Content Standard References
Content standards specify the information required to document a dataset; it is a list or hierarchy of required metadata elements to be included in the metadata description. Content standards include things like the name of the metadata element and a definition for that name. Read more about content standards…
MMI provides references to content standards that it is aware of, including a description, link to the standard, and an informal characterization of its maturity, in some cases. If you would like to see a reference added, please contact us or sign up for an MMI account and add it yourself. You may also search all references.
Title | Description | Reference Type | Reference Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABCD: Access to Biological Data Collections | A data and metadata specification for the exchange of biological collections and observations data | ||
| Arctic Observing Network Data Questionnaire | Summary results of the AON data questionnaire (link to details provided). | ||
| Auxiliary Description of Instruments | This is a project under development in GCMD to allow instrument metadata in GCMD data submissions that use the Directory Interchange Format. | ||
| Biological Data Profile for the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata | This is an official profile of the FGDC's Content Standard for Geospatial Metadata for biological data. It is used by the US National Biological Information Infrastructure. | ||
| CCDS: Canonical Cruise Data Structure | CCDS aids dealing with the volume and variability of data and documents from expeditions by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) becoming web-accessible for both education and research through the new SIOExplorer project. | ||
| Climate Science Modelling Language | The Climate Science Modelling Language (CSML) is a standards-based data model and GML application schema for atmospheric and oceanographic data. | ||
| CODAR metadata compliant with FGDC as *.mif | CODAR metadata compliant with FGDC as *.mif | ||
| Content Standards Field Comparison Matrix: HTML | HTML version of the content standards field comparison matrix. | ||
| Content Standards Field Comparison Matrix: PDF | The content standards field comparison matrix in PDF single-column form. | ||
| CTD Data from Joint USGS Cruise 03008 and NOAA RB0303 | Metadata example of CTD Data from a NOAA and USGS Cruise in the Caribbean Sea | ||
| DAML | To create ontologies and to markup information so that it is machine readable and understandable | ||
| Darwin Core | The Darwin Core is a content specification designed for data about the geographical occurences of species (i.e. the observation or collection of a particular species or other taxonomic group at a particular location). | ||
| DIG35 Metadata for Digital images | A metadata standard for images. | ||
| Directory Interchange Format | A relatively minimal metadata standard applicable to earth and atmospheric science resources. It is the standard used by the Global Change Master Directory, among others. | ||
| Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCMI | The Dublin Core metadata standard is an element set for describing a wide range of networked resources, focusing on bibliographic needs. | ||
| Earth Science Education Metadata Content Standards | Earth Science Education Metadata Content Standards | ||
| Earth Science Markup Language | An XML based language to describe format of files | ||
| Ecological Metadata Language (EML) | Ecological Metadata Language (EML) is a metadata specification developed by the ecology discipline and for the ecology discipline. | ||
| EU MarineXML Standards Report | A report produced by the EU MarineXML project documenting a wide range of formal and de facto standards that were considered relevant to the development of the MarineXML. | ||
| EXIF: Exchangeable Image FIle Format | A standard for storing interchange information in image files, especially JPEG-compressed files. | ||
| FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata | A content standard applicable to any geospatial data | ||
| Geography Markup Language GML | XML Based encoding standard published by the OpenGIS Consortium. | ||
| Global Information Locator Service (GILS) | GILS is an open standard for searching basic information descriptions. | ||
| IEEE 1451 | IEEE 1451 provides a comprehensive set of standards to describe the connections and input/output signals of transducers (sensors and actuators). | ||
| IPTC Core - Metadata for Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) | A metadata standard for images |
