A selection of Metadata related Web sites to inform WMO ET on Data Management

(Submitted by S. Foreman)

Reasons for defining metadata

This is a useful overview of the applications to which metadata can be put, and the constraints on defining appropriate metadata standards.

European initiatives

European standard for geographic information: http://forum.afnor.fr/afnor/WORK/AFNOR/GPN2/Z13C/index.htm

A source of "how to do it" information.

http://www.gsdi.org/pubs/cookbook/cookbook0515.pdf

Oceanographic use of metadata

An overview presentation of work in Australia

http://www.bom.gov.au/OOPC/NVODS_WS/

US use of XML for real time data exchange

http://zowie.metnet.navy.mil/~spawar/JMV-TNG/XML/OMF.html

US Navy use of XML

The US Nave already use XML to describe a limited set of observational data:

http://zowie.metnet.navy.mil/~spawar/Briefs/Jmv-tng/XML/OMF.html

Use of metadata for locating information sources

There is a standard developed for use by Librarians to locate data sources:

http://dublincore.org/about/

And there is also a tool to help mark up web pages to meet this standard:

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/