SCADM reportAustralian Antarctic Data Centre

Metadata holdings

•2320 records

•1024 distinct metadata providers

•87% of records point to data

•all metadata via GCMD

Data holdings

•87% of metadata records linked to actual data

•many data types

•all datasets are badged with Polar Information Commons

•very few issues with badging

(some around citation format)

Funding situation

•core funding via Australian Antarctic Division (Department of Environment)

•~8 FTE

•Scope: scientific and spatial data management, mapping, and data synthesis and quantitative research leadership to Australia's Antarctic programme (AAp)

Scope•Make scientific observations and results

from the AAp freely available

•Manage and ensure long-term value from the scientific and spatial data collected by the AAp

•Provide quantitative leadership to Australia's Antarctic program

•Coordinate Australia's Antarctic mapping program

Problems encountered

•staffing

• international travel

Technical

•Priorities to extend DIF format

•we have added UUID within existing extended framework

Highlights of recent developments

•DOIs on data sets via ANDS (Australian National Data Service)

•our metadata now via e.g. GCMD, ANDS, AODN, Thomson Reuters

•data management plans completed for ALL current projects, new round starting soon

Highlights of recent developments

•working with the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre to develop an OA metadata standard, controlled vocabs, and eventually a data portal

•SIPEX II (marine science voyage) dataset. Metadata and data collected on voyage, so 90% complete as the ship pulled up to the wharf

Highlights of recent developments

•ongoing support/engagement for e.g. SCAR map catalogue, gazetteer, Antarctic Digital Database

•SCAR Gazetteer facelift: http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/

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