Completing the Descriptive Metadata fields for WG2

Please note: these are specific instructions intended only for the archival of WG2 final data (data used to produce the figures in the AR6 WG2 report)

This document outlines the requirements for the contents of each descriptive metadata field for WG2. For any questions about completing the metadata for your record, please contact ipcc.ddc.datasupport@metadata.atlassian.net

Summary

Field	Requirement	Example
Title	Please complete with the following format: Data for figure <<FIGURE NUMBER>> <<DATA VERSION DATE>> - <<REPORT NAME>>	Data for Figure SPM.1 (v20220330) - Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Abstract	80 characters or less describing what the data or figure shows. Can be a summary of the caption.	Figure SPM.7 shows the cumulative anthropogenic CO2 emissions taken up by land and ocean sinks by 2100 under the five core scenarios.
Contact Point	Please enter ipcc.ddc.datasupport@metadata.atlassian.net. This is the email address people should contact if they have any questions about the data.	ipcc.ddc.datasupport@metadata.atlassian.net
Keywords	1) WG2 has created a list of default keywords to be added to all records: IPCC-DDC, IPCC, AR6, WG2, WGII, Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group II, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability 2) Additionally, please add the full name and acronym of the report 3) Finally, please add some keywords associated with your data. Keywords should represent potential search terms users may use to find your data.	IPCC-DDC, IPCC, AR6, WG1, WGI, SPM, Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group I, Physical Science Basis, Summary for Policymakers, Figure SPM.7, cumulative CO2 emissions, CO2 emissions, carbon sinks, airborne fraction
DOI Name	See How to add or create a DOI	10.5285/b1ad4c02319b438884a72fea34cb5a18
Alternative Indentifer	Leave blank - this field is not required for this date.
Publication Date	The date this version of the data is published.

Publisher

For final data for working group 2, these fields are standardised can be completed as follows:

Field	Value to be entered
Identifier	Leave blank
Name	MetadataWorks
Logo	Leave blank
Description	https://metadataworks.co.uk/
Contact Point	hello@metadataworks.co.uk

Documentation

Field

Requirement

Example

Description

Associated Media

This field can be left blank initially. Once a URL or DOI for the report is available, this can be added.

Is Part Of

Please complete with the following format:

<<REPORT NAME>> of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC AR6

Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC AR6

Coverage

Field	Requirement	Example
Spatial Coverage	Describe the spatial region, area or named place covered by the dataset	Global
Spatial Aggregation	Describe the type of spatial aggregation used in the dataset (e.g. region, area, grid, etc.)	Global
Spatial Resolution	Describe the level of spatial detail provided in the data. See the link to the left for more detail on this field.
Start Date	The date of the earliest data point in the data. If you are unsure of the day and month, you can include a default value of 01 Jan.	01/01/1890
End Date	The date of the latest data point in the data. If you are unsure fo the day and month, you can include a default value of 31 Dec	31/12/2050
Temporal Resolution
Geographical Bounding Box
Lower Left Latitute
Lower Left Longitude
Upper Right Latitude
Upper Right Longitude

Provenance

Field

Requirement

Example

Purpose

Please enter:

Data used by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) authors and supplied for archiving to MetadataWorks Ltd by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for IPCC Working Group II (WGII).

Source

Describe the source(s) for the data being archived. Where existing datasets or databases were used, please include the version and access date of the dataset o database.

Accessibility

Field	Requirement	Example
Usage
Licence
Resource Creator
Investigations
Is Referenced By
References
Access
Assess URL	Leave blank
Access Service	Please enter Available for download from the IPCC Data Catalogue.	Available for download from the IPCC Data Catalogue.
Jurisdiction	Leave blank
Language	This should list all the languages in which the dataset metadata and underlying data is made available	en
Format	Please indicate the file format of your final data files. Where there is more than one type, you can add multiple fields. Formats should be as per https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml	text/csv application/vnd.ms-excel application/x-netcdf

Enrichment and Linkage

Field

Requirement

Example

Qualified Relation

This field is optional.

It can be used to provide the DOI or URL of any related datasets.

Tools

This field is optional.

It can be used to provide URL of any GitHub repositories or similar tools that can be used with this data.