medin introduction
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October 2012Becky Seeley
Clare Postlethwaite
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Who are we?
Open partnership
Report directly to Marine Science Coordination Committee
Sponsors
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3 Key Roles
Hub for UK Marine Data
Marine Metadata Standard
Marine Data
Standard
Easier data sharing
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Hub for UK Marine Data
Data Archive Centres
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Marine Metadata Standard
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Marine Metadata Standard
Metadata Maestro
Online Tool Stand alone Tool
What fields?
Puts metadata into computer readable format (xml)
Validate Metadata
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Data Guidelines
What fields?
Field title
Field format: Free text, Decimal, Controlled Vocabulary
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Controlled Vocabularies
Approved terms:
e.g.
Dissolved oxygen concentration
Seawater oxygen concentration
Oxygen concentration
Concentration of oxygen {O2} per unit mass of the water body [dissolved phase]
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Summary
• Network of Data Archive Centres• Metadata and data standards that satisfy
UK, European requirements• Provide a suite of tools to aid data
sharing
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Summary
• Network of Data Archive Centres• Metadata and data standards that satisfy
UK, European requirements• Provide a suite of tools to aid data
sharing