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Metadata Guides for Smarties Metadata Guides for Smarties Marine Metadata Initiative URL: http://marinemetadata.org Email: [email protected] < < MMI MMI / / > > L E Bermudez L E Bermudez 1 1 , J Graybeal , J Graybeal 2 2 , R Lowry, N Galbraith, K Stocks, S Watson, R Arko, , R Lowry, N Galbraith, K Stocks, S Watson, R Arko, Feb 2006 Feb 2006 1 1 [email protected], [email protected], 2 2 [email protected] [email protected] Adapted from Bermudez L. E. and M. Piasecki (2003). "HOW: Hydrologic Ontology for the Web". Poster AGU Conference, San Adapted from Bermudez L. E. and M. Piasecki (2003). "HOW: Hydrologic Ontology for the Web". Poster AGU Conference, San Francisco, CA. Francisco, CA. Metadata issues Incomplet e Semantically inconsistent Distributed and disconnected Syntactica lly incompatib le Lack of a metadata standard for specific domains Because of Different world perceptions Because of Large number of collectors in different organizations Variety of software and formats Because of Because of IOOS: sea level IOOS: sea level GCMD: sea level rise GCMD: sea level rise CF: CF: sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid Exampl e Scientists spend too much Scientists spend too much time documenting their own time documenting their own data sets and trying to data sets and trying to decipher other scientists decipher other scientists data sets that they want to data sets that they want to use. use. Scientists Scientists should spend should spend more time more time working on working on their research. their research. Metadata is data about data and answers what, when, where, how, Metadata is data about data and answers what, when, where, how, who and why of the described data. It also helps to: discover, who and why of the described data. It also helps to: discover, access, evaluate and use data. access, evaluate and use data. Metadata Definition and Metadata Definition and Issues Issues A Guide to Sharing A Guide to Sharing Data Data Participating in Participating in the MMI the MMI The mission of the MMI is to promote the exchange, integration and use of The mission of the MMI is to promote the exchange, integration and use of marine data through enhanced data publishing, discovery, documentation and marine data through enhanced data publishing, discovery, documentation and accessibility. accessibility. Register and contribute to the site so you help Register and contribute to the site so you help build the community resource. build the community resource. Participate in and/or co-host a workshop that Participate in and/or co-host a workshop that teaches how to handle your kind of data ( teaches how to handle your kind of data ( [email protected] ). ). Participate in the interoperability Participate in the interoperability demonstration as a data provider ( demonstration as a data provider ( marinemetadata.org/tethys ). This will start ). This will start building tools that can integrate your data with building tools that can integrate your data with other data for new science uses. other data for new science uses. Test, provide feedback and contribute to our Test, provide feedback and contribute to our guides (marinemetadata.org/guides) to help make guides (marinemetadata.org/guides) to help make sure they are useful. sure they are useful. Participate in our mailing list Participate in our mailing list [email protected], asking questions or [email protected], asking questions or helping others to solve them. helping others to solve them. Reasons for Reasons for sharing sharing data data Comply with Comply with requirements of requirements of funding agencies, funding agencies, data centers and data centers and publishers. publishers. Encourage others to re- Encourage others to re- use your data, citing use your data, citing your research. Your your research. Your number of publications number of publications and citations will and citations will increase. increase. Others can help you Others can help you solve similar solve similar problems, find problems, find anomalies in your anomalies in your data and/or data and/or complement it. complement it. Collect all the information available Collect all the information available that documents your data and prepare that documents your data and prepare your data and metadata to meet your your data and metadata to meet your requirements based on the requirements based on the recommendations and best practices. recommendations and best practices. Consider your data consumer’s Consider your data consumer’s (e.g., journal archive, data (e.g., journal archive, data center) requirements for center) requirements for vocabularies, transport protocols, vocabularies, transport protocols, content standards and file content standards and file formats. formats. My ASCII Format NetCDF CF: CF: sea_surface_heig sea_surface_heig ht_above_geoid ht_above_geoid SSH_1 SSH_1 FGDC 1.1 Identification Information 1.1.8 Citation Information 1.1.8.1 Originator 1.1.8.2 Publication Date 1.1.8.4 Title 1.1.8.5 Edition CF COARDS CF COARDS WMO WMO Codes Codes Register Register your your metadata metadata and data and data Making your Making your data publicly data publicly available available OPenDAP OPenDAP SOAP SOAP ISO ISO FGDC FGDC MarineXML MarineXML REST REST NetCDF NetCDF GeoTIFF GeoTIFF Validate Validate your your metadata metadata Convert to standard Convert to standard formats. formats. Map your attributes, source names, flags Map your attributes, source names, flags and other codes to a common set of and other codes to a common set of terms. This will help users to terms. This will help users to understand in a common language the understand in a common language the content of your data. The Web Ontology content of your data. The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a tool that can be Language (OWL) is a tool that can be used to facilitate the process. used to facilitate the process. Describe your data Describe your data according to the selected according to the selected metadata standard. metadata standard. Verify that your Verify that your metadata is metadata is discoverable discoverable MMI provides best MMI provides best practices, tools, easy-to- practices, tools, easy-to- use guidelines and use guidelines and recommendations, making recommendations, making this task easy for non- this task easy for non- experts. experts. http:// http:// marinemetadata.org marinemetadata.org Publish and manage online documentation about your project at MMI Publish and manage online documentation about your project at MMI ([email protected]), facilitating collaboration with your project members and exposing ([email protected]), facilitating collaboration with your project members and exposing your project to all the MMI community. your project to all the MMI community. OS45D-36 OS45D-36 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Ongoing funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation through grant Ongoing funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation through grant ATM-0447031. Major contributions to the project are being provided by SURA, the Southeastern ATM-0447031. Major contributions to the project are being provided by SURA, the Southeastern Universities Research Association, and SCOOP, the SURA Coastal Oceans Observing Program, with Universities Research Association, and SCOOP, the SURA Coastal Oceans Observing Program, with funds provided in part by ONR, the U.S. Office of Naval Research. A significant bridge funding funds provided in part by ONR, the U.S. Office of Naval Research. A significant bridge funding grant has been provided by NOAA's Coastal Services Center. Further support has been provided by grant has been provided by NOAA's Coastal Services Center. Further support has been provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Ways you can Ways you can participate: participate:

