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Loggerhead Turtle Class of 2009 Column Definitions

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50985 | Updated: October 17, 2023 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	Loggerhead Turtle Class of 2009 Column Definitions
Status:	Completed
Abstract:	Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset
Purpose:	To define the columns of the data tables. Please use this information in conjunction with the descriptors provide for the columns as well as the abbreviations provided with the Galveston table

Entity Information

Entity Type:	Data Table
Active Version?:	Yes
Alias:	Column Definitions
Description:	Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	Original Variable Name	Character	The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file
100	Revised Variable Name	Character	This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.
100	Data Description	Character	The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column
100	Data Type	Character	Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
100	Data Length	Numeric	The length of the corresponding field in question
100	Number of Decimal Places	Numeric	Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
100	Required?	Character	Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table

Name

Type

Description

100

Original Variable Name

Character

The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file

100

Revised Variable Name

Character

This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.

100

Data Description

Character

The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column

100

Data Type

Character

Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column

100

Data Length

Numeric

The length of the corresponding field in question

100

Number of Decimal Places

Numeric

Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question

100

Required?

Character

Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table

Attribute Details

Original Variable Name

CC ID: 707915

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	40
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file

Revised Variable Name

CC ID: 707917

Seq. Order:	30
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	40
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.

Data Description

CC ID: 707911

Seq. Order:	40
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	150
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column

Data Type

CC ID: 707913

Seq. Order:	50
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	12
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
Allowed Values:	Character Number

Data Length

CC ID: 707912

Seq. Order:	60
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	4
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	The length of the corresponding field in question

Number of Decimal Places

CC ID: 707914

Seq. Order:	70
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
Null Value Meaning:	I

Required?

CC ID: 707916

Seq. Order:	100
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	7
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table
Allowed Values:	Yes No

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 707918

Date Effective From:	2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Higgins, Benjamin
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 707919

Date Effective From:	2016-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address:	NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone:	(301) 713-3277
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 707920

Date Effective From:	2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Higgins, Benjamin
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 707921

Date Effective From:	2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Baumer, Tim J
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	tim.baumer@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3784
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 707922

Start Date:	2017
End Date:	Present
Download URL:	https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0102/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26875/CSV/2009/Metadata_Table.csv
Distributor:	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016-12 - Present)
File Name:	Metadata_Table.csv
Description:	Meta data table table giving column definition
File Type (Deprecated):	csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format:	CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression:	Uncompressed
Review Status:	Not Chked

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	50985
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50985
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2018-01-02 19:37+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2021-04-29
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2022-04-29