Ecological Metadata Language

XML application using modules to hold ecological metadata. The modules, once populated, contain information about datasets (including variables or "attributes", their definitions, units), citations, software, and protocols/methods. EML includes a coverage module, which can detail the geographic (bounding coordinates and a G-ring polygon definition), temporal (ISO 8601 Date and Time Specification) and standard taxonomic extents of the datasets.

Estimate the maturity as one of the following, and add descriptions as you wish.

• Conceptual
• Starting
• Pre-Operational
• Operational
• Static-Incomplete
• Static-Complete