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<tr class="sectheader"><td class="topbottom" colspan="2" align="left"><a name="AdditionalOriginators"></a>ASSOCIATED PARTIES</td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext">

If applicable, enter the first and last names of an associated party (e.g., co-owner of the data set, a data custodian/steward, a metadata provider, a user of 

the data set), select a role for this person, and click on "Add Associated Party".  Repeat to add another associated party.</td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext">To edit an entry, click on the name of the person entered, change the name and/or 

the role, and click on the area just right of the drop-down menu for the role (the text fields and the drop-down menu will disappear). To delete an entry, click on the "X".

 If you have entered several associated parties and want to change the order in which they appear, use the blue up and down arrows.</tr>

<a name="DataSetAbstract"></a>*DATA SET ABSTRACT</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext">Short (maximum of 350 words) summary of the

purpose and content of the data set. Entering a data set abstract is required.</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext"><u>Example:</u> Data were collected every year in summer and fall from

1967 to 1979. Trapping was conducted only in the fall from 1980 to

1988. For each specimen taken, data were recorded on species, date,

location, time, sex, and body measurements including total length,

length of tail, length of hind foot, length of ear, and body mass.

The purpose of the data was to index the population size of all

species present over a long time period.</td></tr>

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<a name="KeywordInformation"></a>KEYWORD INFORMATION</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext">Provide information for as many keywords as needed. The information is provided in groups of three 

fields: keyword, keyword type, and keyword thesaurus. Repeat steps 1-4 below for each additional keyword.</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext">Have a look at the <a href=

"http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/gcmd_parameters.html" target="nasa">NASA Global Change Master Directory

(GCMD)</a> (particularly under EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere) and see if you can find keywords that appropriately describe your data set.  If not, use your own keywords.</span></td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="text-info">1. Keyword: </span><span class="regtext"> Enter a

word or phrase that describes your data set.</span></td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="text-info">2. Keyword Type: </span>

<span class="regtext">Select the keyword type (a term used to group similar keywords). The different types are ("none" is the default):

   <ul>

      <li>Theme: the keyword identifies a particular subject or topic.</li>

      <li>Place: the keyword identifies a place.</li>

      <li>Stratum: the keyword identifies the layer(s) of any deposited substance.</li>

      <li>Temporal: the keyword identifies a time period related to the data set.

      <li>Taxonomic: the keyword identifies a particular taxon.</li>

</ul></span></td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="text-info">3. Keyword Thesaurus: </span><span class="regtext">Select whether you used the NASA Global Change Master Directory

(GCMD) or not to choose your keywords.</span></td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext"><b>4.</b> Click on the <b>"Add Keyword"</b> button to add the keyword information provided.</span>  

<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><span class="regtext">To edit a keyword entry, click on the keyword entered, change the keyword, keyword type, and/or keyword 

thesaurus, and click on the area just right of the thesaurus drop-down menu (the text field and the drop-down menus will disappear).  To delete an entry, click on the "X". 

If you have entered several keywords and want to change the order in which they appear, use the blue up and down arrows.</span></td></tr>

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