Metadata: general and domain specific Metadata

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Author Name: Gustavo Durand (@scolapasta)
Original Redmine Issue: 3434, https://redmine.hmdc.harvard.edu/issues/3434
Original Date: 2014-01-28
Original Assignee: Kevin Condon

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With 4.0 being a rewrite of the code base, this ticket represents one of the core functional components to be done. Individual items that can be tested separately or need to be passed to another developer or designer should be added as new tickets under this one.

In 4.0 we plan to revise how we handle metadata. While we plan to have general metadata which is true of all datasets (title, author, description, topic classification, etc), we will separate out the domain specific metadata (currently for social science fields from ddi), so that the end user can select a domain and not have to worry about fields that are not relevant.

includes:
handling of templates for domains
reimplementing study versions for 4.0

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Related issue(s): #65
Redmine related issue(s): 3473

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Child issue(s): #37, #38, #45, #71, #73, #76, #78, #79, #81, #83, #85, #140, #258
Redmine child issue(s): 3444, 3445, 3452, 3479, 3481, 3484, 3486, 3487, 3489, 3491, 3494, 3549, 3672

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Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Eleni Castro (@posixeleni)
Original Date: 2014-01-28T16:03:02Z

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Metadata for 4.0 Documentation:

• General Dataset Metadata Spec (T1): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjeLxEN77UZodHJSRHlzdTBVcXcwWTRVa3Bfdm91ZWc&usp=sharing
  ** Preliminary Mockups of how it might look in the UI: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bAf1pl3_ajo6N_x1D1HCapxMbt_5Y7_ZYu674X573V8/edit?usp=sharing
• Domain Specific Dataset Metadata Spec (Social Sciences, Astro, Biomedical) (T2): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjeLxEN77UZodFdkVGg5Rklpa1FIZ1N0QjBRY3JCNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=1
• File-Level Metadata (Tabular, FITS, General) (T3): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjeLxEN77UZodFQ3YVNzRXJiMUU5SXo1bXVFU1A3emc&usp=sharing
• Dataset Terms of Use / Rights and Restrictions (T4): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjeLxEN77UZodGpVYnBiVzY2bk1CWmtQY0o1Tl9CZnc&usp=sharing

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Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Gustavo Durand (@scolapasta)
Original Date: 2014-03-14T22:53:06Z

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Moving to QA for hihj level ticket; individual isses should be opened as new tickets.

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Original Redmine Comment
Author Name: Kevin Condon (@kcondon)
Original Date: 2014-03-26T18:31:30Z

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Tested on 3/26

Basic blocks fields and features in place with the exception of some open subtasks.

Closing ticket