[eml-dev] [Bug 2079] New: - Move project element to top-level

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079

           Summary: Move project element to top-level
           Product: EML
           Version: 2.0.1
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: eml - general bugs
        AssignedTo: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: walbridge at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: eml-dev at ecoinformatics.org


This is a request to move the <project> element to the root-level of the EML
schema.  Currently, the <project> element (type="proj:ResearchProjectType") is
embedded within the <dataset> element.

The NCEAS Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) program is creating a registry of EBM
projects. Projects in the EBM program relate a project to the products
generated,  which include citations, URI references, and datasets.  No products
are required to have a valid project (since projects may be in early stages of
development or lack publications). Ideally, this could be stored in EML as one
main EML document for the project, citations, URIs, and then additional EML
documents for each dataset.