Table 1.

Selected metadata elements from the Restricted site of the Distribute system

Element	Description	Possible Values
Geo Type	The organizational area view of the data	City, State, Region, Federal Region
Preferred Syndrome	The syndrome definition preferred by the data providers for display of their uploaded data	Defined by data provider. Examples: ILI-broad, ILI-narrow, GI-broad, GI-narrow, Temperature, Disposition
Available Indicators	All syndrome definitions for data submitted by data providers	Defined by data provider. Examples: ILI-broad, ILI-narrow, GI-broad, GI-narrow, Temperature, Disposition
Syndrome Descriptions	Details of syndrome definitions for data submitted by providers	Defined by data provider
Stratification Descriptions	The criteria by which data are stratified	Defined by data provider. Examples: age group, zip3, temperature, disposition
Facilities Sending Data	Enumerated list of health care facilities that submit data to be aggregated to the data provider	Variable by number of participating facilities in the jurisdiction of the data provider
Facilities in Jurisdiction	Enumerated list of health care facilities in the jurisdiction of the data provider	Variable by number of total facilities in the jurisdiction of the provider
Visit Types	Types of facilities for which visit data are submitted	Variable by data provider. Typically Emergency Departments and Urgent Care facilities
Typical Record Count	Description of expected record volume based on historical patterns	Variable by data provider
Population Coverage	Description of the population and the number and type of health care facilities in the jurisdiction	Variable by data provider
Local System Description	Description of the local surveillance system	Examples: ESSENCE II, EARS, RODS, BioSense
Data Source History	Description of the onset date of data availability	Variable by data provider
Last Data Point Visualized	Description of the last available date for which data are available	Variable by data upload pattern
Days Old	Calculated value based on the last available date for which data are available	Variable by data upload pattern
Last Upload Date	Description of the last date of data upload	Variable by data upload pattern
Days Ago	Calculated value based on the last date of data upload	Variable by data upload pattern
Upload Frequency	Description of the frequency with which a data provider typically uploads data	Variable by data provider