<div dir="ltr">I've got a little project in USGS that was planning a workshop the last week of June, only to discover that our NOAA expert on ISO metadata can't attend. We're having trouble finding another date for the workshop, so we've started looking for others who might help us with the ISO 19115 family of metadata.<div>Any volunteers or suggestions?</div><div>I'll include the summary of the project, below.</div><div>Fran</div><div><br></div><div>
<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">USGS
has been a leader in producing high quality metadata records to enable
discovery and re-use of research data. (Numerous examples may be found in the
USGS Science Data Catalog, <a href="https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/</span></a>.)<span> </span>In the 1990’s, USGS embraced the<span> </span>Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) and developed tools
and quality-control systems for use across the bureau. Soon it will be time for
USGS to transition to the international metadata standards known collectively
as ISO 19115. As a step toward the transition, this project is convening a
workshop of data specialists from across the bureau to propose content
specifications for USGS to aid in authoring metadata records in the new
standard. These specifications will enable USGS to maintain metadata quality
while also enjoying the flexibility and modern features of the ISO standard.
The project will present a proof of concept, by using the proposed specifications
in the metadata toolkit developed by the interagency Alaska Data Integration
workgroup (<a href="https://mdtools.adiwg.org/"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://mdtools.adiwg.org/</span></a>).
On completion of the project, the new specifications will be offered to the
USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) for review and improvement. The
workshop procedure will also be published for future use to develop additional
specifications that will be needed to fit the diverse types of research data
that USGS produces.</span>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div>Fran Lightsom USGS Ocean Data Ambassador</div><div><a href="mailto:flightsom@usgs.gov" target="_blank">flightsom@usgs.gov</a> <a href="http://marine.usgs.gov/marineresourceinfo/" target="_blank">http://marine.usgs.gov/marineresourceinfo/</a><br></div><div>USGS Woods Hole Science Center 508-457-2242</div><div>384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543</div><div>------------------------------------------------------ORCiD 0000-0003-4043-3639</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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