make metadata about surveys discoverable to general public
make data accessible to selected audience
make data interoperable
data.wa.gov.au fits nicely:
host metadata as georeferenced dataset on data.wa.gov.au
let pawsey host the data behind authentication, with access restricted to authorised audience
take up mapping of classifications (overlapping, separate ontologies) with the likes of Kylie Armstrong to make surveys comparable and data interoperable
MCV's Habitat Sampling Initiative wants to:
data.wa.gov.au fits nicely: