XMDR Content Survey Template v009

Frank Olken (LBNL)
2004-08-31

I. Introduction and Usage

This is intended to be a template for use in characterizing candidate metadata content for inclusion in the XMDR (Extended Metadata Registry) prototype.

Note that we have implicitly assumed that the metadata resources are unclassified.

It is suggested that for each candidate metadata resource, surveyors should simply edit this web page, deleting introduction and replacing text for each section with the appropriate text for a specific metadata resource. Please use the terminology suggested. Please complete the survey in English.

Upon completion, email the web page to olken@lbl.gov. Please put "XMDR Content Survey - [specific metadata resource name]" in the subject line, e.g., "XMDR Content Survey - UMLS". I will collect and post the individual web pages on our XMDR web site.

If an attribute is unknown, simply write "Unknown". If an attribute is not applicable, write "Not Applicable".

Comments, proposed revisions, etc. should also be emailed to Frank Olken at olken@lbl.gov.

Version 6 reflect changes proposed by Gail Hodge.

We anticipate that surveyors will initially complete section II (Core Content Characterization). Sections III and IV will be completed later for those resources deemed appropriate for inclusion in the prototype registry.

II. Core Content Characterization

The following attributes of the content characterization will be supplied by XMDR staff.

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

Title*

United Nations Standard Products and Services Code

Acronym

UNSPSC

One of the following (Web page(s), Identifier, or Contact Information) is mandatory:

Web page(s)

http://www.unspsc.org/

Inclusion Rationale*

The UNSPSC provides a shallowly organized hierarchy of product codes represented in a variety of languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. It supports two unique identifiers per entity, one that remains immutable over the life of the entity and the second that represents the entities current position in the hierarchy. It has a rich revision model that can potentially test a number of attributes in the XMDR provenance domain.

Subject*

economic

Kind of Metadata*

code sets

Classification/Categorization Schemes and Taxonomies

Subsumption hierarchy

Size statistics(estimated)*

20,500 nodes, 20498 edges

Initial Submitter*

Harold Solbrig

Date of Initial Survey*

2004-12-05

III. Supplementary Content Characterization

The following attributes of the content characterization will be completed by XMDR staff. These attributes will be collected for those content collections which are considered to be high priority for inclusion in the prototype.

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

Date*

2004-08-23

Creator

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Dun & Bradstreet

Publisher*

United Nations Development Programme

Description*

Additional textual description of the metadata resource.

Language(s)*

English

French

German

Spanish

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Chinese

Portuguese

Graph-theoretic Classification*

Tree

Format / Schemas(s)*

Excel

Media / Download*

Yes

Constraint Specifications

None

Protocol(s)

GTP

Licensing Issues*

" While the UNSPSC is and shall continue to be free of charge, you agree that UNDP is the sole owner of all intellectual property rights in the UNPSC. By downloading this version of the UNSPSC you acknowledge and agree that all intellectual property rights in this and any previous and future updates belong to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)."

Export restrictions

None

Subsets

None

Versions, Updates

Intermittent (1-2 times per year

Documentation

Manual, etc. available from the web page

Character Set Encoding*

Microsoft Unicode variant (UTF-16)?

Measurement units

NA

Dataset / Standards Dependencies

NA

Related Datasets

Other similar or related metadata resources.

Software tools

Microsoft Excel, Mayo LexGrid

Audience(s)

Commercial Vendors

Citation

How should the metadata resource be cited in publications, etc. ? Note that the preferred bibliographic citation is often a publication rather than the web site for a resource.

Surveyor*

Person who filled out this section of the survey for this metadata resource. Contact info also.

Date of Survey*

Date this survey was completed / updated for this metadata resource.

IV. Content Characterization by XMDR Staff

The following data elements are to be supplied by XMDR project staff/collaborators.

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

XMDR Participant Expertise

Names of persons (if any) on XMDR project (and contact info) who are familiar with this data set. XMDR participant organizations who have copies of this metadata resource.

XMDR Evaluator*

Names of persons on XMDR project (and contact info) who evaluated this metadata resource for inclusion (e.g., if the content survey was completed by someone at the content repository).

Inclusion Priority*

Priority suggested for acquisition and ingestion of this metadata resource.