Data Package Quality Report
PackageId: knb-lter-nin.3.1
Report Date/Time: 2013-05-10T22:32:06
Dataset Report
# Identifier Status Quality Check Name Description Expected Found Explanation Suggestion Reference
1packageIdPatternvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:warn
packageId pattern matches "scope.identifier.revision"Check against LTER requirements for scope.identifier.revision'knb-lter-abc.n.m', where 'abc' is an LTER site acronym and 'n' and 'm' are whole numbersknb-lter-nin.3.1
2emlVersionvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:error
EML version 2.1.0 or beyondCheck the EML document declaration for version 2.1.0 or highereml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.0 or eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.0Validity of this quality report is dependent on this check being valid.
3schemaValidvalid
Type:metadata
System:knb
On failure:error
Document is schema-valid EMLCheck document schema validityschema-validDocument validated for namespace: 'eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.0'Validity of this quality report is dependent on this check being valid.
4parserValidvalid
Type:metadata
System:knb
On failure:error
Document is EML parser-validCheck document using the EML IDs and references parserValidates with the EML IDs and references parserEML IDs and references parser succeededValidity of this quality report is dependent on this check being valid.
5schemaValidDereferencedvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:error
Dereferenced document is schema-valid EMLReferences are dereferenced, and the resulting file validatedschema-validDereferenced document validated for namespace: 'eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.0'Validity of this quality report is dependent on this check being valid.
6keywordPresentvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:warn
keyword element is presentChecks to see if at least one keyword is presentPresence of one or more keyword elements5 'keyword' element(s) found
7methodsElementPresentvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:warn
A 'methods' element is presentAll datasets should contain a 'methods' element, at a minimum a link to a separate methods doc.presence of 'methods' at one or more xpaths.1 'methods' element(s) foundEML Best Practices, p. 28
8coveragePresentvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:warn
coverage element is presentAt least one coverage element should be present in a dataset.At least one of geographicCoverage, taxonomicCoverage, or temporalCoverage is present in the EML.2 'coverage' element(s) found
9geographicCoveragePresentinfo
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:info
geographicCoverage is presentCheck that geographicCoverage exists in EML at the dataset level, or at least one entity's level, or at least one attribute's level.geographicCoverage at least at the dataset level.4 'geographicCoverage' element(s) foundMany but not all datasets are appropriate to have spatial coverage.If sampling EML is used within methods, does that obviate geographicCoverage? Or should those sites be repeated or referenced?EML Best Practices v.2, p. 22-23. "One geographicCoverage element should be included, whose boundingCoordinates describe the extent of the data....Additional geographicCoverage elements may be entered at the dataset level if there are significant distances between study sites and it would be confusing if they were grouped into one bounding box." 6 decimal places.
10taxonomicCoveragePresentinfo
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:info
taxonomicCoverage is presentCheck that taxonomicCoverage exists in EML at the dataset level, or at least one entity's level, or at least one attribute's level.taxonomicCoverage at least at the dataset level.0 'taxonomicCoverage' element(s) foundOnly when taxa are pertinent to the dataset will they have taxonomicCoverage.Could search title, abstract, keywords for any taxonomic name (huge). Could search keywordType="taxonomic".EML Best Practices v.2, p. 25
11temporalCoveragePresentinfo
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:info
temporalCoverage is presentCheck that temporalCoverage exists in EML at the dataset level, or at least one entity's level, or at least one attribute's level.temporalCoverage at least at the dataset level.2 'temporalCoverage' element(s) foundLTER wants to search datasets by time; the best place to search is the dataset level temporal coverage.Most datasets have a temporal range.EML Best Practices v.2, p. 24
12titleLengthvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:warn
Dataset title length is at 5 least words.If the title is shorter than 5 words, it might be insufficient. Title word count between 7 and 20 including prepositions and numbers.Between 7 and 20 words16 words found.EML Best Practices, v.2, p. 13
13datasetAbstractLengthvalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:warn
Dataset abstract element is a minimum of 20 wordsCheck the length of a dataset abstract and warn if less than 20 words.An abstract is 20 words or more.48 words found.EML Best Practices
14duplicateEntityNamevalid
Type:metadata
System:lter
On failure:error
There are no duplicate entity namesChecks that content is not duplicated by other entityName elements in the documententityName is not a duplicate within the documentNo duplicates foundData Manager requires a non-empty, non-duplicate entityName value for every entityDeclare a non-empty entityName and ensure that there are no duplicate entityName values in the documenthttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-dataTable.html#numberOfRecords
Entity Report
Entity Name: DailyWeatherParameter-NIN-LTER-1986-1992
Entity Identifier: DailyWeatherParameter
# Identifier Status Quality Check Name Description Expected Found Explanation Suggestion Reference
1entityNameLengthvalid
Type:metadata
System:knb
On failure:warn
Length of entityName is not excessive (less than 100 char)length of entity name is less than 100 charactersentityName value is 100 characters or less40
2fieldDelimiterValidvalid
Type:metadata
System:knb
On failure:error
Field delimiter is a single characterField delimiters should be one character onlyA single character is expected,A valid fieldDelimiter value was foundhttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-physical.html#fieldDelimiter
3recordDelimiterPresentvalid
Type:metadata
System:knb
On failure:warn
Record delimiter is presentCheck presence of record delimiter. Check that the record delimiter is one of the suggested values.A record delimiter from a list of suggested values: \n, \r, \r\n, #x0A, #x0D, #x0D#x0A\r\nA valid recordDelimiter value was foundhttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-physical.html#recordDelimiter
4displayDownloadDatainfo
Type:data
System:knb
On failure:info
Display downloaded dataDisplay the first kilobyte of data that is downloadedUp to one kilobyte of data should be displayed
5urlReturnsDatavalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:error
URL returns dataChecks whether a URL returns data. Unless the URL is specified to be function="information", the URL should return the resource for download.A data entity that matches the metadatatruehttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-resource.html#UrlType
6onlineURLsvalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:error
Online URLs are liveCheck that online URLs return somethingtruetrueSucceeded in accessing URL: http://nis.lternet.edu/NIN/data/LTER.NIN.NWS.csv
7databaseTableCreatedvalid
Type:metadata
System:knb
On failure:error
Database table createdStatus of creating a database tableA database table is expected to be generated from the EML attributes.A database table was generated from the attributes descriptionCREATE TABLE DailyWeatherParameter_NIN_LTER("Date" TIMESTAMP,"Time" TIMESTAMP,"Minimum_Air_Temperature" FLOAT,"Current_Air_Temperature" FLOAT,"Maximum_Air_Temperature" FLOAT,"Precipitation" FLOAT,"Relative_Humidity_Minimum" FLOAT,"Relative_Humidity_Maximum" FLOAT,"Barometric_Pressure_Minimum" FLOAT,"Barometric_Pressure_Maximum" FLOAT);
8examineRecordDelimitervalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:warn
Data are examined and possible record delimiters are displayedIf no record delimiter was specified, we assume that \r\n is the delimiter. Search the first row for other record delimiters and see if other delimiters are found.No other potential record delimiters expected in the first row.No other potential record delimiters were detected. A valid record delimiter was previously detectedhttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-physical.html#recordDelimiter
9displayFirstInsertRowinfo
Type:data
System:knb
On failure:info
Display first insert rowDisplay the first row of data values to be inserted into the database tableThe first row of data values should be displayed1986-12-01, 10:04:00, 8, 13, 15, 10.7, -99.9, -99.9, -99.9, -99.9
10tooFewFieldsvalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:error
Data does not have fewer fields than metadata attributesCompare number of fields specified in metadata to number of fields found in a data recordNo errors detectedhttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-physical.html#dataFormat
11tooManyFieldsvalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:error
Data does not have more fields than metadata attributesCompare number of fields specified in metadata to number of fields found in a data recordNo errors detectedhttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.0/eml-physical.html#dataFormat
12dataLoadStatusvalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:warn
Data can be loaded into the databaseStatus of loading the data table into a databaseNo errors expected during data loading or data loading was not attempted for this data entityThe data table loaded successfully into a database
13numberOfRecordsvalid
Type:congruency
System:knb
On failure:warn
Number of records in metadata matches number of rows loadedCompare number of records specified in metadata to number of records found in data21622162The expected number of records (2162) was found in the data table.