Milestones in Data Management - metadata
- select two tiered approach to data documentation (metadata)
- data table of contents: more schematic
- national standard for metadata: more thorough
- interview various stakeholder groups to determine needs
- select fields to include in data table of contents
- study National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML) data documentation form
- study data fields in Long Term Environmental Research (LTER) data table of contents
- select one from several national metadata standards
- Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
- National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
- NASA Directory Interchange Format
- Committee on the Future of Long-term Environmental Data (FLED)
- requirements for the Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
- present findings to stakeholder groups
- field SERC Data Table of Contents (DTOC)
- develop spreadsheet based template
- distribute template and train one person from each research group
- provide assistance, encouragement and cajoling
- convert DTOC entries from spreadsheet to HTML forms
- load HTML pages to intranet for within-SERC use
- load selected pages to public internet site
- having selected the NBII metadata standard,
- acquire training for creating NBII compliant metadata
- establish priorities as to which data to document
- select mode for displaying metadata, i.e. clearinghouse
- select metadata entry tools
- acquire training for metadata entry software (i.e. MetaMaker)
- add site specific information to MetaMaker look up tables
- provide metadata entry tool training
- submit metadata files to clearinghouse
- check and update entries as needed
- convert metadata to other standards for inclusion on other clearinghouses, i.e. NASA's GCMD
- import full metadata files to SERC DBMS for faster, more flexible searching
