Metadata Training forSEFSC Science Staff

Part Two

NMFS Inport Tool

InPort OverviewCSDGM Import

Input using InPort Forms

Direct input to InPort

InPortInPort Web Accessible

Folder (WAF)

Public Search/Access

data.gov

noaa.data.gov

others such as geoportal

Data

Registered Harvest

FGDC CSDGM (existing)

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InPort – NMFS Metadata Catalog

InPort - Advanced Search

InPort Organization

InPort Search Results

Data Set Record

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Mandatory

Legend

IdentificationInformation

DataQuality

Information

SpatialData

OrganizationInformation

SpatialReferenceInformation

Entityand

AttributeInformation

MetadataReferenceInformation

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DistributionInformation

Metadata

MandatoryIf

Applicable

Legacy standard

FGDC CSDGM Metadata Record

Import record into Catalog Hierarchy

Upload FGDC CSDGM (XML)

Browse to File

Passed Validation – Note “issues”

CSDGM Non-Support• No Spatial Reference Information• No Spatial Data Organization Information• No Lineage

Record imported

Edit Information via Form

View in different formats

Edit Information as Needed

Add Record via Form

Create New Child Item (Dataset)

Input from Forms

Navigate to forms

Some entry Notes• Organization is a drop-down list• Support roles – library of ‘contacts’

– Author, Collection Item Origin, Data Set Credit, Data Steward, Distributor, Metadata Contact, Originator, Point of Contact, Process Contact, Publisher

Support Roles

Author, Collection Item Origin, Data Set Credit, Data Steward, Distributor, Metadata Contact, Originator, Point of Contact, Process Contact, Publisher

Person and Organization must be in ‘library’

“discovery”

InPortInPort Web Accessible

Folder (WAF)

Public Search/Access

data.gov

noaa.data.gov

others.. such as geoportal

Where Data are Stored

Data

Processed Data

Metadata

Data

Records export in various formats

ISOXML

Registered Harvest

Public Access

Localarchive

database

digital storage

Hard copy storage

CDs

National Archive You may not know

this part yet!!!

“discovery”“understanding”

“access”

Record Workflow in InPort

Published Data Sets (ISO WAF)• Records in Inport

export to WAF inISO format for harvest into data.gov, noaa.data.gov, geoportals,

Data Discovery – “SEAMAP”

… accessioned at NODC

ISO WAFs harvested

QUESTIONS?