EML

09/30/2008

04:43 PM Bug #2125: Cannot define SOM map projection in spatialRaster element of EML2.0.1

Generally, these projections are not frequently used in EML. The resolution of this bug will be incorporated into a l... Margaret O'Brien

04:40 PM Bug #3488: datum requested in GeographicCoverageType

Ken Ramsey will inquire further with Barbara Nolen at Jornada as to the specifics of this request, and the use of EML... Margaret O'Brien

04:36 PM Bug #3504 (New): problems with methods trees

Some aspects of methods trees present barriers to authors and to readabiity.
1. methodStep is required, even though... Margaret O'Brien

04:22 PM Bug #3503 (New): Develop method for cross-links between EML resources

Some EML documents can be imbedded inside others, e.g., protocols and citations under dataset/methods. This is approp... Margaret O'Brien

04:01 PM Bug #3502: Status of spatial data in EML

Subgroup of eml-dev: Mark Servilla, Ken Ramsey, Chris Jones. Margaret O'Brien

03:59 PM Bug #3502 (New): Status of spatial data in EML

For the most part, people describe spatial (GIS) data using FGDC instead of EML. However, some level of integration b... Margaret O'Brien

03:55 PM Bug #3501 (New): consider adding a datum to boundingAltitudes

bug added to split this issue from the another bug (#1019) which will be resolved. Possibly, boundingAltitudes should... Margaret O'Brien

02:46 PM Bug #3500 (Resolved): restrict content of boundingCoordinates, gRingLat and Long to lat and lon ranges

Currently, the boundingCoordinates in the GeographicCoverage Type (e.g., westBoundingCoordinate, etc) are of type xs:... Margaret O'Brien

02:33 PM Bug #3499 (New): attribute BoundsGroup may be retyped in a future schema-1.1

Resolution of bug #2272 will be to retype boundsGroup's limits to xs:float.
However, schema-1.1 may include a new d... Margaret O'Brien

09/25/2008

02:43 PM Bug #1794: modify temporalCoverage to support ongoing data sources

Looks like the links to previous EML-dev discussion threads were wrong in Comment #1. The actual discussion occurred... Matt Jones

09/23/2008

02:46 PM Bug #3480: duplicate distribution types (in resource.xsd, and physical.xsd)

reopened, since the desirability of specifying different defaults to the function attributes of these types was not ... Margaret O'Brien

11:02 AM Bug #3492: Unit should be pluralized by default

*** Bug 3491 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Margaret O'Brien

10:49 AM Bug #3492 (In Progress): Unit should be pluralized by default

In eml-physical.xsl, the template 'physicalsize' should see if the unit is greater than one, and pluralize accordingl... Shaun Walbridge

11:02 AM Bug #3491: stylesheet fix for eml-physical.xsl, byte units

bug 3492 has the code fix in it
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3492 *** Margaret O'Brien

09/22/2008

05:09 PM Bug #2076: containers for eml-literature docs

This bug was split into individual bugs, since they will be addressed in different releases. This is the original rep... Margaret O'Brien

04:59 PM Bug #2688: embedded text format ignored by Metacat

other discussions:
additional discussion
literalLayout is a child of <para>, and this template could be added to eml-... Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #3488: datum requested in GeographicCoverageType

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #3181: xs:string to ComplexType TextType, minOccurs=0, judiciously applied

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #3165: request for an element to contain info about a url

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #1019: altitudeUnits in geographicCoverage should use eml-unitDictionary definitions

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #3164: sbc-lter adaptation of eml-literature schema - contact tree

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #2568: Inconsistent naming of "method"(s) element

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #2512: require text content in elements to be non-empty

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #2272: Base datatypes in eml-attribute BoundsGroup preclude scientific notation

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #2125: Cannot define SOM map projection in spatialRaster element of EML2.0.1

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #1794: modify temporalCoverage to support ongoing data sources

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

12:20 PM Bug #1152: datetime element does not use consistent naming

targeting for 2.1.0, although may drop back to unspecified. Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #3480: duplicate distribution types (in resource.xsd, and physical.xsd)

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #3445: stmml.xsd non-deterministic

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #3227: gRing is declared as GRingPointType

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #3163: eml-literature schema - cardinality of volume and pageRange

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #3051: standardUnit restriction doesnt match eml-unitDictionary.xml

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #2703: eml not valid is xmlSpy versions 2006+, eml-text and eml-documentation

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #2083: dimension 'current' is wrongly entered as 'charge'

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #2054: use of <any> in additionalMetadata is invalid

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

10:10 AM Bug #1154: All children of required "offline" element are optional in PhysicalDistributionType

changing status to "fixed" Margaret O'Brien

08:19 AM Bug #3491 (Resolved): stylesheet fix for eml-physical.xsl, byte units

From IRC, shaun:
minor EML fix request: add 's' after <xsl:value-of select="./@unit"/> in eml-physical.xsl
the unit... Margaret O'Brien

08:17 AM Bug #3490 (Resolved): update documentation for givenName, surName

the appinfo and examples for these elements are sparse. add more info for authors to place names correctly. Margaret O'Brien

09/19/2008

10:46 PM Bug #3188: possible otherEntity and dataTable inconsistances

I agree. We've used otherEntity to hold data objects when we don't yet have an entity/attribute description -- all w... Matt Jones

04:39 PM Bug #3188: possible otherEntity and dataTable inconsistances

numberOfRecords is appropriate for tables, whereas the OtherEntityType is for describing entities that can't be handl... Margaret O'Brien

03:58 PM Bug #3313: Edit EML documentation for access control

edited component that bug refers to Margaret O'Brien

09/18/2008

05:16 PM Bug #3488 (In Progress): datum requested in GeographicCoverageType

Received a verbal request from Christine Laney for an element (or attribute) defining the datum to go with coverage/b... Margaret O'Brien

03:14 PM Bug #2272: Base datatypes in eml-attribute BoundsGroup preclude scientific notation

The advantage of using xs:decimal is that it's precise, and xs:float is not (and I presume, the original intent in ma... Margaret O'Brien

09/17/2008

12:23 PM Bug #3313: Edit EML documentation for access control

Documentation should describe the intended use of access trees in 2.1.0 at these locations:
eml/access
eml/dataTable/... Margaret O'Brien

09/16/2008

03:49 PM Bug #1154: All children of required "offline" element are optional in PhysicalDistributionType

This bug applies to the DistributionType defined in eml-resource.xsd, since that is the base type. In EML-2.1.0, the ... Margaret O'Brien