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Transcript of MEDIN introduction
October 2012Becky Seeley
Clare Postlethwaite
Who are we?
Open partnership
Report directly to Marine Science Coordination Committee
Sponsors
3 Key Roles
Hub for UK Marine Data
Marine Metadata Standard
Marine Data
Standard
Easier data sharing
Hub for UK Marine Data
Data Archive Centres
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Metadata
Data
Marine Metadata Standard
Marine Metadata Standard
Metadata Maestro
Online Tool Stand alone Tool
What fields?
Puts metadata into computer readable format (xml)
Validate Metadata
Data Guidelines
What fields?
Field title
Field format: Free text, Decimal, Controlled Vocabulary
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]
Summary
• Network of Data Archive Centres• Metadata and data standards that satisfy
UK, European requirements• Provide a suite of tools to aid data
sharing
Summary
• Network of Data Archive Centres• Metadata and data standards that satisfy
UK, European requirements• Provide a suite of tools to aid data
sharing