Regional Metadata Guidance Project

Project Description

Data Best Practices

PNAMP seeks to provide guidance, support and other tools that can facilitate and encourage the development and use of metadata for aquatic monitoring data collected by government agencies and partners in the Pacific Northwest. A subset of the Data Management Leadership Team has provided support this ongoing task and looks to build on existing tools, standards and references whenever practical. The workgroup supported the development of a Regional Metadata Guidance document published in 2009. In 2010 and 2011, the workgroup is supporting requirements scoping for tools that will support metadata development within the region.

Project Team

This project is being conducted through the contributions of the Metadata Working group, a sub-group of the Data Management Leadership Team and the PNAMP Information Management Liaison, Kathryn Thomas. Steve Rentmeester of Environmental Data Services has provided crucial contracting support for the development of the regional guidelines and metadata tools requirements projects.

Highlights

Metadata Working Group
April 1, 2011 - 12:45pm

A subgroup of the Data Management Leadership Team has been reviewing recommendations developed for PNAMP by EDS (reports under Documents). This ad-hoc group will be continuing to meet and consider how to promote the development of metadata among the PNW aquatic monitoring community.

The 2010 Regional Guidance on Metadata for Environmental Data is available, http://www.pnamp.org/document/2771.

Related Resources

See all documents related to this project.