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Metadata Guides for SmartiesMetadata Guides for SmartiesMarine Metadata Initiative

URL: http://marinemetadata.org

Email: [email protected]

<<MMIMMI /> />L E BermudezL E Bermudez11, J Graybeal , J Graybeal 22, R Lowry, N Galbraith, K Stocks, S Watson, R Arko, Feb 2006, R Lowry, N Galbraith, K Stocks, S Watson, R Arko, Feb 2006

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]@mbari.org

Adapted from Bermudez L. E. and M. Piasecki (2003). "HOW: Hydrologic Ontology for the Web". Poster AGU Conference, San Francisco, CA.Adapted from Bermudez L. E. and M. Piasecki (2003). "HOW: Hydrologic Ontology for the Web". Poster AGU Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Metadata issues

Incomplete Semantically inconsistent

Distributed and disconnected

Syntactically incompatible

Lack of a metadata standard for specific

domains

Because of

Different world perceptions

Because of

Large number of collectors in different

organizations

Variety of software

and formats

Because of Because of

IOOS: sea levelIOOS: sea levelGCMD: sea level riseGCMD: sea level riseCF: sea_surface_height_above_geoidCF: sea_surface_height_above_geoid

Example

Scientists spend too much time Scientists spend too much time documenting their own data sets documenting their own data sets and trying to decipher other and trying to decipher other scientistsscientists’’ data sets that they data sets that they want to use.want to use.

Scientists should Scientists should spend more time spend more time working on their working on their research.research.

Metadata is data about data and answers what, when, where, how, who and why of Metadata is data about data and answers what, when, where, how, who and why of the described data. It also helps to: discover, access, evaluate and use data.the described data. It also helps to: discover, access, evaluate and use data.

Metadata Definition and IssuesMetadata Definition and Issues A Guide to Sharing DataA Guide to Sharing Data

Participating in the MMIParticipating in the MMIThe mission of the MMI is to promote the exchange, integration and use of marine data through The mission of the MMI is to promote the exchange, integration and use of marine data through

enhanced data publishing, discovery, documentation and accessibility.enhanced data publishing, discovery, documentation and accessibility.

