ECS Seismic Metadata - External Vocabulary List

It is highly recommended that these vocabulary lists are used in the appropriate seismic metadata fields, however are not enforced through the XML schema validation.

Geographic Name

These are resources to describe the geographic features or areas of interest.

• NASA/GCMD Location Keywords (PDF)
• MGDS Feature IDs
• MGDS Location IDs
• GEBCO Undersea Feature Names

Organization Name

(XPaths: contactInformation/organization, projectSponsor/organization, platformInformation/platformOrganization)

• NASA/GCMD Data Center Keywords (PDF)
• MGDS Organization IDs

Person Name

Controlled vocabulary for people names are not common, however, it is highly recommended that they are at least consistently represented in the metadata.
XPaths: contactInformation/name, accessControl/accessPerson, citationInformation/author

Platform Name

Ship Name Xpath: platformInformation/platform

• MGDS Platform IDs
• ICES Ship Codes
• NERC Ship Name List
• List from USGS Infobank (Excel)
• Research Ship Schedules and Information