DIF Writer's Guide: Data Set Progress

Data Set Progress

Definition

The <Data_Set_Progress> describes the production status of the data set regarding its completeness. There are three choices:

Planned refers to data sets to be collected in the future and are thus unavailable at the present time. For Example: The Hydro spacecraft has not been launched, but information on planned data sets may be available.
In Work refers to data sets currently undergoing production or data that is continuously being collected or updated. For Example: data from the AIRS instrument on Aqua is being collected continuously.
Complete refers to data sets in which no updates or further data collection will be made. For Example: Nimbus-7 SMMR data collection has been completed.

Syntax

<Data_Set_Progress>Data Set Progress keyword (see above)</Data_Set_Progress>

Up to 31 characters from the UTF-8 character set are allowed.

Usage

The <Data_Set_Progress> field is highly recommended and may not be repeated.

Examples

<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>

<Data_Set_Progress>In Work</Data_Set_Progress>

<Data_Set_Progress>Planned</Data_Set_Progress>

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Directory Interchange Format (DIF) Writer's Guide, 2013.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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