Register and contribute to the site so you help build the Register and contribute to the site so you help build the

community resource. community resource. Participate in and/or co-host a workshop that teaches how to Participate in and/or co-host a workshop that teaches how to

handle your kind of data (handle your kind of data ([email protected]).). Participate in the interoperability demonstration as a data Participate in the interoperability demonstration as a data

provider (provider (marinemetadata.org/tethys). This will start building ). This will start building

tools that can integrate your data with other data for new tools that can integrate your data with other data for new

science uses.science uses. Test, provide feedback and contribute to our guides Test, provide feedback and contribute to our guides

(marinemetadata.org/guides) to help make sure they are useful.(marinemetadata.org/guides) to help make sure they are useful. Participate in our mailing list [email protected], Participate in our mailing list [email protected],

asking questions or helping others to solve them.asking questions or helping others to solve them.

Reasons for Reasons for sharing datasharing data Comply with requirements Comply with requirements

of funding agencies, data of funding agencies, data centers and publishers.centers and publishers.

Encourage others to re-use Encourage others to re-use your data, citing your research. your data, citing your research. Your number of publications Your number of publications and citations will increase.and citations will increase.

Others can help you solve Others can help you solve similar problems, find similar problems, find anomalies in your data anomalies in your data and/or complement it.and/or complement it.

Collect all the information available that Collect all the information available that documents your data and prepare your data and documents your data and prepare your data and metadata to meet your requirements based on metadata to meet your requirements based on the recommendations and best practices.the recommendations and best practices.

Consider your data consumer’s (e.g., Consider your data consumer’s (e.g., journal archive, data center) requirements journal archive, data center) requirements for vocabularies, transport protocols, for vocabularies, transport protocols, content standards and file formats. content standards and file formats.

MyASCII Format

NetCDF

CF: CF: sea_surface_height_sea_surface_height_above_geoidabove_geoid

SSH_1SSH_1

FGDC1.1 Identification Information1.1.8 Citation Information 1.1.8.1 Originator1.1.8.2 Publication Date 1.1.8.4 Title 1.1.8.5 Edition…

CF COARDSCF COARDS

WMO WMO CodesCodes

Register Register your your metadata metadata and dataand data

Making your data Making your data publicly availablepublicly available OPenDAPOPenDAP

SOAPSOAP ISOISO

FGDCFGDC

MarineXMLMarineXML

RESTREST

NetCDFNetCDF

GeoTIFFGeoTIFF

Validate Validate your your metadatametadata

Convert to standard formats.Convert to standard formats.Map your attributes, source names, flags and Map your attributes, source names, flags and other codes to a common set of terms. This will other codes to a common set of terms. This will help users to understand in a common language help users to understand in a common language the content of your data. The Web Ontology the content of your data. The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a tool that can be used to Language (OWL) is a tool that can be used to facilitate the process.facilitate the process.

Describe your data according to Describe your data according to the selected metadata standard.the selected metadata standard.

Verify that your Verify that your metadata is metadata is discoverablediscoverable

MMI provides best practices, MMI provides best practices, tools, easy-to-use guidelines and tools, easy-to-use guidelines and recommendations, making this recommendations, making this task easy for non-experts.task easy for non-experts.

http://marinemetadata.orghttp://marinemetadata.org

Publish and manage online documentation about your project at MMI ([email protected]), facilitating Publish and manage online documentation about your project at MMI ([email protected]), facilitating

collaboration with your project members and exposing your project to all the MMI community.collaboration with your project members and exposing your project to all the MMI community.

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsOngoing funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation through grant ATM-0447031. Major Ongoing funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation through grant ATM-0447031. Major contributions to the project are being provided by SURA, the Southeastern Universities Research Association, and contributions to the project are being provided by SURA, the Southeastern Universities Research Association, and SCOOP, the SURA Coastal Oceans Observing Program, with funds provided in part by ONR, the U.S. Office of Naval SCOOP, the SURA Coastal Oceans Observing Program, with funds provided in part by ONR, the U.S. Office of Naval Research. A significant bridge funding grant has been provided by NOAA's Coastal Services Center. Further support has Research. A significant bridge funding grant has been provided by NOAA's Coastal Services Center. Further support has been provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.been provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Ways you can participate:Ways you can participate: