Full documentation is available on the BADC-CSV format page on the on the CEDA website
Red = compulsory elemetents for basic conformance, green = required elements for complete conformance to the metadata standard; other entries are optional, but encouraged.
Data providers are also welcome to add additional metadata entries if desired, but should accompany these with a sutiable comment line to explain to the end user.
| Label | Global or Column | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Conventions | G | Metadata conventions used. Must be BADC-CSV, 1 |
| long_name | C | Description of variable and its unit |
| coordinate_variable | C | Flag to show which column(s) are regarded as coordinate variables |
| feature_type | G | type of feature,point series, trajectory or point collection |
| creator | G or C | The name of the person and/or institute that created the data |
| source | G or C | The name of the tool used to produce the data. e.g. model name or instrument type |
| observation_station | G or C | The name of the observation station or instrument platform used |
| location | G or C | Location for the data. Can be a name, bounding box, or lat and long values |
| activity | G or C | The name of the activity sponsoring the collection of the data |
| date_valid | G or C | The date the data is valid for. Needs to be YYYY-MM-DD form |
| last_revised_date | G or C | The date the data was revised or worked up. Needs to be YYYY-MM-DD form |
| history | G or C | Text description of the file history |
| type | C | The type of the variables in a column. Should be char, int or float |
| title | G | A title for the data file |
| comments | G or C | Any text comment associated with data |
| contributor | G or C | The name of the person and/or institute that contributed to the data |
| height | G or C | Height valid for data |
| reference | G or C | Bibliographic reference |
| rights | G or C | Conditions of use for the data |
| valid_min | G or C | Values below this value should be interpreted as missing |
| valid_max | G or C | Values above this value should be interpreted as missing |
| valid_range | G or C | Values outside this range should be interpreted as missing |
| cell_method | G or C | The cell method used in preparing the data |
| standard_name | C | Name of variable from a standard list, with unit and the name of the list |
| add_offset | C | An offset value to add to the values recorded in the data |
| scale_factor | C | A scale factor to multiply the data values by |
| flag_values | C | Values used for flag table in data |
| flag_meanings | C | Meanings for each flag_value |