Questions about inserting data into EML xml documents

[Peter McCartney]

Yes you can, although we never do it at ASU because we don't like
getting eml files of unpredictable size cause they could have megabytes
of data in them! The format of the data certainly would have to agree
with wthat is desribed in the physical section. The document will be
valid because the data type of <inline> excludes its contents from the
validation parser.

Peter McCartney (peter.mccartney at asu.edu)
Center for Environmental-Studies
Arizona State University
 


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> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:22 AM
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> Subject: Questions about inserting data into EML xml documents
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> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Can you actually embed data values into an EML (xml) 
> document?  I think you can but I can't find an example of a 
> document with data embedded. Would the data found between the 
> <physical><distribution><inline> tags?  Does the pasted data 
> need to retain the format described earlier in the physical 
> module(e.g. comma delimited)?  For example, if I have a 
> comma-delimited ASCII data file that I decide to embed in the 
> metadata (not using Morpho), can I just copy these data 
> values and paste between the appropriate tags? Will the EML 
> document validate with the data included?
> 
> Thank you very much for your time and help!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Linda Powell, FCE LTER Information Manager
> 
> Linda A. Powell, Information Manager
> Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
> Southeast Environmental Research Center
> OE 148, Florida International University, University Park 
> Miami, Florida  33199
> Office:  ECS 253
> Phone: (305) 348-6054
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