GB/T 46405-2025Metadata for space science data (English PDF)
空间科学数据元数据
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
October 5, 2025
Implementation date
October 5, 2025
Scope
GB/T 46405-2025 is the English-translated version of 空间科学数据元数据.
GB/T 46405-2025 is the Chinese standard "Metadata for space science data". Its scope clause reads: This document specifies the description methods, composition, entities, and elements of space science data metadata, and establishes extended classes for space science metadata.
Types and principles. This document applies to the submission, registration, and cataloging of scientific data in the fields of space science, including space physics, space astronomy, lunar and planetary science.
Archive, create databases, publish, share, exchange, query, and use. This document does not apply to data in space life sciences and biotechnology, aerospace medicine, and microgravity science. Its clauses include terms and definitions.
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Document preview — GB/T 46405-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 07.040
- Classification
- A 46
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- Preface
- 1.Scope
- 2 Normative References
- 3.Terms and Definitions
- 4.Composition of space science data metadata
- 5.Metadata Description Methods
- 6.Dataset metadata
- 6.1 Dataset Identifier
- 6.1.1 Identifier Type
- 6.1.2 Identifier Number
- 6.1.3 Registration Date
- 6.2 Dataset Name
- 6.3 Dataset Aliases
- 6.4 Description
- 6.5 Keywords
- 6.6 Subject Classification
- 6.7 Thematic Classification
- 6.8 Related Personnel Information
- 6.8.1 Associated Personnel Identifier
- 6.8.2 Personnel Roles
- 6.9 Related Document Information
- 6.9.1 Associated Document Identifier
- 6.9.2 Remarks
- 6.10 Related Software Information
- 6.10.1 Associated Software Name
- 6.10.3 Access Address
- 6.10.4 Remarks
- 6.11 Information on related data management organizations
- 6.11.1 Identifier for Associated Data Management Organization
- 6.11.2 Management Type
- 6.12 Related Dataset Information
- 6.12.1 Association Dataset Identifier
- 6.12.2 Dataset Association Types
- 6.13 Source Information
- 6.13.1 Dataset Providers
- 6.13.2 Supported Project
- 6.13.3 Source Instrument Identifier
- 6.14 Processing Information
- 6.14.1 Processing Level
- 6.14.2 Storage Format
- 6.14.3 Encoding Method
- 6.14.4 Dataset Generation Date
- 6.14.5 Data set size
- 6.14.6 Number of data files.
- 6.14.7 Associated Data File Identifier
- 6.15 Time Information
- 6.15.1 Time range
- 6.15.2 Time resolution
- 6.15.3 Minimum time resolution
- 6.15.4 Maximum time resolution
- 6.15.5 Exposure time
- 6.15.6 Minimum exposure time
- 6.15.7 Maximum exposure time. 13 seconds
- 6.16 Spatial Region
- 6.17 Shared Information
- 6.17.1 Shared Status
- 6.17.2 Dataset Release Date
- 6.17.3 Shared data time range
- 6.17.4 Intellectual Property Category
- 6.17.5 Protection period
- 6.17.6 Sharing Method
- 6.17.7 Shared Scope
- 6.17.8 Shared Condition
- 6.17.9 Application Process
- 6.17.10 License
- 6.17.12 Acknowledgments
- 6.18 Notification Message
- 6.19 Metadata Publishing Organizations
- 6.20 Metadata first published date
- 6.21 Metadata latest release date
- 6.22 Metadata Version
- 6.23 Predecessor version identifier
- 6.24 Metadata Revision History
- 7 Data file metadata
- 7.1 Data File Identifier
- 7.1.1 Identifier Type
- 7.1.2 Identifier number
- 7.1.3 Registration Date
- 7.2 Filename
- 7.3 Relative Path
- 7.4 Time range
- 7.4.1 Start Time
- 7.4.2 End Time
- 7.4.3 Note
- 7.5 Related Data Parameter Identifiers
- 7.6 File size
1 Scope
This document specifies the description methods, composition, entities, and elements of space science data metadata, and establishes extended classes for space science metadata.
Types and principles.
This document applies to the submission, registration, and cataloging of scientific data in the fields of space science, including space physics, space astronomy, lunar and planetary science.
Archive, create databases, publish, share, exchange, query, and use.
This document does not apply to data in space life sciences and biotechnology, aerospace medicine, and microgravity science.
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents, through normative references within the text, constitute essential provisions of this document. Dated citations are not included.
For references to documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies.
This document.
GB/T 7408.1 Representation for the Interchange of Date and Time Information - Part 1.Basic Principles
GB/T 13745 Subject Classification and Codes
GB/T 30522 Basic Principles and Methods for Standardization of Metadata for Science and Technology Platforms
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
3.1 space science
Using spacecraft, aircraft, and ground-based work platforms, we study the physics occurring on Earth, in the Earth-Sun space, in the solar system, and even throughout the entire universe.
The discipline of chemistry and life, as well as natural phenomena and their laws.
[Source. GB/T 30114.1-2013, 2.1]
3.2 scientific data
The original, primary, and other information reflecting the essence, characteristics, and laws of change of the objective world, accumulated through human social and technological activities or acquired through other means.
Basic data, and the various types of data generated after systematic processing and organization.
[Source. GB/T 39912-2021, 3.2]
3.3 metadata
Data that defines and describes other data.
[Source. GB/T 18391.1-2009, 3.2.16]
3.4 metadata entity
A group of metadata elements that describe the same characteristics of the data.
[Source. GB/T 30523-2023, 3.5]
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Editions of GB/T 46405
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 46405-2025 | Metadata for space science data | current edition | Current |
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