Why do we need structured metadata?
For sustainable documentation of
- What the data represent
- Who is responsible for the data
- How to access the data
For better data discovery specifications of
- Where the data have been collected in space
- When the data have been collected in time
How do we produce metadata?
With an authoring tool like the metadata editor developed by
NOKIS in keepingwith the ISO19115 standard for metadata
and its Coastal Zone Metadata Profile.
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Input forms query the structured "data about data"
for individual data sets or complete data series.
Mandatory metadata are tagged in the authoring tool.
Where do we use metadata?
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On a web server with a |
locations of gauges
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