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8 : Citation Information

Citation Information -- the recommended reference to be used for the data set. (Note: this section provides a means of stating the citation of a data set, and is used by other sections of the metadata standard. This section is never used alone.)
Type: compound
Short Name: citeinfo

Citation_Information =
1{Originator}n +
Publication_Date +
(Publication_Time) +
Title +
0{Edition}1 +
0{Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form}1 +
0{Series_Information}1 +
0{Publication_Information}1 +
0{Other_Citation_Details}1 +
(1{Online_Linkage}n) +
0{Larger_Work_Citation}1

Series_Information =
Series_Name +
Issue_Identification

Publication_Information =
Publication_Place +
Publisher

Larger_Work_Citation =
Citation_Information

8.1 Originator -- the name of an organization or individual that developed the data set. If the name of editors or compilers are provided, the name must be followed by "(ed.)" or "(comp.)" respectively.
Type: text
Domain: "Unknown" free text
Short Name: origin

8.2 Publication Date -- the date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release.
Type: date
Domain: "Unknown" "Unpublished material" free date
Short Name: pubdate

8.3 Publication Time -- the time of day when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release.
Type: time
Domain: "Unknown" free time
Short Name: pubtime

8.4 Title -- the name by which the data set is known.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: title

8.5 Edition -- the version of the title.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: edition

8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form -- the mode in which the geospatial data are represented.
Type: text
Domain: (the listed domain is partially from pp. 88-91 in Anglo-American Committee on Cataloguing of Cartographic Materials, 1982, Cartographic materials: A manual of interpretation for AACR2: Chicago, American Library Association): "atlas" "audio" "diagram" "document" "globe" "map" "model" "multimedia presentation" "profile" "raster digital data" "remote-sensing image" "section" "spreadsheet" "tabular digital data" "vector digital data" "video" "view" free text
Short Name: geoform

8.7 Series Information -- the identification of the series publication of which the data set is a part.
Type: compound
Short Name: serinfo

8.7.1 Series Name -- the name of the series publication of which the data set is a part.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: sername

8.7.2 Issue Identification -- information identifying the issue of the series publication of which the data set is a part.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: issue

8.8 Publication Information -- publication details for published data sets.
Type: compound
Short Name: pubinfo

8.8.1 Publication Place -- the name of the city (and state or province, and country, if needed to identify the city) where the data set was published or released.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: pubplace

8.8.2 Publisher -- the name of the individual or organization that published the data set.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: publish

8.9 Other Citation Details -- other information required to complete the citation.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: othercit

8.10 Online Linkage -- the name of an online computer resource that contains the data set. Entries should follow the Uniform Resource Locator convention of the Internet.
Type: text
Domain: free text
Short Name: onlink

8.11 Larger Work Citation -- the information identifying a larger work in which the data set is included.
Type: compound
Short Name: lworkcit