Collaborative Research: Marine Metadata Interoperability Project

合作研究：海洋元数据互操作性项目

• 批准号: 0447031
• 负责人: John Graybeal
• 金额: $ 36.71万
• 依托单位: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-10-01 至 2006-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0447031&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Marine; Metadata; Interoperability

This project is an effort to improve the ease of use of data from ocean observations by developing broader agreement within the ocean science community on "best practices" for marine metadata. It brings together a number of segments of the ocean science community in an effort to document current usage, to develop a consensus on "best practices", and to test the best practices and their effectiveness at promoting cross-platform, cross-disciplinary data exchange in a test-bed activity. The goal is to reduce the burden of metadata generation, increase the use of metadata, and develop a general metadata structure that supports a wide variety of data usage. The test-bed will provide an end-to-end demonstration of the use of metadata "best practices" in an environment with heterogeneous data types.The volume and variety of ocean data from modern observing systems are expanding rapidly and it becomes difficult to find or effectively use these data without assistance from modern data management and data analysis tools. These tools place the burden of searching for and manipulating data onto computer programs. To be able to successfully do this requires that datasets include descriptions of the data they contain, and details of how they have been obtained and processed, that are stored in a form that can be understood by these programs. To be machine-readable, this metadata must conform to semantic and syntactic standards that are understood by the programs. This project aims to combine the best of existing practices for generating metadata into recipes for voluntary de facto community standards. Experience with how to develop metadata and associated ontologies has emerged in a number of fields and this will be fused with existing marine metadata practices. If successful, this project will develop a more comprehensive approach to ocean metadata and facilitate its adoption by marine scientists. More complete metadata that conforms to a community standard will enhance the ability of many users to employ ocean observations more effectively. The impact is likely to be felt most directly by the academic research and "operational" ocean nowcasting or forecasting communities. Indirectly, this is likely to benefit a number of ocean data users such as coastal ocean resource managers and commercial users by easing and expanding their access to relevant data.

该项目旨在通过在海洋科学界内就海洋元数据的“最佳实践”达成更广泛的协议，提高海洋观测数据的易用性。 它汇集了海洋科学界的多个部门，努力记录当前的使用情况，就“最佳实践”达成共识，并在试验台活动中测试最佳实践及其在促进跨平台、跨学科数据交换方面的有效性。 目标是减轻元数据生成的负担，增加元数据的使用，并开发支持多种数据使用的通用元数据结构。 该测试床将提供在异构数据类型环境中使用元数据“最佳实践”的端到端演示。现代观测系统产生的海洋数据的数量和种类正在迅速扩大，如果没有现代数据管理和数据分析工具的帮助，很难找到或有效使用这些数据。 这些工具将搜索和操作数据的负担交给了计算机程序。 为了能够成功地做到这一点，数据集需要包含对其所包含数据的描述，以及如何获取和处理这些数据的详细信息，并以这些程序可以理解的形式存储。 为了机器可读，该元数据必须符合程序可以理解的语义和语法标准。 该项目旨在将生成元数据的现有最佳实践结合到自愿的事实上的社区标准中。 许多领域已经出现了如何开发元数据和相关本体的经验，这些经验将与现有的海洋元数据实践相融合。 如果成功，该项目将开发一种更全面的海洋元数据方法，并促进海洋科学家采用该方法。 符合社区标准的更完整的元数据将增强许多用户更有效地利用海洋观测的能力。 学术研究和“业务”海洋临近预报或预报团体可能最直接地感受到这种影响。 通过简化和扩大对相关数据的访问，这可能会间接使许多海洋数据用户受益，例如沿海海洋资源管理者和商业用户。