ISTP Metadata Editor
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Open CDF File
Open netCDF File
Open SKT File
Open JSON File
Open File From URL
Save CDF File
Save Skeleton File
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CDF File Input
netCDF File Input
SKT File Input
JSON File Input
Save CDF (hidden)
Save netCDF (hidden)
Save SKT (hidden)
Save JSON (hidden)
Save SPASE XML (hidden)
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Global Attributes
Variable Attributes
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Remove Data From the CDF?
By default, any time-varying data in the CDF will be preserved. If there are large amounts of time-varying data, this can increase the time to load the CDF file. Set the checkbox below to remove the time-varying data, and improve load times.
Remove the data
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Save File
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before opening a new file?
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Yes
Save File
Do you want to save
before closing the file?
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Yes
Default FILLVAL
You can choose to set FILLVAL attributes to NaN where applicable.
By default, FILLVAL attributes are set to ISTP compliant values.
Set FILLVAL to ISTP Compliant Default Values
Set FILLVAL to NaN where applicable
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Array Majority of the CDF File
Column (better for Fortran, IDL, Matlab environments)
Row (better for C, C++, Python environments)
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Create New File
Open Existing File
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Open Existing File
Open CDF File
Open netCDF File
Open SKT File
Open JSON File
Open From URL
There is a 50 MB file size limit.
Open Existing URL
URL
There is a 50 MB file size limit.
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Error
Send error
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Too Much Data
This file contains a large amount of data (> 50MB). Please remove the data prior to saving.
Remove Data and Retry
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Variable Compression
Gnu ZIP (GZIP.
6
)
Level
Run-length encoding (RLE.0)
Huffman (HUFF.0)
Adaptive Huffman (AHUFF.0)
None
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GZIP Compression Level
6
Adjust the GZIP compression level using this slider to optimize file size and processing time. Lower levels provide faster compression with less size reduction, while higher levels offer greater compression at the cost of speed.
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Reset All Fill Values
Are you sure that you want to reset FILLVAL for all variables?
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Yes
Custom Validation Check
To run mission-specific validation, select an XML file containing the validation criteria.
The CDF validation schema definition file can be found at:
CdfValidationCriteria.xsd
To see examples of mission-specific validation XML files, see:
MmsCdfValidation.xml
PrbemCdfValidation.xml
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File 1 Source:
Local File:
URL:
File 2 Source:
Local File:
URL:
Comparison Options:
Compare Global Attributes
Compare Variable Attributes
Compare Variable Structure
Ignore case differences
Comparison Results:
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ISTP Metadata Editor
The ISTP Metadata Editor is a simple web application for creating and editing International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) guideline compliant Common Data Format (CDF), skeleton (SKT) and netCDF (NC) files.
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