This XML Schema is an implementation of the Department of Defense Discovery Metadata
Specification (DDMS Spec) version 5. Unless otherwise stated, all references to the
DDMS Spec refer to version 5 of that document.
Version 1.0 was created by the DDMS Focus Group:
Robert Allegar - Booz Allen Hamilton
Arsic Antoinette - Mitre Corp.
Wil Bailey - DLA
Daniel Barclay - FGM, Inc.
Brian Brotsos - SAIC
Clive Carpi - SAIC
Mike Daconta - McDonald Bradley
Stan Davis - DISA
Michael Fontaine - OSD/NII
Glenda Hayes - Mitre Corp.
Kirk Maskalenko - FGM, Inc.
Mary Ann Melosh - SAIC
Eric Peterson - McDonald Bradley
Jim Pipher - DISA
Joseph J. Pantella, FGM, Inc.
Glenn Pruitt - FGM, Inc.
Tony Reggio - Pennsylvania State University
Kyle Rice - McDonald Bradley
Clay Robinson - OSD/NII
Rebecca Smith - DIA
Brian Sullivan - NGA (NIMA)
Eric Yuan - Booz Allen Hamilton
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Change Log:
07/13/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Added a global classification attribute per CR #1 of
July 1, 2004 DDMS modification.
07/13/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified title and subtitle elements to use the classification
attribute per CR #1 of July 1, 2004 DDMS modification.
07/13/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified SubjectType category and keywords per CR #2
of July 1, 2004 DDMS modification. NOTE: At least one of either Keyword or Category
must appear, after one instance of either appears, additional categories must appear
before additional keywords.
07/13/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified CompoundSourceIdentifierType to support the
schema qualifier and schema HREF attributes on the source element per CR#4 of July
1, 2004 DDMS modification.
07/14/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Fixed bug that prevented street address information
from being included in the Place and Facility elements.
07/26/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified the qualifier attribute of the CompoundCategoryIdentifierType
used in the category element to be of type xs:anyURI.
08/04/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified Place and Facility to support the state element.
08/04/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Removed AddressType because it was not used.
08/06/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Required xs:any element to have a minoccurs of 0.
08/11/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified contributor, producer, creator and pointOfContact
to be of respective types. Eliminated the substitution group solution previously
employed.
08/16/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified CompoundResourceIdentifierType and QualifiedExtentValueType
qualifier attributes to be of xs:anyURI per Tiger Team.
08/17/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified the target namespace to reflect the needs identified
in the Registry meetings (G. Hayes in attendance).
08/23/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Added comments to annotate changes made by the Tiger
Team.
11/23/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified title, subtitle, description, publisher, contributor,
creator and security elements to reuse the ICISM:SecurityAttributesGroup.
11/23/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Removed prior implementation of security and classification
attributes.
11/23/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified the temporalCoverage sub-elements to provide
mechanism to specify Unknown or Not Applicable value defaulting to Unknown persuant
to the approval of CR#11.
12/12/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Modified subjectType to eliminate redundancy causing
tool issues.
12/16/2004 (J. Pantella) -- Commented out all residual elements and types related
to the previous, substitution group based, modeling of the creator, publisher, and
contributor.
1/2/2005 (J. Pantella) -- Modified namespace and comments to remove anticipated
name change.
1/19/2005 (J. Pantella) -- Modified title and subtitle to support mulitple appearances.
6/22/2005 (J.Pantella) -- Modified geospatialCoverage element to support a richer
geospatial description compliant with ISO 19115, pursuant to the approval of CR #13,
the geospatialCoverage elment within a Resource is not strictly mandatory per the
specification.
7/20/2005 (J.Pantella) -- Changed geospatialCoverage/Place to geospatialCoverage/GeospatialExtent
per comments from NGA et al. at IC MWG meeting of July 8, 2005.
6/05/2007 (J. Pantella) -- Modified the SubjectType to comply with the approved
resolution of CR 2006-1. See also http://metadata.dod.mil/mdr/irs/DDMS/cm/CR/2006/DDMS-CR-2006-1.
6/05/2007 (J. Pantella) -- Modified the DDMS XML Schema file structure to reflect
the approved changes per CR 2007-1. See also http://metadata.dod.mil/mdr/irs/DDMS/cm/CR/2007/DDMS-CR-2007-1.
1/3/2007 (J. Pantella) -- Modified version attribute to reflect that this is version
1.4.2.
1/3/2007 (J. Pantella) -- Corrected spelling error in the top level documentation
element of the XML Schema.
7/15/2008 (J. Pantella) -- Modified creator, publisher, contributor, and pointOfContact
to fall under a mandatory choice. The desired effect is that one or more creator,
publisher, contributor, or pointOfContact elements may appear in a DDMS instance,
but there must be at least one. Change is pursuant to CR 2008-3. See also http://metadata.dod.mil/mdr/irs/DDMS/cm/CR/2008/DDMS-CR-2008-3.
7/15/2008 (J. Pantella) -- Modified ddms:Resource to support a relatedResources
element allowing a DDMS instance document to assert relationships between the described
resource and other related resources.
1/4/2010 (P. Lunceford) -- Created DDMS 3.0. Implemented CR 2009-08 (make maxOccurs
on any to be unbounded), and CR 2009-12 (adding Security markings to the header and
requiring a ddmsRecordDate).
6/05/2011 (E. Hughes) -- Created DDMS 3.1. Implemented CR 2011-1 to create DDMS-Includes.xsd
wherein all IC-ISM references are consolidated.
6/05/2011 (E. Hughes) -- Added approvedOn attribute pursuant to CR 2011-5.
8/22/2011 (P. Attas) -- Added implementations of DDMS_CR_2011-4, and 6-15. The
DDMS namespace was changed from a URL to a URN. In this file this added a mandatory
metacardInfo element and an optional resourceManagment element. Also corrected an
error in the resourceType definition that couldhave permitted an instance with no
creater, publisher, contributor, or point of contact to validate, when at least one
of those elements is required to be present and populated with data.
1/11/2013 (E. Carswell) -- Added implementations of DDMS CRs 2012-07, 2012-10, and
2012-11. Added simpleTokenType to enforce content in strings. Replaced DDMS GML Profile
with TSPI GML Profile. Using GENC as the standard for country codes. Replaced DDMS
Virtual Coverage with VIRT.xsd from the IC. Removed attributes under resource and
Metacard Info that belong under a TDO/TDC. Also removed the extension capability
under Resource to comply with the format of TDO/TDC.