Content Standard References

ABCD: Access to Biological Data Collections

kstocks — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:33:00 -0700

Description

The Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD) is an XML-based common data specification for biological collection units, including living and preserved specimens, along with field observations that did not produce voucher specimens. As stated on the ABCD website: "The purpose of the ABCD Task Group is to foster accessibility of existing and emerging biological collection data banks at the international level by developing and maintaining a comprehensive and commented schema for biological collection records (ABCD Schema).

Arctic Observing Network Data Questionnaire

graybeal — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:46:00 -0700

Covers data formats and metadata needs for AON project. Over 20 respondents, 300 sites, 200 parameters,

20 unique sites, 15 real-time teams.

Auxiliary Description of Instruments

graybeal — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:36:00 -0800

In order to support defining metadata for instruments, GCMD is working on a content standard called AD-I, for Auxiliary Description of Instruments. This standard would serve to extend the DIF metadata currently accepted.

AD-I was introduced in draft form for Track 1 DIF work of the MMI Sensors Metadata Interoperability workshop.

Biological Data Profile for the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

swatson — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:49:00 -0800

CCDS: Canonical Cruise Data Structure

ngalbraith — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:49:00 -0800

SIOExplorer: Overview, initial results and next steps Stephen Miller, John Helly, Marty Africa, Uta Peckman, Deborah Day and Dru Clark

The new SIOExplorer project, which is a collection in the overall NSF-funded National Science Digital Library (www.nsdl.org). The collaborative effort includes researchers at SIO, computer scientists from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and archivists and librarians from the UCSD Library.

Climate Science Modelling Language

awoolf — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:49:00 -0800

Description The emerging standards of ISO TC211 for earth-related information provide a general framework for broad data interoperability:

CODAR metadata compliant with FGDC as *.mif

graybeal — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:49:00 -0800

The link address is: http://nsdl.sdsc.edu/tools/ERESE_metadata/mif/CODAR.mif

Content Standards Field Comparison Matrix: HTML

graybeal — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:48:00 -0700

The HTML file in the attachment can be downloaded and opened from within your browser, or viewed directly in some browsers.

Content Standards Field Comparison Matrix: PDF

graybeal — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:50:00 -0700

You will need to increase the zoom to read the text in the matrix.
Click here to get the file

Size 225.2 kB - File type application/pdf

CTD Data from Joint USGS Cruise 03008 and NOAA RB0303

kwalz — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:28:46 -0700

DAML

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:31:00 -0800

From Website: "The DAML language is being developed as an extension to XML and the Resource Description Framework (RDF). The latest release of the language (DAML+OIL) provides a rich set of constructs with which to create ontologies and to markup information so that it is machine readable and understandable."

Darwin Core

kstocks — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:32:00 -0800

The Darwin Core is a metadata specification for information about the geographic occurrence of species and the existence of specimens in collections. It is used by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. It has a wiki site and a Task Group within Biodiversity Information Standards.

DIG35 Metadata for Digital images

kstocks — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:21:00 -0700

Directory Interchange Format

swatson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:31:00 -0800

The Directory Interchange Format, or DIF, was developed to catalog earth and atmospheric resources. URLs:

DIF Writer's Guide
What is a DIF (a short history of DIF)

Type Content Standard

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCMI

swatson — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:21:00 -0800

The Dublin Core Metadata Standard includes a specification of all metadata terms maintained by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, including elements, element refinements, encoding schemes, and vocabulary terms (the DCMI Type Vocabulary). Although the standard was developed for bibliographic purposes, primarily, it has also been used for other metadata documentation purposes.

Earth Science Education Metadata Content Standards

graybeal — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:49:00 -0800

Earth Science Markup Language

luisBer — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:49:00 -0800

The Information Technology & Systems Center of the University of Alabama is developing the Earth Science Markup Language which makes possible sharing and transformation of files from one format to another. ESML defines documents in XML to describe any format file with the required elements so a computer program can interpret the data.

Ecological Metadata Language (EML)

allenmacklin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:03:00 -0800

EML is based on prior work done by the Ecological Society of America and associated efforts (Michener et al., 1997, Ecological Applications). EML is implemented as a series of XML document types that can by used in a modular and extensible manner to document ecological data. Each EML module is designed to describe one logical part of the total metadata that should be included with any ecological dataset.

EU MarineXML Standards Report

rkl — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:45:00 -0800

This document identifies relevant standards, emanating from both from marine applications as well as from outside the marine domain. About 50 standards have been proposed for inclusion in the study and thereafter analysed to decide whether and how they should be used in the MarineXML development.

EXIF: Exchangeable Image FIle Format

graybeal — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:20:00 -0800

This standard was developed by JEIDA, the Japan ELectronics and Information Technology Industries Association, for documenting images.

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)

swatson — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:08:00 -0800

Description

CSDGM is applicable to any geospatial data. Its goal is to define the information required by a prospective user to determine the availability of a set of geospatial data, the fitness the set of geospatial data for an intended use, and the means of accessing the set of geospatial data, and to enable successful transfer. It was developed in response to Presidential Executive Order 12906, "Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure".

Type

Content Standard

Geography Markup Language GML

luisBer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:03:00 -0800

Global Information Locator Service (GILS)

luisBer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:02:00 -0800

IEEE 1451

graybeal — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:03:00 -0800

There is no strong center of the IEEE 1451 web presence, but a google search on "IEEE 1451" finds many interesting and useful references. IEEE 1451 is a comprehensive, extremely detailed standard for describing sensors and actuators (together, "transducers"). From the web site:

IPTC Core - Metadata for Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:09:56 -0800

This standard was developed for documenting images, particularly for use by the news media. It was produced by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), a consortium of the world's major news agencies and news industry vendors. IPTC develops and maintains technical standards for improved news exchange that are used by news organization around the world.