath" or "Trajectory".

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / spatialRepresentationType

See Also:

SpatialRepresentationType, UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

HISTORY

public static final String HISTORY

The "history" attribute name for providing an audit trail for modifications to the original data (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / dataQualityInfo / lineage / statement

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

COMMENT

public static final String COMMENT

The "comment" attribute name for miscellaneous information about the data (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / supplementalInformation

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

METADATA_CREATION

public static final String METADATA_CREATION

The "metadata_creation" attribute name for the date on which the metadata was created (Suggested). This is actually defined in the "NCISOMetadata" subgroup.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / dateStamp

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DATE_CREATED

public static final String DATE_CREATED

The "date_created" attribute name for the date on which the data was created (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / date / date with DateType.CREATION

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

DATE_MODIFIED

public static final String DATE_MODIFIED

The "date_modified" attribute name for the date on which this data was last modified (Suggested).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / date / date with DateType.REVISION

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

DATE_ISSUED

public static final String DATE_ISSUED

The "date_issued" attribute name for a date on which this data was formally issued (Suggested).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / date / date with DateType.PUBLICATION

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

CREATOR

public static final AttributeNames.Responsible CREATOR

The set of attribute names for the creator (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation with Role.ORIGINATOR

See Also:

CONTRIBUTOR, PUBLISHER, UCAR reference

CONTRIBUTOR

public static final AttributeNames.Responsible CONTRIBUTOR

The set of attribute names for the contributor (Suggested).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation

See Also:

CREATOR, PUBLISHER, UCAR reference

PUBLISHER

public static final AttributeNames.Responsible PUBLISHER

The set of attribute names for the publisher (Suggested).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / distributionInfo / distributors / distributorContact with Role.PUBLISHER
• Metadata / identificationInfo / descriptiveKeywords / keyword with the "dataCenter" KeywordType

See Also:

CREATOR, CONTRIBUTOR, UCAR reference

PROJECT

public static final String PROJECT

The "project" attribute name for the scientific project that produced the data (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / descriptiveKeywords / keyword with the "project" KeywordType

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

PURPOSE

public static final String PURPOSE

The "purpose" attribute name for the summary of the intentions with which the resource(s) was developed.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / purpose

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REFERENCES

public static final String REFERENCES

The "references" attribute name for bibliographical references.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / citation / otherCitationDetails

See Also:

Constant Field Values

PROCESSING_LEVEL

public static final String PROCESSING_LEVEL

The "processing_level" attribute name for a textual description of the processing (or quality control) level of the data.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / contentInfo / processingLevelCode

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

public static final String ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The "acknowledgment" attribute name for a place to acknowledge various type of support for the project that produced this data (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / credit

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

LICENSE

public static final String LICENSE

The "license" attribute name for a description of the restrictions to data access and distribution (Recommended).

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / resourceConstraints / useLimitation

See Also:

UCAR reference, Constant Field Values

ACCESS_CONSTRAINT

public static final String ACCESS_CONSTRAINT

The "acces_constraint" attribute name for the access constraints applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property. Typical values are "copyright", "patent", "patent pending", "trademark", "license", "intellectual property rights" or "restricted".

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / resourceConstraints / accessConstraints

See Also:

Restriction, Constant Field Values

GEOGRAPHIC_IDENTIFIER

public static final String GEOGRAPHIC_IDENTIFIER

The "geographic_identifier" attribute name for an identifier of the geographic area.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / extent / geographicElement / geographicIdentifier

See Also:

Constant Field Values

LATITUDE

public static final AttributeNames.Dimension LATITUDE

The set of attribute names for the minimal and maximal latitudes of the bounding box, resolution and units. Latitudes are assumed to be in decimal degrees north, unless a units attribute is specified.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / extent / geographicElement / southBoundLatitude or northBoundLatitude
• Metadata / spatialRepresentationInfo / axisDimensionProperties / resolution

See Also:

LONGITUDE, VERTICAL, TIME, UCAR reference

LONGITUDE

public static final AttributeNames.Dimension LONGITUDE

The set of attribute names for the minimal and maximal longitudes of the bounding box, resolution and units. Longitudes are assumed to be in decimal degrees east, unless a units attribute is specified.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / extent / geographicElement / westBoundLongitude or eastBoundLongitude
• Metadata / spatialRepresentationInfo / axisDimensionProperties / resolution

See Also:

LATITUDE, VERTICAL, TIME, UCAR reference

VERTICAL

public static final AttributeNames.Dimension VERTICAL

The set of attribute names for the minimal and maximal elevations of the bounding box, resolution and units. Elevations are assumed to be in metres above the ground, unless a units attribute is specified.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / extent / verticalElement / minimumValue or maximumValue
• Metadata / spatialRepresentationInfo / axisDimensionProperties / resolution

See Also:

LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, TIME, UCAR reference

TIME

public static final AttributeNames.Dimension TIME

The set of attribute names for the start and end times of the bounding box, resolution and units.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / identificationInfo / extent / temporalElement / extent
• Metadata / spatialRepresentationInfo / axisDimensionProperties / resolution

See Also:

LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, VERTICAL, UCAR reference

FLAG_NAMES

public static final String FLAG_NAMES

The "flag_names" attribute name for the designation associated with a range element. This attribute can be associated to variables. If specified, they shall be one flag name for each flag mask, flag value and flag meaning.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / contentInfo / rangeElementDescription / name

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FLAG_MASKS

public static final String FLAG_MASKS

The "flag_masks" attribute name for bitmask to apply on sample values before to compare them to the flag values.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / contentInfo / rangeElementDescription / rangeElement

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FLAG_VALUES

public static final String FLAG_VALUES

The "flag_values" attribute name for sample values to be flagged. The flag masks, flag values and flag meaning attributes, used together, describe a blend of independent boolean conditions and enumerated status codes. A flagged condition is identified by a bitwise AND of the variable value and each flag masks value; a result that matches the flag values value indicates a true condition.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / contentInfo / rangeElementDescription / rangeElement

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FLAG_MEANINGS

public static final String FLAG_MEANINGS

The "flag_meanings" attribute name for the meaning of flag values. Each flag values and flag masks must coincide with a flag meanings.

Path in ISO 19115:

• Metadata / contentInfo / rangeElementDescription / definition

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AttributeNames

protected AttributeNames()

For subclass constructors only. AttributeNames may be sub-classed by communities defining domain-specific attributes in addition to the ones defined by the CF convention.