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  <title>Metadata</title>
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  <updated>2026-07-27T05:02:32Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-07-27T05:02:32Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Metadata 1.2</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Emma Woolliams</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Metadata?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.2</id>
    <updated>2021-11-23T17:34:16Z</updated>
    <published>2020-01-20T09:51:03Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Data about the data; parameters that describe, characterise, and/or index the data&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;Data about data, which provides an understanding of the content and utility of the data set. Metadata may be used to select on data for a particular scientific investigation. Metadata is intended as information describing significant aspects of a resource (Earth Observation space data in this context). They are created for the purposes of data search, discovery and access management and may exist at various levels, typically from data collection through to the individual variables of each data file in a collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="624"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:91px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:533px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt; Description Information: the set of information, consisting primarily of Package Descriptions, which is provided to Data Management to support the finding, ordering, and retrieving of OAIS information holdings by Consumers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" changes="&amp;lt;ul class='changelist'&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style removed.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style added with style font-size: 8pt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="added-diff-1"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="&amp;lt;ul class='changelist'&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style removed.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style added with style font-size: 8pt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="added-diff-1"&gt;Source&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; WMO [&lt;a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/wmo/quality_management.shtml"&gt;RD19&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://public.ccsds.org/pubs/650x0m2.pdf"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt;Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Recommended Practice CCSDS 650.0-M-2, Magenta Book 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt;; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGISS/Interest_Groups/Data_Stewardship/White_Papers/EO-DataStewardshipGlossary.pdf"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt;CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt; NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Suggestions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Category&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalvalportal.ceos.org%2Ft-d_wiki%3Fp_p_id%3D54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_struts_action%3D%252Fwiki_display%252Fview%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_nodeName%3DCEOS_Terms_and_Definitions%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_title%3D4.%2BData%2BStewardship%2Bwords&amp;amp;data=04%7C01%7Cfaye.lai%40npl.co.uk%7C71d207afa14d469389d808d988e92c16%7C601e5460b1bf49c0bd2de76ffc186a8d%7C1%7C0%7C637691357310862875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;amp;sdata=Ortjy2bF482FB%2Fu8940Qmf4JHeBYPdFdaqG9Av4rin8%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0"&gt;4. Data Stewardship words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Emma Woolliams</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-01-20T09:51:03Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Metadata 1.0</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Metadata?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.0" />
    <author>
      <name>Paolo Castracane</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Metadata?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.0</id>
    <updated>2020-01-20T09:51:03Z</updated>
    <published>2020-01-20T09:51:03Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Data about the data; parameters that describe, characterise, and/or index the data&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;Data about data, which provides an understanding of the content and utility of the data set. Metadata may be used to select on data for a particular scientific investigation. Metadata is intended as information describing significant aspects of a resource (Earth Observation space data in this context). They are created for the purposes of data search, discovery and access management and may exist at various levels, typically from data collection through to the individual variables of each data file in a collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="624"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:91px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:533px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt; Description Information: the set of information, consisting primarily of Package Descriptions, which is provided to Data Management to support the finding, ordering, and retrieving of OAIS information holdings by Consumers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" changes="&amp;lt;ul class='changelist'&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style removed with style font-size: 8pt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style added.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="&amp;lt;ul class='changelist'&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style removed with style font-size: 8pt;.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Strong&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; style added.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1"&gt;Source&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; WMO [&lt;a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/wmo/quality_management.shtml"&gt;RD19&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://public.ccsds.org/pubs/650x0m2.pdf"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt;Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Recommended Practice CCSDS 650.0-M-2, Magenta Book 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt;; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGISS/Interest_Groups/Data_Stewardship/White_Papers/EO-DataStewardshipGlossary.pdf"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt;CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt; NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Suggestions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt;Category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalvalportal.ceos.org%2Ft-d_wiki%3Fp_p_id%3D54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_struts_action%3D%252Fwiki_display%252Fview%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_nodeName%3DCEOS_Terms_and_Definitions%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_title%3D4.%2BData%2BStewardship%2Bwords&amp;amp;data=04%7C01%7Cfaye.lai%40npl.co.uk%7C71d207afa14d469389d808d988e92c16%7C601e5460b1bf49c0bd2de76ffc186a8d%7C1%7C0%7C637691357310862875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;amp;sdata=Ortjy2bF482FB%2Fu8940Qmf4JHeBYPdFdaqG9Av4rin8%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt;4. Data Stewardship words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Paolo Castracane</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-01-20T09:51:03Z</dc:date>
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