Some Examples of Metadata

Metadata can apply to just about any data or information about your project; for instance, sensor configuration, data from the sensors, images, publications, or GIS layers. Therefore, it is helpful to have some examples to help plan what should go into your metadata records. The links below provide examples of metadata in several commonly used conventions from a variety of marine-related fields. Some pages provide links so the user may view the XML or text versions instead of the default HTML-rendered view.

• FGDC Metadata describing the South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) website
• FGDC Metadata a dataset of hydrology and water quality in the Everglades, presented as part of the SOFIA site
• FGDC Metadata describing the NOAA collection of 30 meter Digital Elevation Model data of estuarine Bathymetry
• FGDC description of Sea Surface Temperature data from MOOS Upper-Water-Column Science Experiment (MUSE) from NOAA-14 AVHRR Satellite
• FGDC metadata on CTD , Optical backscatter, Fluorescence, Bioluminescence data from MBARI MUSE AUV Data
• Harmful Algal Bloom Mapping System (HABMapS) and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data derived from satellite in the Gulf of Mexico
• Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality Database
• DIF metadata example from the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) portal
• Long Island sound Benthic Formainifera distribution (ARCVIEW SHAPEFILE)
• USGS InfoBank display of FGDC metadata describing the CTD Data from a joint NOAA/USGS research cuise in the Caribean Sea
• MERSEA display of ISO19115 metadata for hydrographic data(the XML version may be viewed by clicking on the button at the top left of the page)

More examples are available in the metadata content standards section of our site.