ISTP Metadata Guidelines: Example Skeletons

• A skeleton table is a specially formatted ASCII text file that contains the metadata or information about the data set. The format of the file allows simultaneous viewing and editing of the metadata
• A Skeleton CDF is a file with exactly the same contents as the skeleton table, but its format is binary

If you have a skeleton table you can create a Skeleton CDF using the CDF toolkit routine, skeletoncdf.

If you have a Skeleton CDF you can create a skeleton table using the CDF toolkit routine, skeletontable.

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Instrument-Specific Skeleton Tables

Use these skeleton tables as a starting point for creating your own skeleton table. Choose below one of a similar type:

• Electric Fields (space)
• Particles (space)
• Plasma and Solar Wind
• Radio and Plasma Waves
• Ground-Based HF-Radars
• Ground-Based Imagers
• Ground-Based Magnetometers, Riometers, Sounders
• Ground-Based VLF/ELF/ULF, Photometers

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Instrument-Specific Skeleton CDFs

Download any stable Master CDF

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