CIESIN Metadata Guidelines for Person or Organization

Records describing a Person or an Organization utilize only two sections of the CIESIN Metadata Guidelines: Identification Information and Metadata Reference. The following presents a list of mandatory metadata elements from these sections, and guidelines for interpreting and applying these elements to Person or Organization records. Additional elements may be used if appropriate for the person or organization being described, or to meet specific project requirements.

Mandatory Metadata Elements

I. Identification Information

• Data Resource Citation:

  Title

• Description:

  Abstract
  Language(s)

• Keywords:

  Theme Keyword
  Place Keyword

• Point of Contact
• Related Reference(s)

II. Metadata Reference

• Metadata Status:

  Filename
  Metadata Status Code
  Metadata Contract Code
  Metadata Review Date
  Metadata Future Review Date
  

• Metadata Contact
• Metadata Access and Use:

  Metadata Access Constraints
  Metadata Use Constraints

• Metadata Source Reference(s)

Guidelines for Applying Metadata Elements

I. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

Data Resource Citation

Title*: The name of the Person or the Organization.

* No other metadata sub-elements are needed from Data Resource Citation.

Description

Abstract:

Person: A description of expertise, education, and experience of the person being described. This can resemble a professional biographical statement.

Organization: A description of the work, purpose, goals, mission, etc. of the organization being described.

Language(s): The language(s) within which the person or organization works.

Keywords

Theme Keyword: A word or phrase used to describe the topic or subject area on which the work of this person or organization focuses.

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: The title of a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source list of Theme keywords.

Place Keyword: The name of the geographic location characterized by the work of this person or organization.

Place Keyword Thesaurus: The title of a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source list of Place keywords.

Point of Contact

Contact information of the person or organization being described. Use only the contact details consented to by the person or organization. Follow the Metadata Guidelines.

Related Reference

Provide full citation information for any relevant data set, publication, or information resource produced, authored, and/or contributed to by the person or organization being described. (If you wish to describe these resources in greater detail, you will need to create a separate metadata record for each Related Reference.) Follow the Metadata Guidelines.

II. METADATA REFERENCE