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.
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 |
| Forest Community Dynamics in Hemlock Overlook, Virginia: A Ten-Year Student-Collected Forest Plot Dataset |
| Creator | |
| Individual Name: |
Lorelei
Crerar
|
| Organization Name: | George Mason University |
| Email: | lcrerar@gmu.edu |
| Creator | |
| Individual Name: |
Alexis
C
Garretson
|
| Organization Name: | George Mason University |
| Email: | alexis@garretson.net |
| User Id: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-0131 |
| Creator | |
| Individual Name: |
Larry
R
Rockwood
|
| Organization Name: | George Mason University |
| Email: | lrockwood@gmu.edu |
| Creator | |
| Individual Name: |
Undergraduate Ecology and Evolution Students
|
| Creator | |
| Individual Name: |
Graduate Ecology and Evolution Teaching Assistants
|
| 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/353/2 |
| Contact | |
| Individual Name: |
Alexis
C
Garretson
|
| Organization Name: | George Mason University |
| Email: | alexis@garretson.net |
| User Id: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-0131 |
<?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>Forest Community Dynamics in Hemlock Overlook, Virginia: A Ten-Year Student-Collected Forest Plot Dataset</title>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Lorelei</givenName>
<surName>Crerar</surName>
</individualName>
<organizationName>George Mason University</organizationName>
<electronicMailAddress>lcrerar@gmu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Alexis</givenName>
<givenName>C</givenName>
<surName>Garretson</surName>
</individualName>
<organizationName>George Mason University</organizationName>
<electronicMailAddress>alexis@garretson.net</electronicMailAddress>
<userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-0131</userId>
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Larry</givenName>
<givenName>R</givenName>
<surName>Rockwood</surName>
</individualName>
<organizationName>George Mason University</organizationName>
<electronicMailAddress>lrockwood@gmu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<surName>Undergraduate Ecology and Evolution Students</surName>
</individualName>
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<surName>Graduate Ecology and Evolution Teaching Assistants</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/353/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
<individualName>
<givenName>Alexis</givenName>
<givenName>C</givenName>
<surName>Garretson</surName>
</individualName>
<organizationName>George Mason University</organizationName>
<electronicMailAddress>alexis@garretson.net</electronicMailAddress>
<userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-0131</userId>
</contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>
