The following is a mapping from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative's Element Set (1.1) to the GCMD Directory Interchange Format (DIF).

 

Dublin Core Metadata	Standard DIF
Title	Entry_Title
Creator	Data_Set_Citation: Dataset_Creator
	Personnel: Role: Investigator: Last_Name
	Personnel: Role: Investigator: First_Name
	Personnel: Role: Investigator: Middle_Name
Subject and Keywords	Keyword
	Parameters: Category
	Parameters: Topic
	Parameters: Term
	Parameters: Variable
	Parameters: Detailed_Variable
	Source_Name
	Sensor_Name
	Project
	Location
Description	Summary
Publisher	Data_Set_Citation: Dataset_Publisher
	Data_Center: Data_Center_Name
	Data_Center: Data_Center_URL
	Data_Center: Data Center Contact, Last_Name
	Data_Center: Data Center Contact, First_Name
	Data_Center: Data Center Contact, Middle_Name
Contributor:	Personnel: Role:
	Personnel: Last_Name
	Personnel: First_Name
	Personnel: Middle_Name
Date	Data_Set_Citation: Dataset_Release_Date
Resource Type	Data_Set_Citation: Data_Presentation_Form
Format	Group: Distribution
	Distribution_Media
	Distribution_Size
	Distribution_Format
	Fees
Resource Identifier	Data Center: Data_Set_ID
	Data_Set_Citation: Online_Resource
	Related_URL: URL_Content_Type
	Related_URL: URL
Source	Related_URL: URL_Content_Type
	Related_URL: URL
	Source_Name
Language	Data_Set_Language
Relation	Parent_DIF
	Data_Set_Citation: Online_Resource
	Related_URL: URL_Content_Type
	Related_URL: URL
	Reference
Coverage	Location
	Spatial_Coverage: Southernmost_Latitude Spatial_Coverage: Northernmost_Latitude Spatial_Coverage: Easternmost_Longitude Spatial_Coverage: Westernmost_Longitude Temporal_Coverage: Start_Date Temporal_Coverage: Stop_Date Paleo_Temporal_Coverage: Paleo_Start_Date Paleo_Temporal_Coverage: Paleo_Stop_Date Paleo_Temporal_Coverage: Chronostratigraphic_Unit
Rights Management	Use_Constraints
	Access_Constraints

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