| Entered manually | TAG | SLAC DESCRIPTIVE METADATA ATTRIBUTE NAME | DEFINITION | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | REPEATABLE? | REQUIRED? | VALUES | REMARKS |
| rg | Record Group Number | NARA-assigned number designating cognizant/originating organization. | variable | no | yes | 434 (DOE); 255 (NASA) | ||
| agency | Agency | Entity responsible for making the resource available | variable | no | yes | USDOE; USNASA | ||
| ref | Reference provided by | Organization responsible for providing reference service on the subject record/resource | fixed | no | yes | SLAC AHO, 2575 Sand Hill Road MS82, Menlo Park CA 94025. PH:650-926-3091.FX:650-926-5371,EMAIL slacarc@slac.stanford.edu | ||
| org | Organization | Entity responsible for making creating the resource | fixed | yes | yes | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center | ||
| div | Division | Division of SLAC that created the resource | variable | no | yes | BSD (Business Services Div.), ESH (ES&H Div.), KIPAC, RD (Research Div/), SSRL, TD (Technical Div.), | ||
| group | Group | Group of SLAC that created the resource | variable | yes | yes | ex. GLAST, GROUP A, KIPAC, SLD, TIS, etc. | ||
| creator | Creator | Entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource. (Person or collaboration) | variable | yes | yes | |||
| owner | Owner | Entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. | variable | yes | no | Lname, Fname. | ||
| slacdescr | SLAC Series Description | Free-text account of the record/resource | variable | no | yes | Title (if any), Author (if any). Event name. Type of record/resource. | ||
| begdate | Beginning date | Date record/resource was originated, or earliest known date | variable | no | yes | yyyy, mo/da/yyyy, unknown | ||
| lastmod | Last modification | Date record/resource was last modified | variable | no | yes | yyyy, mo/da/yyyy, unknown | ||
| root | Root URL | Root url of the tree on which the subject record / resource originally resided | variable | no | www-sldnt.slac.stanford.edu/hepvis [2 levels down] | |||
| series | Series Designatior | Unique identifier within a record group for a series | variable | no | yes | Email, Experimental Data, Graphics, Talks, Web pages | ||
| schedule | DOE Schedule Item Number | Alpha-numeric reference to disposition schedule item relevant to the record/resource in question. | variable | no | yes | ex. N1-434-96-9/1A1 | ||
| doedescr | DOE Schedule Item Description | Narrative description of disposition schedule item relevant to the record/resource in question | variable | no | yes | Use keywords, spell out acronyms | ||
| retention | DOE Retention | Retention period designated by DOE Schedule | variable | no | yes | ex. Permanent | ||
| access | Access Restriction Status | Limitations on use of record/resource designated in disposition schedule or by record/resource creator | variable | no | yes | Open, Restricted, Restricted until (list qualifying event or date) | ||
| use | Use Restriction Status | Indicates whether restriction status has been verified | variable | no | yes | Yes or No | ||
| savedas | Saved As | Short file name assigned during web crawl that harvested the record / resource | variable | no | yes | was called CrawledName | ||
| entryno | Entry Number | A unique identifier assigned by the SLAC Archives | variable | no | yes | |||
| url | File location | Original URL of the record / resource | variable | no | no | |||
| filename | File Name | Name or title given to the record / resource | variable | no | yes | ex. SLD Talks | ||
| descrtype | Description Type | Series | fixed | no | yes | Series | ||
| descrauth | Description Author | Name of individual responsible for writing the SLAC Series Description | variable | no | yes | Lname, Fname. | ||
| descrdate | Description date | Date SLAC Series Description was completed | variable | no | yes | mo/da/yyyy | ||
| copy | Copy status | Indicates what type of copies of the record/resource have been made. | variable | no | yes | Preservation, Reproduction, Reference | ||
| dcmi.type | Type of electronic entity | Dublin Core Metadata Initiative terms for the nature or genere of the content of the resource | variable | yes | yes | Collection, Dataset, Event, Image, InteractiveResource, MovingImage, PhysicalObject, Service, Software, Sound, StillImage, Text | ||
| format | Format | Physical or digital manifestation of the record/resource | variable | yes | yes | jpg, gif, tiff, doc, xls, pdf, (etc) | ||
| filesize | File size | Dimensions of file, incl. size and duration, if applicable | variable | no | yes | ###KB, ###MB, (etc) | ||
| meastype | Holdings Measurement Type | Quantitative metric used for the subject record/resource | variable | no | yes | files, documents | ||
| meascount | Holdings Measurement Count | Number of units of the measurement metric the subject record/resource represents | variable | no | yes | expressed as a number | ||
| storloc | Storage location | name of the storage location of the record/resource | variable | yes | yes | sfs-disk-pat | listed in InQ under "Resource" column | |
| stormed | Storage media type | Storage media used for the record/resource | variable | no | no | may not be known in all cases? | ||
| remarks | Remarks | Administrative notes for use by staff | variable | no | no | free text |