[Medin_standards] FW: Metadata Tool and Data Guidelines

[Steven Gontarek]

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Gontarek MSc MBCS CEng CITP
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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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