Additional Resources
Guides, tutorials and informative resources developed by the marine metadata community.
Note: Clicking these links will take you to links outside the MMI Guides.
If you know of a resource not included on this list, please let us know!
| Title | Description | Source |
| NISO Primer: Understanding Metadata | An introductory guide to metadata, it's function and structure, schema, creation, interoperability and exchange, and additional resources | National Information Standards Organization (NISO) |
| An online publication devoted to metadata, its types and uses, and how it can improve access to digital resources. | Getty Library | |
| Metadata Demystified | A discussion of "What are metadata and why are they important?" | Oregon Coast Geospatial Clearinghouse |
| Metadata Primer | This guide explains a metadata overview, how to create metadata, case studies and how to contribute metadata to the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) | National Science Digital Library (NSDL) |
| Ontology Creation Guide |
This paper addresses the issues of why one would build an ontology and presents a methodology for creating ontologies based on declarative knowledge representation systems |
Protege Creators at Stanford University. |
| Development of Marine Data Exchange Systems using XML (SGXML) | Final report, including recommendations relevant to metadata practice in the marine domain | International Council for the Exploration of the Seas / Intergovernnmental Oceanographic (ICES/IOC) Study Group |
| Data Management Cookbook for geospatial data. Old but well constructed example. | Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Community | |
| Ocean Teacher | Provides basic technical training on establishing oceanographic data systems. | International Oceanographic Data and Inforamtion Exchange (IODE) |
| GEON Summer Institute 2005 | Metadata-related materials from the Cyberinfrastructure Summer Institute, put on by GEON each year. | Geosciences Network (GEON) |
| Metadata Workshop Materials | Information on metadata standards, getting started, metadata tools, metadata training, metadata tools, and metadata links | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Coastal Services Center (CSC) |
| Scholarly Citation of Data |
A recent paper proposing a standard for the scholarly citation of quantitative data. Authors: Micah Altman and Gary King, Harvard University |
Published in D-Lib Magazine |
| Virtual Data Center Citation | A (somewhat) specific implementation of the Altman-King recommendation for data citations. | Dataverse Network Project |
Posted November 30th, 2007 by carynn
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