Metadata Profile 2021

This is documentation of the metadata profile we used for the 2021 release of the ecosystem mapping in September 2021.

Fields

name	subattributes	title	description	examples	source_method	type	format	priority	priority_notes	shown_on_website	How often filled
name		Full name or title		Life Itself		string				Y	140
id		A short web-useable url		life-itself							249
rd_1_focus		Current focus	Says whether we should focus on this organisation (or not yet?)	Y = priority YY = top priority ? = maybe/not sure N = not current priority							138
url		Homepage URL		https://lifeitself.us		string	url				140
description		Long textual description	Long textual description from the organization in their own words (likely copied from their home page and about page)		manual	string					133
description_extracted		Description from website	The description that is auto-extracted from their website		automated/microlink
inner
cultural
systems
email		Contact email	A contact email for the organization. Usually from website (sometimes from their facebook page).	[email protected]				5	We need this for contacting them etc		90
email2		Second contact email	when there was a second (and different) email address e.g. for press/media specifically or from facebook page								10
have_email		Does the organisation have a contact email?	Y if email of if we have a contact detail of one of the main people, N if no email at all								76
blog		Blog	Their blog e.g. their medium or wordpress page. The link can usually be found on their website. If no link/page has been found the cell will say 'not-found'.	not-found				3			70
youtube		Youtube	Their youtube page/channel. The link can usually be found on their website. If no link/page has been found the cell will say 'not-found'.	not-found				3			72
twitter		Twitter	Their twitter page. The link can usually be found on their website. If no link/page has been found the cell will say 'not-found'.	not-found				3			77
instagram		Instagram	Their Instagram page. The link can usually be found on their website. If no link/page has been found the cell will say 'not-found'.	https://www.instagram.com/brave_earth_/				2			78
linkedin		Linkedin	Their linkedin page. The link can usually be found on their website. If no link/page has been found the cell will say 'not-found'.	not-found				2			72
facebook		Facebook	Their facebook page. The link can usually be found on their website. If no link/page has been found the cell will say 'not-found'.	https://www.facebook.com/braveearth							78
phone		Phone									0
logo	url	URL to Logo image		https://lifeitself.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/life-itself-logo.svg		string	url				109
	cached	URL of logo (cached in cloudinary)		https://res.cloudinary.com/ds7qslkd0/image/upload/v1633363990/Ecosystem%20Mapping/life-itself-logo_syl7ai.svg							74
	width
	height
image	url	URL to image (different from logo)	An image which gives a sense of what the organization does/is about	https://dark-mountain.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TOPAS-TANA01-2048x1185.jpg							74
	cached	URL of image (cached in cloudinary)		https://res.cloudinary.com/ds7qslkd0/image/upload/v1637004530/Ecosystem%20Mapping/Dark_Mountain_up1ydi.jpg							73
	width
	height
image_homepage	url										0
	cached
	width
	height
images_extra	url										0
	cached
	width
	height
tagline		Tagline		The end of the world as we know it is not the end of the world full stop.							11
activity orig		Activity of origin?	??	Publishing, Writing/Art Project							104
activity		Activity	See "Activity" sheet for description of options	spaces		array[Activity]					82
activity_2				research							80
topic		Topic	See "Topic" sheet for description of options	development		array[Topic]					79
topic_2				governance							76
regions		Region	Region (country or, if many countries, continent) where the organisation is located/ carries out their activities	UK							63
locations			City where the organisation is located/ carries out their activities	Leeds, GB							102
started		Start date (year)		2015							97
ended		End date (year)		2020							0
active		Active (Y/N)		Y							114
people		List of people	Comma separated list of associated people. A person has the format `Name [<email>]` where [ ] indicates it is optional …	`Joe Bloggs <[email protected]>`		array[Person]					72

Maybe

tagline
type: Organization or Individual
Prep metadata

`social_change`

id	title	description
inner	Inner Change	Spirituality, mindfulness, personal development
cultural	Cultural Change	[Community and cultural change], Community building Conscious collectives ??
systems	Systems Change	Systems change esp governance