1. Topic - DATA PROVIDERS TRAINING COURSE Metadata quality procedures MINCyT, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 – 11 October 2013

2. 2 Metadata quality criteria All required information in the metadata is specified MINCyT, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 – 11 October 2013

3. 3 Metadata quality criteria Assurance of resources availability, i.e. readiness of the Data Provider to response to requests of the Integration Server MINCyT, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 – 11 October 2013

4. 4 Metadata quality criteria Detailed metadata description: Description Keywords URL to additional information Data quality information

5. 5 Metadata quality criteria Detailed metadata description: Contact information (address, phone, email, etc.)

6. 6 Procedures Operator of the Data Provider receives daily e-mail inquiry about the state of information resources. Operator analyzes the data provider report for errors and fix them. Operator of the Data Provider determines the actuality of the metadata in accordance to the data

7. 7 Procedures Efforts needed to maintain resources provided by DBMS databases and structured files are very small. In standard situations only a periodic check of resource availability, change in resources setup, etc are required. Any other operations are not needed. Extension of resources consisting of objective data files and applications is made by preparing a description of a resource’s new instance to include a new data file (application). For one data file (application) about 10-15 minutes are required.

8. 8 Questions? MINCyT, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 – 11 October 2013