Metadata Product

Most of Ocean Networks Canada's data products come with a metadata file, which gives information about all aspects of data. Essentially they are 'data about data.' The metadata data product comes as a separate result for every data search run on our servers.

Metadata contain information on the data and data sources, the observatory, the instrument/sensor, and other background information.

Ocean Networks Canada adopted the guidelines from the US Federal Geographic Data Committee who revised their standard in 1998. Reference:

Federal Geographic Data Committee. FGDC-STD-001-1998. Content standard for digital geospatial metadata (revised June 1998). Federal Geographic Data Committee. Washington, D.C.

Revision History

• 2012-03-27 Metadata first released

Parameters

The metadata list the following:

• Identification Information

  • Citation
  • Description
  • Time Period
  • Status
  • Maintenance and Update Frequency
  • Progress
  • Spatial Domain
  • Keywords
  • Point of Contact
  • Data Set Credit

• Data Quality Information

  • Attribute Accuracy
  • Logical Consistency Report
  • Completeness Report
  • Positional Accuracy
  • Lineage

• Spatial Data Organization

  • Point and Vector Object Information

• Spatial Reference Information

  • Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
  • Vertical Coordinate System Definition

• Entity and Attribute Information

  • Detailed Description
  • Overview Description

• Distribution Information

  • Standard Order Process

• Metadata Information

All details about the purpose of these fields can be found at:
http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/csdgm

Weblinks

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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