Investigator
 
Definition
Person who headed the investigation or experiment that resulted in the acquisition of the data described (i.e., Principal Investigator, Experiment Team Leader)
 
Syntax 
Group: Investigator
   First_Name:  
   Middle_Name:  
   Last_Name:  
   Email:  [Network Name] > [Email Address] 
   Phone:  
   Group: Address
   End_Group
End_Group
 
Specifications
  • May be repeated
  • All fields may contain 1-80 characters of the UTF8 character set
  • Both the Network Name and the Email Address portions of the Email field may each contain 1-80 characters of the UTF8 character set
  • The Address field may be multiple lines, each line containing 1-80 characters of the UTF8 character set
  • Phone and Email fields may be repeated
 
Recommendations
  • More than one investigator may be listed if data were produced through joint efforts.
  • If one DIF represents an aggregation of data produced by several investigator teams, either list the principal investigator (PI), or use the Summary or Reference sections to point to the location of a list of investigators and their relationships to the data.
  • Fax numbers may be entered in the phone field, but must be indicated as such by writing 'FAX'.
  • Phone and fax numbers should be easily read by users. For example, for USA phone numbers, use either (xxx) xxx-xxx or xxx-xxx-xxxx.
 
Example 
Group: Investigator
   First_Name: SYDNEY
   Last_Name: LEVITUS
   Email: INTERNET > slevitus@nodc.noaa.gov
   Phone: 301-713-3294
   Phone: 301-713-3303 FAX
   Group: Address
      NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
      E/OC5 SSMC3, 4th Floor, Rm 4362
      1315 East-West Highway
      Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
      USA
   End_Group
End_Group

 

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This document should be cited as:
Directory Interchange Format (DIF) Writer's Guide, 2008.
Global Change Master Directory. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [http://gcmd.nasa.gov/User/difguide/].