Technical Tools

Creating metadataData about data. Metadata provides a context for research findings, ideally in a machine-readable format. It enables discovery of data via an electronic interface, and correct use and attribution of findings. Related Guide can be a challenging task. Fortunately there are a variety of tools to assist with such tasks as creating metadata, editing metadata, and crosswalking between different standards and ontologiesA type of relational controlled vocabulary, which provides for categories, relationships, rules and axioms among metadata elements. Typically a hierarchy of classes and terms, an ontology is a machine-readable way of relating metadata terminology. Related Guide.

A set of guides about metadata tools has been identified as desired by MMIMarine Metadata Interoperability readers. MMI is a community effort. If you would like to help with organizing and writing guides about metadata-related tools, please let us know.

For more information on this potential new initiative, please see the MMI DIVE webpage.