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URL: http://marinemetadata.org
Email: [email protected]
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[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:
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