Content Standard

"Metadata for Ocean Scientists" Tutorial at Ocean Sciences 2008

swatson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:54:00 -0800

Event Description

MMI proposes to hold free metadata tutorials that are divided into 30-minute modules at the Ocean Sciences 2008 meeting. The modules will be: Introduction to Metadata; Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies, Taxonomies and Ontologies; Submitting Metadata to a Clearinghouse; and Metadata Best Practices. Two modules will be held during each lunch break on Tuesday and Wednesday. All four modules will be provided on Thursday evening.

Workshops Team

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).

DC-2007

carynn — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:09:00 -0800

Start: 08/27/2007 - 11:00

End: 08/31/2007 - 20:00

Call for Papers published, deadline for submissions 2 April 2007

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.

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

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:

Introduction to the CenSeam Image Metadata Project

graybeal — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:09:00 -0800

Image Metadata Specification for CenSeam

ISO 8601 (Dates and Times)

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

See the following references about this (rather comprehensive) standard:

ISO Technical Committee 211 on Geographic information and Geomatics

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

Description The Technical Committee 211 of ISO aims to establish a structured set of standards for information concerning objects or phenomena that are directly or indirectly associated with a location relative to the Earth.

ISO Units Standards

graybeal — Thu, 18 May 2006 09:57:00 -0700

ISO has published several standards on quantities and units, most notably ISO 31 ("Quantities and Units"), which has 14 parts, and ISO 1000, which is the ISO representation of the SI units system.

A very formal and stable standard.

See UCUM units references for a possibly useful perspective on this standard.

ISO/IEC 11179 - A standard for metadata registries

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

ISO/IEC 11179 promotes the following:
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Marine Community Profile of ISO 19115

glr — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:03:00 -0800

Marine XML

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:40:00 -0800

The Marine XML (eXstensible Markup Language) structure has been developed to encapsulate marine data. It provides an efficient means to store, transfer and display marine data.

MGD77: Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format

graybeal — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:00:00 -0800

MGD77 is an exchange format for marine geophysical data (bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity). It is intended to be used for the transmission of data to and from a data center and may be useful for the exchange of data to and from a data center and may be useful for the exchange of data between marine institutions.

NetCDF and CF Conventions as Formal Standards

kwalz — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:05:55 -0700

NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) refers to a data model for array-oriented scientific data; a freely distributed collection of access libraries implementing support for that data model; and a machine-independent, self-describing data format. Together, the interfaces, libraries, and format support the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data. For many communities, the Climate and Forecast (CF) conventions for netCDF have served as a de facto interoperability standard, but one that has never been recognized by a formal standards body.

OBIS Schema

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

The OBIS schema is the content standard used by OBIS, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. It represents an extension of the Darwin Core Version 2. It is designed for marine biodiversity data, specifically to record the capture or observation of a particular species or other taxonomic group at a particular location. It can also be applied to museum specimen data.

OceanSITES NetCDF Convention

swatson — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:52:00 -0800

OceanSITES is a project to assimilate measurements from long-term ocean reference stations measuring dozens of variables and monitoring the full depth of the ocean from air-sea interactions down to 5,000 meters. The OceanSITES data managment team has developed specific guidance for the implementation of netCDF conventions.

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Content Standard

Open Archives Initiative

ngalbraith — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:13:23 -0700

The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. OAI has its roots in the open access and institutional repository movements.

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

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

Description From the OGC website: Vision: A world in which everyone benefits from geographic information and services made available across any network, application, or platform. Mission:Our core mission is to deliver spatial interface specifications that are openly available for global use.

Content Standard

"Metadata for Ocean Scientists" Tutorial at Ocean Sciences 2008

Event Description

ABCD: Access to Biological Data Collections

Description

DC-2007

Ecological Metadata Language (EML)

EU MarineXML Standards Report

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)

Description

Type

IEEE 1451

Introduction to the CenSeam Image Metadata Project

ISO 8601 (Dates and Times)

ISO Technical Committee 211 on Geographic information and Geomatics

ISO Units Standards

ISO/IEC 11179 - A standard for metadata registries

ISO/IEC 11179 promotes the following:read more

Marine Community Profile of ISO 19115

Marine XML

MGD77: Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format

NetCDF and CF Conventions as Formal Standards

OBIS Schema

OceanSITES NetCDF Convention

Type

Open Archives Initiative

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

ISO/IEC 11179 promotes the following:
read more