Table 1
List of DOI Metadata Attributes.
| Metadata Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Mandatory: | |
| DOI Name | DOI name based on the defined syntax (Leave blank if requesting opaque IDs); required by EZID |
| Product Title | Title of the Product; required by EZID |
| Creator | Person(s)/Agency that has developed/processed the data; required by EZID |
| Distributor | Name of the agency that is distributing the data; required by EZID |
| Year | Year the data (will be) made available to public; required by EZID |
| Product URL | Landing Page URL; required by EZID |
| Resource Type | Type of the Digital Object, such as Dataset, Text, Services, Software; required by EZID |
| Type of DOI (NEW or UPDATE) | NEW for providing the DOI information for the first time or UPDATE for revising already provided information. Required by the ESDIS Project for processing of information |
| Ready for Registration With EZID (YES or NO) | Specifies if the Submitter is ready for registering the identifier with the EZID. This requires complete metadata and that the landing page should be ready: YES for Ready to Register, NO for Not ready to Register. Required by the ESDIS Project for processing of information |
| Optional (ESDIS Project Internal Use): | |
| Special Reference | Data Center preferred reference of the data product (short name) |
| Program/Mission Name | Name of the Program (e.g., MEaSUREs) or Mission (e.g., Aqua) for reference |
| Project/Instrument Name | Name of the Project (e.g., GSSTF) or Instrument (e.g., MODIS) for reference |
| DOI Information Provider | Name of the Data Center requesting the DOI assignment. |
| DOI Contact Information | First Name, Last Name, and Email address of the person providing the information |
| Landing Page Responsible Agency | Organization maintaining the landing page if it is different from the Data Center |
| Landing Page Contact Information | First Name, Last Name, and Email address of the person responsible for the landing page |

Figure 1
ESDIS Project DOI Process Workflow.

Figure 2
ESDIS Operational DOI Registration and Managing System.
Table 2
Name and Science Discipline of Various Data Distributors.
| Data Distributor | Data Distributor Name | Science Discipline |
|---|---|---|
| ASDC DAAC | Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center DAAC | Radiation Budget, Clouds, Aerosol, Tropospheric Chemistry |
| ASF DAAC | Alaska Satellite Facility DAAC | Synthetic Aperture Radar Products, Sea Ice, Polar Processes, Geophysics. |
| CDDIS | Crustal Dynamics Data Information System | Space Geodesy, Solid Earth |
| FIRMS1 | Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS Fire Information for Resource Management System | Near real-time active fire data |
| GES DISC | Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center | Global Precipitation, Solar Irradiance, Atmospheric Composition and Dynamics, Global Modeling |
| GHRC DAAC | Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC | Hydrologic Cycle, Severe Weather Interactions, Lightening, Atmospheric Convention |
| LAADS | Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System | MODIS Level-1 and Atmospheric Products |
| LANCE AMSR21 | Land Atmosphere Near-real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) AMSR2 at the GHRC DAAC | Near real-time global precipitation and ocean parameters excluding sea surface temperature. |
| LANCE MODIS1 | LANCE MODIS at the MODAPS | Near real-time Land and Atmospheric data |
| LPDAAC | Land Processes DAAC | Surface Reflectance, Land Cover, Vegetation Indices |
| LPVS2 | Land Product Validation Subgroup (Working Group on Calibration and Validation Committee on Earth Observation Satellites) | Land Product Validation |
| NSIDC DAAC | National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC | Snow and Ice, Cryosphere, Climate Interactions, Sea Ice |
| OB.DAAC | Ocean Biology DAAC | Ocean Biology, Sea Surface Temperature |
| Ozone PEATE1 | Ozone Product Evaluation and Test Element | Ozone Measurements |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC | Biogeochemcial Dynamics Ecological Data, Environmental Processes |
| PO.DAAC | Physical Oceanography DAAC | Gravity, Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Winds, Topography, Circulation and Currents |
| PPS1 | Precipitation Processing System | Global Precipitation Measurement |
| SEDAC | Socioeconomic Data and Application Data Center | Human Interactions, Land Use, Environmental Sustainability, Geospatial Data |
[i] 1Non-DAAC organization associated with a DAAC. 2Non-DAAC organization.

Figure 3
Status of ESDIS-created Digital Object Identifiers as of 28 February 2017.

Figure 4
Monthly Number of DOI Requests Submitted by DAACS and Registered by the ESDIS DOI System as of February 2017.
