1. Sept 19, 2012

2.  Provides a common set of terminology and definitions  A framework for describing resources and processes  Enables computer based interoperability  ISO standards (19115, 19115-2) to

4.  Not just for discovery  Supports long term understanding  Living documents that need care and feeding  Data experts provide standard metadata as early as possible in the data life cycle  Data stewards maintain records and update annually

5.  Metadata standards evolve -> metadata records should evolve and take advantage of new capabilities  Each data manager/steward is responsible for transitioning their metadata records to ISO  Programmatic transform takes care of ~90%  encourage stewards to use this as an opportunity to also improve content

6. Aggregation - identify related projects and programs Identifiers - lotso' ways to provide ids Repeatable responsible parties Descriptive online resources Services Integrates GML Scope of content is flexible Strong technical support via XML Duh – it’s international

8.  Docucomp Docucomp  Supports reusable components for editing and managing metadata  Web Accessible Folders (WAFs) Web Accessible Folders (WAFs)  Reports on metadata quality  Views  Publication mechanism  Geoportal Geoportal  Supports discovery of NGDC geophysical resources  Federated search with other data centers

9. Review Content  Are URLs up-to-date?  Are contacts, phone numbers and emails up-to-date?  Are keywords still up-to-date?  Do all of your archive holdings have metadata?  When was the metadata last updated or reviewed?

10. How well does the metadata describe the resource?  Is the scope of the metadata granular enough to describe the resource?  Is quality and data history included?  Does the distribution link take users to that data access page?

11. Have the metadata standard(s) and/or metadata tools evolved?  Are there new features that could help document your data better? Interoperability  Are there ways to re-using metadata programmatically?  Distributing metadata with data data download?  Providing links to metadata for more information from data distribution sources?

12. Related Projects and Communities  Are there expectations and guidance available from projects and communities?  Is the metadata content compatible with projects and communities?  Are there other projects and communities that the metadata can be a part of?

13.  NGDC Metadata Wiki NGDC Metadata Wiki  Go-to-guide for NGDC metadata management  NOAA Environmental Data Management Wiki NOAA Environmental Data Management Wiki  Go-to-guide for ISO metadata  Examples  Recommended practices

14.  Metadata Templates Metadata Templates  ISO templates for ECS data types  Training  NCDDC’s online webinar  Upon request  Metadata Experts

18. Metadata Views

19. Metadata Completeness

20. Reports: URL Checker, Validation, Consistency Checker

23.  Meta”date” once – document many times  Standard metadata supports interoperability and sharing  ISO provides new capabilities for documenting our datasets (see upcoming slide)

24.  Robust content versus expertise time  Integrated metadata portals seem to not work as metadata providers hope  “I don’t have the tools I need” to create metadata  Training new tools, standards and best practices  “standards don’t help me or my users”

25.  Integrate/re-use metadata with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)  Integrate/re-use metadata with Ontologies  Hierarchical relationships across disparate yet related or similar metadata  Metadata for Services

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