Field Descriptions for SERVICE templates

# Field Descriptions for SERVICE IAFA Template Types

This document is extracted from the IAFA Templates Internet Draft and is intended to provide a little online guidance on the sort of the things that should be placed in the various fields. Note that not all fields need to be filled in; which ones you use as a "minimum" set depend on your application.

       Data Element Name        Description.

       Handle:                  Handle of object.
       Category:                Type of object. See Note <1>
       Title:                   Title of service.
       Short-Title:             Summary title (if the Title is
                                very long).
       Alternative-Title:     An alternative to
                                the Title or Short-Title
                                title fields.
       Source:                  Information as to the definitive version
       Discussion:              Free text description of possi-
                                ble discussion forums (USENET
                                groups, mailing lists) appropri-
                                ate for this object.
       Language-v*:             The name of the language in
                                which the object is written. For
                                documents this would be the
                                natural language.
       ISSN-v*:                 The International Standard
                                Serial Number of the object.
       URI:                     URI of service.
       Admin-(USER*):           Contact information of person or
                                group responsible for service
                                administration (administrative
                                contact).

       Owner-(ORGANIZATION*):   Information on organization
                                responsible for this service.

       Sponsoring-(ORGANIZATION*):
                                Contact information for the
                                organization sponsoring this
                                site.

       Description:             Free text description of ser-
                                vice.

       Authentication:          Authentication information. Free
                                text field supplying login and
                                password information (if neces-
                                sary) or other method for
                                authentication.

       Registration:            How to register for this service
                                if general access is not avail-
                                able.

       Charging-Policy:         Free text field describing any
                                charging mechanism in place.
                                Additionally, fee structure may
                                be included in this field.

       Access-Policy:           Policies and restrictions for
                                using this service.

       Access-Times:            Time ranges for mandatory or
                                preferred access of service.

       Keywords:                Keywords appropriate for
                                describing this service.

       Subject-Descriptor-Scheme-v*:Name of classification
                                scheme used in the corresponding
                                Subject-Descriptor field.
       Subject-Descriptor-v*:   A classification
                                mark for the resource.
       To-Be-Reviewed-Date:     Date on which the resource is
                                expected to require re-assessment.
       Record-Last-Verified-Email:Email address of the
                                person who last verified this
                                template.
       Record-Last-Verified-Date:Date of the last
                                verification of this template.
       Comments:                Comments by the template
                                creator(s).
       Destination:             Records which database(s)
                                a template will go into once
                                evaluation procedures have
                                been completed.

Notes for these templates:

<1> The intention of this field is to define the category of the object. For example, in the case of documents it could be "Technical Report", or "Conference Paper" and the name and date of the conference at which the paper was presented. It may also be something like "General Guide" or "User manual".

## Examples

### Example 1:

The following is an example of an entry for a telnet ser- vice.

       Template-Type:           SERVICE
       Title:                   Census Bureau information server
       URI:                     telnet://census.ispy.gov:1234
       Admin-Name:              Jay Bond
       Admin-Postal:            PO Box. 42, A Street Washington
                                DC, USA 20001
       Admin-Work-Phone:        +1 202 222 3333
       Admin-Work-Fax:          +1 202 444 5555
       Admin-Email:             jb007@census.ispy.gov
       Description:             This server provides information
                                from the latest USA Census
                                Bureau statistics (1990) Type
                                "help" for more information.
       Authentication:          Once connected type your email
                                address at the "login:" prompt.
                                No password is required.
       Registration:            No formal registration is
                                required
       Charging-Policy:         There is no charge for the use
                                of this service
       Access-Times:            9:00 EST / 17:00 EST
       Access-Policy:           This service may not be used by
                                sites in the Republic of the
                                VTTS
       Keywords:                census, population, 1990,
                                statistics
       Record-Last-Modified-Name:
                                Miss Moneypenny
       Record-Last-Modified-Email:
                                m.moneypenny@census.ispy.gov
       Record-Last-Modified-Date:
                                Wed, 1 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT

### Example 2:

The following is an example of a mailing list (service).

       Template-Type:           SERVICE
       Title:                   fishlovers
       URI:                     fishlovers@foo.com
       Admin-Name:              Ima Adams
       Admin-Email:             fishlovers-request@foo.com
       Registration:            Send mail to the administrative
                                address with your own email
                                address requesting addition
       Description:             Discussion list for people who
                                love fish of all types
       Keywords:                fish, aquarium, marine, freshwa-
                                ter, saltwater
       Access-Policy:           Any Internet user may subscribe
                                to this mailing list