Provenance Generator

Provenance metadata should be included in a derived data package to document its sources. This can be accomplished by adding a separate <methodStep> element in the derived data package for each of the source data packages from which it is derived.

A data package derived from edi.138.2 as one of its source data packages should include the <methodStep> element shown below as a sub-element within its <methods> element.


Method Step

Description

This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.

This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

Data Source

Title
Data from Translational Science Education Through Citizen Science

Creator
Individual Name: Allison M Young
Organization Name:"Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA "

Creator
Individual Name: Elizabeth F van Mantgem
Organization Name:Sequoia Park Zoo

Creator
Individual Name: Alexis Garretson
Organization Name:"Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA"
Email:alexis@garretson.net

Creator
Individual Name: Toni Lyn Morelli
Organization Name:"Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey"

Creator
Individual Name: iNaturalist Citizen Scientists

Distribution
Online Description:This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.
URL:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/138/2

Contact
Individual Name: Alexis Garretson
Organization Name:"Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA"
Email:alexis@garretson.net
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<methodStep>
<description>
<para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
<para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
</description>
<dataSource>
<title>Data from Translational Science Education Through Citizen Science</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Allison</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Young</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>"Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA "</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>F</givenName>
        <surName>van Mantgem</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Sequoia Park Zoo</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Alexis</givenName>
        <surName>Garretson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>"Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA"</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>alexis@garretson.net</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Toni Lyn</givenName>
        <surName>Morelli</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>"Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey"</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <surName>iNaturalist Citizen Scientists</surName>
      </individualName>
    </creator>
<distribution>
<online>
<onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
<url function="information">https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/138/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Alexis</givenName>
        <surName>Garretson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>"Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA"</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>alexis@garretson.net</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>

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