Service Citation
 
Definition

The <Service_Citation> field allows the author to properly cite the service producer. This field has 2 functions:

   1. To indicate how this service should be cited in the professional scientific literature, and
   2. If this service is a compilation of other services, to document and credit the services that were used in producing this compilation.

This field is not to be used to list bibliographic references of scientific research articles arising from the service. This field provides a citation for the service itself, not articles related to the research results. To list references related to the research results, use the <Reference> field.

<Service_Citation> consists of:

  • <Originators> The name of the organization(s) or individual(s) with primary intellectual responsibility for the service’s development. For example: <Originators>Raymond S. Bradley</Originators>
  • <Title> The Title of the service; this may be the same as Entry Title. For example, <Title>Climate Since AD1500 Database</Title>
  • <Release_Date> The date when the service was made available for release.
  • <Provider> The name of the individual or organization that made the service available for release. For example, <Provider>IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology</Provider>
  • <Edition> The Edition or version of the service. For example,  <Edition>Version 1.2</Edition>
  • <URL The URL of the online resource containing the service. For example, <URL>ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/historical/europe-seasonal.txt</URL>
 
Syntax

<Service_Citation>
<Originators> Text, names separated by commas up to 500 characters</Originators>
<Title> Text up to 160 characters</Title>
<Release_Date> Text, but yyyy-mm-dd format suggested</Release_Date>
<Provider> Text up to 500 characters</Provider>
<Edition> Number and/or text</Edition>
<URL> URL up to 160 characters</Online_Resource>
</URL>

    • The <Originators> and the <Provider> fields may contain up to 500 characters. The <Title> and <URL> fields may contain up to 160 characters from the printable ASCII character set.
    • All other fields may contain 1 to 80 characters from the printable ASCII character set.
 
Usage
  • The <Service_Citation> is an optional field and can be repeated. Individual subfields may not be repeated.
 
Examples

<Service_Citation>
<Originators> Pacific Institute </Originators>
<Title> Bibliography - Climate Change and Its Impact on Biodiversity </Title>
<Release_Date> 1999-08-31 </Release_Date>
<Provider> Wil Burns </Provider>
<URL> http://www.pacinst.org/wildlife.html </URL>
</Service_Citation>

<Service_Citation>
<Originators> PyClimate </Originators>
<Title> PyClimate 1.2: Python tools for the climate variability analysis </Title>
<Release_Date> 2004-01-08 </Release_Date>
<Provider> PyClimate </Provider>
<Edition> 1.2.1 </Edition>
<URL> http://www.pyclimate.org/ </URL>
</Service_Citation>

 

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This document should be cited as:
Directory Interchange Format (SERF) Writer's Guide, 2007.
Global Change Master Directory. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [http://gcmd.nasa.gov/User/serfguide/].