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Metadata Tool Proposals

Metadata Tool Proposals. PNAMP Meeting Wednesday, December 15 th 2010. Agenda. 1:30-2:00 Meeting objectives and process 2:00-3:00 Review of business needs 3:00-4:00 Proposed software solutions 4:00-5:00 Evaluation and discussion of proposed software solutions

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Metadata Tool Proposals

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  1. Metadata Tool Proposals PNAMP Meeting Wednesday, December 15th 2010

  2. Agenda 1:30-2:00 Meeting objectives and process 2:00-3:00 Review of business needs 3:00-4:00 Proposed software solutions 4:00-5:00 Evaluation and discussion of proposed software solutions 5:00 Adjourn

  3. Objectives • Advance regional implementation of metadata creation • Evaluate approaches for improving implementation • Evaluate potential software tools to support metadata creation

  4. Process • Propose and review tool options (today) • Prioritize tool options (today) • Meeting notes/conclusions (Dec 24, EDS) • Follow up on priority tools (Jan 14, EDS) • Requirements description (Jan 14, EDS) • Task Group Review/Meeting (Jan 24-28)

  5. Evaluation Criteria • Support creation of metadata • Does not duplicate existing tools • Reuse of existing information • Supports implementation of Executive Order 12906 • Support business needs of regional monitoring programs • Meets needs of individual agencies • Increases availability of regional metadata • ? • ? • ?

  6. Centralized versus Distributed • Metadata is core business knowledge • PNAMP Inventories of who, when, where, why, and how • Organizations need to understand their activities in relation to other regional organizations • Dynamic compiling of metadata • Provide support to data exchange network

  7. FGDC / Regional Business Needs • Implementation of Executive Order 12906 • Federal Agencies must supply FGDC metadata • FGDC Elements • Business needs of regional monitoring programs • Does FGDC capture the right information? • Biological Data Profile vrs MonitoringMethods.org • Taxonomic, Study design, Methods, QA, Field Equipment • Spatial location information

  8. Evaluation Criteria • Support creation of metadata • Does not duplicate existing tools • Reuse of existing information • Supports implementation of Executive Order 12906 • Support business needs of regional monitoring programs • Meets needs of individual agencies • Increases availability of regional metadata • ? • ? • ?

  9. Tool Proposals • Web-enabled GIS Site Location Tool • Site History Manager • PNW Metadata Clearinghouse (NBII) • Regional Metadata Builder • Expand scope of MonitoringMethod.org • Database Documentation Tool

  10. Web-enabled GIS Site Location Tool • Would publish regionally unique identifiers for sites • Regional data systems could link to unique site identifiers • Include significant web based GIS capability • Define location and boundary of site • Snap site to stream networks (NHD, 1:24k WsDNR, 1:12k Oregon…) • Site could be identified as point, line, or polygon • Points might represent monitoring location, barrier removals, etc • Lines might represent restored or treated stream, monitored stream section, etc • Polygons might represent area restored, area treated, area of influence, area of inference, fish population boundaries, etc. • Site Characteristics tracked • Stream characteristic – Strhaler, gradient, discharge, elevation • Upstream characteristics – landuse, • Riparian characteristics – vegetation type

  11. Site History Manager • Potentially built-on Site Location Tool • Track Monitoring Activity • Monitoring activity type • Link to MonitoringMethod.org • Link to monitoring project identifier/contract • Date/Time of visits • Site evaluation (GRTS-style) and requirements for landowner contact

  12. PNW Metadata Clearinghouse (NBII) • Built as a portal within existing clearinghouse (NBII, Mercury or Mermaid) • Relatively low investment cost • Only valuable if metadata actually exists • Should be supported with metadata steward staff

  13. Regional Metadata Builder • Script to compile existing data into FGDC XML format • From technical perspective, should be relatively straight forward • Challenge lies in mapping existing systems to FGDC • Distributed approach to metadata creation and management • Assumes output would be imported to existing metadata creation tools • Assumes metadata stewards to work with biologists to fill in remaining information • Raises the question of where does the final, completed metadata document get archived and distributed. • Raises the question of whether FGDC is sufficiently detailed to meet information requirements under the BiOP or other regional business needs

  14. Expand scope of MonitoringMethod.org • Build as regionally centralized repository • Include full breathe of FGDC elements • Raises the question of whether FGDC is sufficiently detailed to meet information requirements under the BiOP or other regional business needs

  15. Database Documentation Tool • Create FGDC entity and attribute metadata by reading schema of agency databases • Only benefits those who have existing databases

  16. Tool Proposals • Web-enabled GIS Site Location Tool • Site History Manager • PNW Metadata Clearinghouse (NBII) • Regional Metadata Builder • Expand scope of MonitoringMethod.org • Database Documentation Tool • Other proposals??

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