The URI pattern makes it easy to stick optional URIs into elements Matches any well-formed XML. A contact may be either a person or an organization. The contactperson element is the full name of the contact. The first or given name of the contact. Optional but highly recommended. The middle initial of the contact. Optional but highly recommended. The last or family name of the contact. Optional but highly recommended. The name of the contact organization. An email element is optional but highly recommended. An entity (person or organization) primarily responsible for implementing the project. The primary name given to the project. The nature or genre of the content of the resource. In this case, the term used is "project". An id value for the project. The Id code used for the project by the particular source. The source of the Id code (e.g. NRPI or CERES). The beginning date of the project. The ending date of the project. The primary contact for this project. The secondary contact for this project. A contact for information about data produced by this project. An entity (person or organization) involved in implementing the project. The name of the involved person or organization. The nature of the involvement, such as funder or collaborator. Information about the source of financial, material, or logistical support for the project. The name of the entity (person or organization) providing support for the project. Whether the funding has been received or is still sought. The identifier used for the award in the funder's tracking system. The nature of the financial, material, or logistical support for the project, such as money, land, or labor. The dollar amount of a monetary contribution. Additional information describing the contribution. The primary public Web document describing the project. A reference to a related resource, such as a similar project or a publication. The nature of the relationship (URIs expressing "is part of", "is member of", etc.), The resource that is related to this project. A brief narrative description of the project. A summary of the intentions of the project. Other descriptive information about the project. The state of the project. The laws or regulations the project is intended to address. All coordinates to be specified as decimal degrees in the WGS84 datum. A topic describing the project, selected from a controlled vocabulary. The nature of the work undertaken by the project, selected from a controlled vocabulary. The habitat or habitats the project is concerned with, selected from a habitat classification scheme. The methodology or technique used by this project, selected from a controlled vocabulary. The size or areal footprint of the project. A taxon the project is concerned with. The location of the project, selected from a named gazetteer. Any well-formed XML can be embedded in an extension element. For these project records, this should read "CalEDLN project standard 1.0RC1" The date this metadata record was written. Contact information for the author of the metadata.