CDIFCore

AbstractDistribution«abstract»

CDIFCore::Classes::AbstractDistribution

Definition

Documentation

CDIF

Definition

Abstract supertype for resource distributions (DataDownload for files, WebAPI for service endpoints). Use the concrete subclass that matches the access method.

Diagram

Inheritance

Specialized by: DataDownload, WebAPI

Attributes

Name	Type	Multiplicity	Description
identifier	Identifier	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:identifier Definition The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: PropertyValue (https://schema.org/PropertyValue), Text (https://schema.org/Text), URL (https://schema.org/URL). CDIF Definition The primary identifier for the dataset; other identifiers should be listed in the sameAs field. Schema.org has three ways of encoding identifiers-- a text description, a URL, or by using the schema:PropertyValue field. The Science on Schema.org guidance strongly recommends using the PropertyValue approach. see https://github.com/ESIPFed/science-on-schema.org .... Dataset.md#identifier. Ideally, for any given data provided they would provide identifiers either all as strings or all as identifier_type. Scope @id - URI for this distribution.
name	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:name Definition The name of the item. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: Text (https://schema.org/Text). CDIF Definition A descriptive name of a dataset (e.g., 'Snow depth in Northern Hemisphere'). The name should uniquely identify the described resource for human use, in the scope of the metadata catalog containing this metadata record. Scope schema:name - human-readable name for this distribution.
description	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:description Definition A description of the item. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: Text (https://schema.org/Text), TextObject (https://schema.org/TextObject). CDIF Definition A short summary describing a dataset. This text will be indexed by search applications, so the more information here, the better. Scope schema:description - short summary of this distribution.

Associations

Role	Target	Multiplicity	Kind
distribution	← Dataset	[0..*]	association