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FIS Metadata Catalog
Karen L. Sender, Doug Turnbull,Jan Pappas, Tom Kagehiro, Joseph Dane, Pauli Salmu, Tina Chang
NOAA Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science CenterNOAA Tech 2006
3 Nov 2005
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Other Metadata Systems
(NOAA Server, NBII, CoRIS, FGDC, etc.)
Catalogs fisheries data holding
What data do we have?
Who has it?
Where is it?
Why do we collect it?
Fisheries Information System (FIS) Program
Inventory Fisheries data holdings
Document details required by FIS
Integration analysis and planning
InPort Supports Critical FIS Activities
Information Management & Quality Planning
InPort Metadata Repository
and Web Site
InPortUsers
What is InPort?
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Data Catalog Benefits
• Searchable, national catalog of fisheries data
• Available to scientists and managers
• Supports analysis and re-engineering of data collection programs
• Paves the way for integrating data sets
• Promotes best practices
• Facilitate the sharing of data and information
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InPort Capabilities
• Inventory of Fisheries data holdings
• Detailed documentation of Fisheries data
• Provide metadata for data integration analysis and planning
• Share metadata
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Data Inventory to Support FIS
• Projects, programs, data collections
• Databases, data sets, spreadsheets, files
• Tables and Columns
• Documents
• Reports
• Statistical Models
• Data Processing flow
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Metadata Analysis
• Create and promote data standards
• Design data integration schemes
• Share tools, expertise, technologies
• Promote data reuse
• Identify data gaps and redundancies
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Sharing metadata
Fisheries Data Producers
InPort Repository & Web-site
FIS PortalNBII,
CoRIS, FGDC, etc.
NOAAUsers
OutsidePolicy Makers
Public
PI NESW SENW ACCSPAK
InPort User Interface
InPort Batch Load Interface
Publish MD toClearinghouse
Community Interest Driven Queries
Search
FisheriesIM
Issues & Feedback
Publish Manage
Metadata Research available data and designs
FINS
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InPort Features
• Create and manage InPort system users and access roles
• Create, edit, manage hierarchical metadata “libraries”
• Import from data dictionaries• Establish relationships between catalog items• Publish metadata (public vs. restricted)• Search metadata• Export metadata
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Catalog Hierarchy
Example Data System Hierarchy
Hawaii Longline Observer Program
LODS(Data System)
Trips(Database Table)
Set of Data Collection Forms
Fish Length Measurement
Trip_Specification.pdf
LODS(Database)
Trip Num(Column)
Observer ID(Column)
Fish Measurement
Protocol
Set of Data Collection Items
PIFSC Metadata Library
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Surface Temp. Method
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Catalog Workflow
DraftReview
orRevise
Approved
PublishedInteral
PublishedExternal
Withdrawn
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Query and Structure
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Searching InPort
You can search published catalog items.
InPort lists search results, summaries, and details.
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Search results
Listing of catalog items with “library” in title, abstract, or description
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Summary of a Library
Each NOAA Fisheries Service Partner may have their own library or libraries.
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Search: observer longline
You can search with more specific terms.
Example: observer longline
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Search results
Catalog items matching “observer” and “longline”
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Item Summary: project
Each catalog item will have a title, abstract, and other descriptive information
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Details about a project
InPort lists details about the project: area, procedures, faqs
This project includes a data set and some documentation
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Details about a data set
Abstract about the LODS data set or database
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Typical fishery data
Much of fisheries data is time-series information stored in tables or files.
The tables record details about activities relevant to fishery performance.
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Fisheries table – A set
Example: A set record describes activity that starts with putting fishing lines in the water and ends with pulling them out.
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Details -- table columns
InPort stores table columns (attributes)
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Details about columns
InPort stores details about each column or attribute
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Lists, summaries, details
You can search all published catalog items.
InPort shows search results, summaries and details.
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Fisheries Information System
Other FIS Serversand Sub-systems
InPort Reposi-tory & Web-site
Application Server(s)Unix
App Server 10g
Database ServerUnix
Oracle9i 9.2.0.4
InPort site:JSP, Apache,Axkit, Forms,
others
InPort DB
FIS Portal
Internet /WWW
InPortQuery Users
Client Sites(e.g., NBII)
Secure Network
Technical Environment
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FIS Architecture
How to I mprove & I ntegrate Fisheries Statistics
Fisheries Information System
Build on existingregional systems &confidentialityagreements
Enhance to meet nat' lstandards
Establish nationalinformation management& quality standards
I dentify critical,national data
Build processes toreconcile & aggregatestatistics
FIS Data Warehouse
Regional Repositories
Regional Systems
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
Northwest
Alaska
Pacific Islands
Examples:observer, landings
Atlantic
Gulf
PacificCoast
Alaska
WesternPac
Scientists &Fisheries Managers
Industry, NOAA,Congress
Reconcile &Standardize
Nat
ion
al D
ata
Reg
ion
al D
ata
NOAA IOOS(Integrated Ocean
Observation System)Information Management Standards & Quality Standards
Nat
ion
al D
ata
Reg
ion
al D
ata
VesselRegistration
Catch & Effort
Permits
BiologicalSamples
Commercial &RecreationalFishing
Fishery ParticipantsHarvesters,Dealers,Recreational Users
Paperwork
PRA
Keep a lid onpaperwork!
Timely Answers toNational Questions
How many vesselsin each fishery?When? Where?Species? Gear?Effort?
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