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Element irm:pointOfContact

Namespace | urn:us:gov:ic:irm
Annotations | ? ded:CategoryDescription: Information about an organization, person, or other entity associated with a resource, other than the creating or publishing organization. ded:CategoryComment: This category consists of one element. When a point of contact is a service or an organization, and not an individual, it is expected that the contact authority (person or organization) for the resource will be listed. There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in a ICResourceMetadataPackage, where it indicates a POC for a described data asset. ICResourceMetadataPackage can optionally include one or more pointOfContact elements when other creator, publisher, or contributor elements exist. There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in a metacardInfo element, where it indicates a point of contact of a metadata card. metacardInfo can optionally include one or more pointOfContact elements when other creator, publisher, or contributor elements exist. Each pointOfContact element can have one element of person, organization, service, or unknown. pointOfContact may be marked according to SMP guidelines. ded:Definition: Information about an organization, person, or other entity associated with a metadata card, other than the creating or publishing organization. The point of contact, usually a Person, is the entity primarily responsible for accepting inquiries regarding the resource. Contains person, organization, web service data, or unknown for an entity that is a point of contact. ? ded:Obligation: (Mandatory With Exception) Mandatory to have at least one or more of creator, publisher, contributor, or pointOfContact in metacardInfo. Mandatory to have at least one or more of creator, publisher, contributor, or pointOfContact in ICResourceMetadataPackage. Optional in metacardInfo. ded:Comment: There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in metacardInfo. In this context, the data contained in the pointOfContact element describes an entity that is a pointOfContact for the content of the metadata card. pointOfContact may be marked according to SMP guidelines. Specifies the relationship of being a point of contact. The data contained by the pointOfContact element in ICResourceMetadataPackage describes an entity that is a point of contact for the described data asset. metacardInfo can optionally include one or more pointOfContact elements where it describes an entity that is a point of contact for the metadata card. pointOfContact may be marked according to SMP guidelines. There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in a resource. At least one of the creator, contributor, publisher or pointOfContact must be present in a ICResourceMetadataPackage.
Diagram |
Type | irm:ContactInfoType
Properties |
content | complex
Used by |
Complex Types | irm:ICResourceMetadataType , irm:MetacardInfoType
Model | irm:organization | irm:person | irm:service | irm:unknown
Children | irm:organization , irm:person , irm:service , irm:unknown
Instance |
    <irm:pointOfContact pocType="" SchemaguideSecurityAttributesOptionGroup="" xmlns:irm="urn:us:gov:ic:irm">
      <irm:organization irm:acronym="">{1,1}</irm:organization>
      <irm:person>{1,1}</irm:person>
      <irm:service>{1,1}</irm:service>
      <irm:unknown>{1,1}</irm:unknown>
    </irm:pointOfContact>
Attributes |
QName | Type | Use | Annotation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SchemaguideSecurityAttributesOptionGroup | xsd:NMTOKEN | optional | This attribute is only a placeholder so that all the ISM attributes are not shown in the schemaGuide for every element. If you refer to the documentation of the attribute group it will say what attributes should be here.
pocType | ismpoctype:CVEnumISMPocType | optional | Indicates that the element specifies a point-of-contact (POC) and the methods with which to contact that individual. As certain POCs are required for different reasons (ICD-710 compliance, DoD Distribution statements, etc), the values for this attribute specify the reason(s) why the POC is provided.
Source |
    <xsd:element name="pointOfContact" type="irm:ContactInfoType">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>&#x2028;
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:CategoryDescription">ded:CategoryDescription: Information about an organization, person, or other entity associated with a resource, other than the creating or publishing organization.</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:CategorySource"/>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:CategoryComment">ded:CategoryComment: This category consists of one element. When a point of contact is a service or an organization, and not an individual, it is expected that the contact authority (person or organization) for the resource will be listed. There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in a ICResourceMetadataPackage, where it indicates a POC for a described data asset. ICResourceMetadataPackage can optionally include one or more pointOfContact elements when other creator, publisher, or contributor elements exist. There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in a metacardInfo element, where it indicates a point of contact of a metadata card. metacardInfo can optionally include one or more pointOfContact elements when other creator, publisher, or contributor elements exist. Each pointOfContact element can have one element of person, organization, service, or unknown. pointOfContact may be marked according to SMP guidelines.</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:Definition">ded:Definition: Information about an organization, person, or other entity associated with a metadata card, other than the creating or publishing organization. The point of contact, usually a Person, is the entity primarily responsible for accepting inquiries regarding the resource. Contains person, organization, web service data, or unknown for an entity that is a point of contact.</p>&#x2028;
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:Obligation">ded:Obligation: (Mandatory With Exception) Mandatory to have at least one or more of creator, publisher, contributor, or pointOfContact in metacardInfo. Mandatory to have at least one or more of creator, publisher, contributor, or pointOfContact in ICResourceMetadataPackage. Optional in metacardInfo.</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:Comment">ded:Comment: There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in metacardInfo. In this context, the data contained in the pointOfContact element describes an entity that is a pointOfContact for the content of the metadata card. pointOfContact may be marked according to SMP guidelines. Specifies the relationship of being a point of contact. The data contained by the pointOfContact element in ICResourceMetadataPackage describes an entity that is a point of contact for the described data asset. metacardInfo can optionally include one or more pointOfContact elements where it describes an entity that is a point of contact for the metadata card. pointOfContact may be marked according to SMP guidelines. There is no maximum number of pointOfContact elements in a resource. At least one of the creator, contributor, publisher or pointOfContact must be present in a ICResourceMetadataPackage.</p>
        </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
Schema location | IC-IRM.xsd Copy and paste this link to your file browser, clicking the link MAY open in the browser. Opening in an XML aware editor is best.

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