[Medin_standards] FW: Metadata Tool and Data Guidelines

[Charlesworth, Mark E]

Hi Steve,
As long as you fill in all the mandatory fields in the tool then the xml that you export will be MEDIN complient. If you are happy to use the schematron then please do so but if you like you can send the xml to Hannah (haee at bodc.ac.uk<mailto:haee at bodc.ac.uk>) who can test it for you. This will be a good test.
In the not to distant future there will be functionality to test the metadata you produce against the schematron within the tool.

Thanks for the offer of reviewing data guidelines  - I will await further response and then allocate.
Best Wishes
Mark




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From: Steven Gontarek [Steven.Gontarek at sams.ac.uk]
Sent: 06 January 2010 09:10
To: medin_standards at mailman.nerc-liv.ac.uk; Charlesworth, Mark E
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Subject: Re: [Medin_standards] FW: Metadata Tool and Data Guidelines

Hi Mark,
As you might be aware I am running two MEDIN funded data rescue projects here at SAMS (one dealing with fisheries trawl data and the other with Plankton Net sampling) , and it would be very useful to use this to help generate the Metadata records for the generated datasets. Of course I appreciate though that this portal probably still requires a bit of testing, but it might be useful to see how it handles datasets generated in the 70's (where there is sometimes limited metadata information):at the very least it would probably help generate the bulk of each metadata record I need. I guess the schematron will help identify the areas that are lacking

Regarding the data guidelines. Not being a scientist, but more of a general  ICT &  data management specialist I'm not sure I could provide full expertise in some of the generic sampling techniques, but I have dealt with quite a bit of data from some of these types of surveys  and I have plenty of experts about that I can query, so if you do not have any takers for the following, I'm willing to have a look at one or two (not ALL) of them:
Trawl/dredge sampling
Static net and pot sampling
Video survey sampling
Oceanographic CTD Guideline
Discrete Water Sampling Data


Regarding February's meeting in London, I fully intend to make that, and along with my two MEDIN projects,  I also have a Scottish MEDIN group  meeting in Edinburgh at Victoria Quay on Jan 29th, so I should be in a bit more of a MEDIN mode this year !


Steve






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>>> "Charlesworth, Mark E" <mecha at bodc.ac.uk> 05 January 2010 17:12 >>>

All,
Happy New Year.
The DASSH on-line metadata tool has undergone some changes and is now ready to be signed off in its current form. If you have any comments on this version available at  http://www.dassh.ac.uk/medin_metadata/login.php  please send them to me by Tuesday 12th January. Please note that further work under a separate contract will be carried out in the 1st quarter of this year to allow easier testing of the metadata against the schematron, incorporation on the on-line vocab services and other bits.

Also – there are a number of Data Guidelines in the process of being drafted and as per previously agreed we would like 2-3 people from the MEDIN standards WG to review ones within which they have some expertise before they are sent out more widely. Are there any volunteers to look at 1 or more of the below? We expect to be able to send most of themout by the end of nex week.If so please contact me.

Generic sampling techniques:
Trawl/dredge sampling
Static net and pot sampling
Video survey sampling
Quadrat/transect sampling
Photo identification recording
Visual survey sampling

Specific packages of techniques:
These use generic methods but require additional data collation ( a collection of techniques and or a specific methodology that does not fit into the generic techniques very well.

Intertidal biotope mapping
Sponge thickness monitoring
Seagrass monitoring
Seal monitoring
Dolphin monitoring (inc. the photo monitoring techniques)
Otter monitoring
Territorial fish survey

Litter recording by trawl or video sledge
Oceanographic CTD Guideline
Descrete Water Sampling Data
Guideline for Moored Current Meter Data

Best Wishes for 2010
Mark




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