SBN PDS4 Wiki

This site provides support for the PDS4 data standards and their supporting tools. It is intended for both internal and external users. The descriptions here should be consistent with Release 1.4 of the schemas and documents unless otherwise noted.

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FAQ

• Frequently Asked Questions

Learning About XML

• Some Things You Should Know About XML Before You Start
• XML Standards Primer for PDS4
• Understanding XML Catalog Files
• How to View an XML File
• Anatomy of the XML Prolog

Tutorials

• PDS4 Product Labels, Step by Step
• Discipline Dictionaries, Step by Step:
  • Filling Out the Display Dictionary Classes
  • Filling Out the Spectral Dictionary Classes
• Schema Referencing in PDS4 Labels
• Using Eclipse for XML Editing
• Creating Local Dictionaries:
  • Installing and Configuring LDDTool
  • Creating the Ingest LDD Dictionary Input File
  • Running LDDTool and Editing the Output
• Using Local Dictionaries
• Units of Measure

Quick References

• <field_format> Syntax Summary
• Standard Values for Label Attributes
• Standard Values for Unit Classes
• Data Type Definitions:
  • ASCII (Character) Data Types
  • Binary Data Types
• Creating a Collection
• PDS4 Data Structures
• Notes for Labelling FITS files

SBN Style Sheets

• Target Names

Workshop Support

Pages of quick links for those in workshops:

• St. Louis XML Training April 2015
• DPS2013 Workshop at the Denver DPS meeting
• July 2013 Moscow Workshop at IKI
• February 2013 Migration Workshop at UMD
• Moscow November 2012
• PDS3 to PDS4 Migration Workshop, September 2012
• Designing Labels

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Please Note

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