Metadata Requirements Checklist

Below are metadata fields that are required for Project metadata, Data Product metadata, the ScienceBase 30-day policy, and for Digital Object Identifier (DOI) metadata.

Basic Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Title	Required	Required	Required	Required
Status	Required	Required	Required	Required
Resource Type		Required
Point of Contact	Required	Required
Custodian	Required	Required
Principal Investigator	As applicable	As applicable	Required
Administrator	Required		Required
Administrative Region	Required	Required
co-Principal Investigator	As applicable
Abstract	Required	Required	Required
Start Date	Required	As Applicable	Required
End Date	Required	Required	Required

Citation Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Title	Required	Required
Acquisition Date		As Applicable
Creation Date		As Applicable
Date Updated		As Applicable
Date Revised		As Applicable
Date Published		As Applicable
Principal Investigator	Required	Required	Required	Required
Online Resource Name	As Applicable	As Applicable
Online Resource URL	Required	Required
URL Function	As Applicable	As Applicable
Metadata Identifier	Required	Required
identifier Namespace	Required	Required
DOI Identifier		As Applicable
DOI Namespace		As Applicable

Metadata Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Arthur	Required	Required
Publisher	Required	Required
Point of Contact	Required	Required
Parent Metadata Title	Required	Required
Metadata Identifier	Required	Required
Identifier Namespace	Required	Required
Repository or Catalog Name(s)	Required	Required
Repository or Catalog Collection Title	Required	Required
data.gov Catalog Collection Name		As Applicable
Maintenance Frequency		As Applicable

Keywords

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
ISO Topic Category	Required	Required
SA Priority	Required	Required
SA Science Topic	Required
Conservation Action	As Applicable
Shared Priority	As Applicable
Strategic Habitat Conservation Component	As Applicable
Taxonomic Classification (ITIS)	As Applicable	As Applicable
Geographic Extent	Required	Required
Spatial Reference and Resolution	As Applicable	As Applicable

Distribution Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Distributor		Required
Online Transfer Name		As Applicable
Online Transfer URL		As Applicable
Online Transfer Function		As Applicable
Online Transfer Application Profile		As Applicable
Online Transfer Order Process		As Applicable
Distribution Format name, version, & compression		As Applicable

Constraints Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Access Constraints		Required
Use Constraints		As Applicable
Handling Description		As Applicable
Other Constraints		As Applicable

Funding Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Award ID	Required		Required
Sub-activity	Required
Funding Code	Required
Amount	Required		Required
Source	Required		Required
Allocation	Required
Funding Organization	Required
Recipient Organization	Required
Matching Funds	As Applicable
Fiscal Year	Required		Required

Contact Information

Metadata Field	Project metadata	Product metadata	ScienceBase 30-day Policy	DOI metadata
Type	Required	Required
Individual Name	Required	Required
Position	As Applicable	As Applicable
Organizational Name	Required	Required
Member Organization	Required	Required
Email Address	As Applicable	As Applicable