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[Refactor]: align fimsframe with NOAA policy guidance on metadata #382

Open ChristineStawitz-NOAA opened 1 year ago

ChristineStawitz-NOAA commented 1 year ago

Refactor request

The NOAA data policy appendix F has some mandatory metadata fields

https://sites.google.com/noaa.gov/noaa-data/handbook

Expected behavior

We should double check FIMSframe is aligning with the recommended metadata and data structures

Code of Conduct

ChristineStawitz-NOAA commented 1 year ago

Copying the relevant sections here; this is going to require some collaboration with those collecting the data. For example, if surveys are provided a DOI we could just link to the DOI which would then redirect to the data source that would hopefully contain this information

  1. Mandatory metadata elements. The following descriptive metadata elements are required for all NOAA environmental data. In metadata parlance, a "resource" is described using the identified elements. a. Title b. Data description (aka 'Abstract') c. Earliest and latest observation date d. Discovery keywords. Whenever possible, discovery keywords should be based on a standard keyword source or thesaurus, such as the NASA Global Change Master Directory thesauri [or other example...]. i. Place name(s) ii. Instrument name(s) iii. Variables measured iv. Units of measurement used to measure each variable

  2. Preferred but optional metadata elements. The following descriptive metadata elements are preferred/recommended for all NOAA environmental data but are not required. However, if metadata elements are known, the time to record them is now -- when the resource being described is most well understood. The goal of descriptive metadata is to ensure that data are independently understandable for the long-term so that others may make use of the described resource later. a. Grant/contract identifier(s) b. Funding source(s) c. Purpose d. Related published works ('cross-references' to other data or publications) e. Platform name(s) f. Project name(s)

Rick-Methot-NOAA commented 1 year ago

suggest linking to the FINSS database as the repository for metadata on all surveys

k-doering-NOAA commented 7 months ago

Need more guidance from data governance folks in NOAA