[Seavox] [sdc-tech] New L05 concepts

Michele FICHAUT Michele.Fichaut at ifremer.fr
Wed Oct 10 16:25:41 BST 2018


Dear colleagues,

Actually, I want to use both :

  * L05 in the metadata CDI files  where I would like to distinguished
    XBTs from MBTs
  *   L22 codes in the data files on the SDN_parameter_mapping lines
    where I will add the L22 codes of the XBT or MBT used.

The generic L22 codes could also be useful for us for managing *old 
historical* *data* where we do not find the exact type of XBT that was 
used, which unfortunately happens quite often.

Best regards

Michèle


Le 10/10/2018 à 17:11, Lowry, Roy K. a écrit :
>
> Dear Alessandro,
>
>
> I don't see Michele's request for L05 and your request for a generic 
> XBT entry in L22 as mutually exclusive.
>
>
> I think Michele needs to distinguish XBTs and MBTs in CDI records, 
> which are marked up using L05 rather than L22. This needs the L05 
> extension unless Michele is happy to use the XLINK mechanism to link 
> to L22 concepts even though this isn't searchable through the CDI 
> interface.
>
>
> Michele, have I understood this correctly? Could you please confirm 
> that you still want the new L05 entries?
>
>
> A generic XBT entry could be set up in L22. I don't like generic 
> entries because they encourage short-cuts when creating metadata. It's 
> much easier to use a generic concept than do the research necessary to 
> obtain a more precise description of the data production tool. 
> However, I do concede that there are times when no amount of research 
> will provide the necessary information and a generic concept has to be 
> used. A note to all is that this should be considered as a last 
> resort. There are times - such as drop-rate equation corrections - 
> where detailed knowledge of the XBT type is important.
>
>
> Cheers, Roy.
>
>
> I have now retired but will continue to be active through an Emeritus 
> Fellowship using this e-mail address.
>
>
>
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> *From:* Altenburger, Alessandro <aaltenburger at inogs.it>
> *Sent:* 10 October 2018 11:15
> *To:* Lowry, Roy K.
> *Cc:* seavox at mail.nerc-liv.ac.uk; sdc-tech at seadatanet.org; Darroch, 
> Louise J.
> *Subject:* Re: [sdc-tech] New L05 concepts
> Dear All,
>
> would it be possible to keep L05 as iti (bathythermographs) and save 
> the information on "expendable bathythermographs" in L22 vocab, 
> possibly adding a new general term like"Generic XBT" (following the 
> example for the L22 code labelled "TOOL0001")?
>
> This new L22 term would be useful for our needs.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> best regards,
> Alessandro
>
> Il giorno ven 5 ott 2018 alle ore 16:02 Lowry, Roy K. <rkl at bodc.ac.uk 
> <mailto:rkl at bodc.ac.uk>> ha scritto:
>
>     Dear All,
>
>
>     A couple of suggestions here.
>
>
>     First, the new terms should be mapped to the existing term within
>     NVS.
>
>
>     Secondly, in an ideal world semantic reasoning when searching
>     metadata would cause records marked up with the new terms to be
>     selected when searching for 'bathythermographs'. To my knowledge
>     we haven't got this functionality so it might be a good idea to
>     include 'bathythermographs' as well as 'expendable
>     bathythermographs' when marking up XBT metadata.
>
>
>     Cheers, Roy.
>
>
>     I have now retired but will continue to be active through an
>     Emeritus Fellowship using this e-mail address.
>
>
>
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>     Darroch, Louise J. <louise.darroch at bodc.ac.uk
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>     *Sent:* 05 October 2018 11:31
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>     <mailto:sdc-tech at seadatanet.org>
>     *Subject:* [sdc-tech] New L05 concepts
>
>     Dear colleagues
>
>     I would like to propose two new L05 categories. In a similar
>     manner for CTDs, they are more granular terms for
>     bathythermographs (132). This is to help our users distinguish
>     between XBTs and MBTs:
>
>     Long_name: Expendable bathythermographs
>
>     Short_name: XBT
>
>     Description: Disposable, free-falling probes that measure
>     temperature in relation to depth using a thermistor and electronic
>     data acquisition system. Probes are dropped into the water and a
>     temperature signal is transferred to the platform by a wire that
>     breaks when the wire is out. Depth is calculated as a function of
>     time to descend and a known constant rate of descent.
>
>     Long_name: Mechanical bathythermographs
>
>     Short_name: MBT
>
>     Description: Tethered probes that measure temperature in relation
>     to depth using a temperature and pressure package that is lowered
>     into the water and subsequently retrieved using a winch. The
>     profile of temperature is recorded mechanically by etchings on a
>     glass slide. Depth is calculated as a function of pressure.
>
>     Please could I have any feedback by the 12^th October?
>
>     Many thanks
>
>     Lou
>
>     Dr Louise Darroch
>
>     Senior Data Scientist
>
>     British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)
>
>     National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool
>
>     Tel: +44 (0)151 795 4883
>
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