PANGAEA XML schema

Field names as given in the PANGAEA XML schema can be used for specific queries using the PANGAEA search engine. Queries are not case sensitive and can be combined by boolean operators. A blank is equivalent to AND, use the minus sign (-) to exclude specifications. See also the Help function of PangaVista.

Search examples:
 * data sets with a specific parameter
 * http://www.pangaea.de/search?q=parameter:obsidian parameter:obsidian
 * or search for parameter:name:"Carbon, organic, dissolved"
 * data sets with a specific geocode geocode:depth-ice/snow
 * data sets of a certain author in the citation citation:author:sieger
 * data sets following two queries combined by boolean operators
 * keyword radiocarbon in the reference AND published via Pangaea in the year 2000 reference:radiocarbon citation:year:2000
 * keyword radiocarbon in the reference OR published via Pangaea in the year 2000 reference:radiocarbon or citation:year:2000
 * keyword radiocarbon in the reference and NOT published via Pangaea in the year 2000 reference:radiocarbon -citation:year:2000

Schema
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XML variant for writing transformations