Search Metadata Elements Extracted from FGDC

FGDC
Field Path Reference Notes
SearchMetadata.abstract //metadata/idinfo/descript/abstract    
SearchMetadata.author //metadata/citation/citeinfo/origin 8.1 Originator – the name of an organization or individual that developed the data set. If the name of editors or compilers are provided, the name must be followed by “(ed.)” or “(comp.)” respectively.  
SearchMetadata.authorLastName      
SearchMetadata.beginDate //metadata/idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate    
SearchMetadata.class //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Class’]    
SearchMetadata.contactOrganization //metadata/distinfo/distrib/cntinfo/cntperp/cntorg    
SearchMetadata.decade      
SearchMetadata.eastBoundCoord //metadata/idinfo/spdom/bounding/eastbc    
SearchMetadata.edition //metadata/idinfo/citeinfo/edition    
SearchMetadata.endDate //metadata/idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/enddate    
SearchMetadata.family //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Family’]    
SearchMetadata.fileID      
SearchMetadata.text      
SearchMetadata.gcmdKeyword //metadata/idinfo/keywords/theme[themekt[contains(.,’(GCMD) Science Keywords’)]]/themekey    
SearchMetadata.genus //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Genus’]    
SearchMetadata.geoform //metadata/idinfo/citeinfo/geoform    
SearchMetadata.investigator //metadata/mercury/Principal_Investigator/Name/text() This could be //idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin or perhaps //ptcontact/cntinfo/cntperp/cntper  
SearchMetadata.isSpatial      
SearchMetadata.keywords //metadata/mercury/Keywords/text()    
SearchMetadata.kingdom //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Kingdom’]    
SearchMetadata.LTERSite
“//metadata/mercury/LTER-Site/text()”
   
SearchMetadata.noBoundingBox      
SearchMetadata.northBoundCoord //metadata/idinfo/spdom/bounding/northbc    
SearchMetadata.ogcUrl      
SearchMetadata.order //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Order’]    
SearchMetadata.origin //metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin    
SearchMetadata.originator //metadata/idinfo/citeinfo/origin    
SearchMetadata.parameter      
SearchMetadata.phylum //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Phylum’] | //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Division’]    
SearchMetadata.placeKey //metadata/idinfo/keywords/place/placekey    
SearchMetadata.presentationCat //digform/digtinfo/formname May also be //idinfo/citation/citeinfo/geoform  
SearchMetadata.project //idinfo/descript/purpose    
SearchMetadata.pubDate //metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate    
SearchMetadata.purpose //metadata/idinfo/descript/Purpose    
SearchMetadata.sensor //metadata/mercury/Parameter_Description/Sensor/text()    
SearchMetadata.site //metadata/idinfo/spdom/descgeog    
SearchMetadata.source //metadata/mercury/Parameter_Description/Source/text()    
SearchMetadata.southBoundCoord //metadata/idinfo/spdom/bounding/southbc    
SearchMetadata.species //taxoncl/taxonrv[../taxonrn=’Species’]    
SearchMetadata.term //metadata/mercury/Parameter_Description/Term/text()    
SearchMetadata.title //metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/title    
SearchMetadata.topic //metadata/mercury/Parameter_Description/Topic/text()

1: if //keywords/theme/themekt == “GCMD Science Keywords”, then take the first “themekey” and split by “>”. The first value in the resulting list would be the “topic”

2. If //keywords/theme/themekt == “none” or blank, then “topic” is the first “themekey” entry.

 
SearchMetadata.webUrl //metadata/idinfo/citation/citeinfo/onlink    
SearchMetadata.westBoundCoord //metadata/idinfo/spdom/bounding/westbc    
SearchMetadata.keyConcept      
SearchMetadata.namedLocation      
SearchMetadata.relatedOrganizations      
SearchMetadata.scientificName