[eml-dev] reusing EML elements out of context

[ben leinfelder]

Ryan - 
The "contact" element is declared as a modular type is used for describing many different parties in EML: data creators, owners, contacts, associates, institutions etc...
The eml-party module can be reused in a variety of other metadata schemas. The EML schema documentation for this module is available here:
http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-party.html#ResponsibleParty

Thanks,
-ben 


On Jul 21, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Ryan Scherle wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The Dryad repository stores metadata using an "application profile" that aggregates fields from various metadata schemas, including Dublin Core, Darwin Core, and PRISM. This approach facilitates interoperability with other metadata models while still allowing us to use the specific fields that best serve our community.
> 
> We're interested in using some fields from EML in the Dryad metadata profile. However, the current structure of the EML schema makes reuse difficult (see message from our developer below). Is the EML community interested in changing the schema to facilitate this type of use?
> 
> --- Ryan Scherle
> --- Data Repository Architect
> --- National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: "Kevin S. Clarke" <ksclarke at nescent.org>
>> Date: July 21, 2010 3:24:00 PM EDT
>> To: Ryan Scherle <rscherle at nescent.org>
>> Subject: EML:contact
>> 
>> In short:
>> 
>> Dryad would like to be able to reuse the eml:contact element that is
>> used in the eml:dataset element within the EML schema (eml:dataset has
>> a type of eml:DatasetType; eml:contact is a child element in a
>> sequence in that DatasetType type).  We'd like to use eml:contact in
>> our own XSD for the Dryad Metadata Profile independent of EML's
>> dataset.  We can't though because eml:contact (seen below and at
>> http://cvs.ecoinformatics.org/cvs/cvsweb.cgi/eml/eml-dataset.xsd?rev=1.59&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup)
>> is only defined as a child of DatasetType so can't be used independent
>> of that structure.  If it were defined outside of that context and
>> then referenced from within the DatasetType that would allow for its
>> reuse apart from the dataset context.
>> 
>> <!-- eml:contact as defined by their schema -->
>> 
>>        <xs:element name="contact" type="rp:ResponsibleParty"
>> maxOccurs="unbounded">
>>          <xs:annotation>
>>            <xs:appinfo>
>>              <doc:tooltip>Contact</doc:tooltip>
>>              <doc:summary>The contact for this dataset</doc:summary>
>>              <doc:description>The contact field contains contact information
>>              for this dataset. This is the
>>              person or institution to contact with questions about the use,
>>              interpretation of a data set.</doc:description>
>>            </xs:appinfo>
>>          </xs:annotation>
>>        </xs:element>
>> 
>> Kevin
> 
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