270 likes | 418 Views
FIS Metadata Catalog. Karen L. Sender, Doug Turnbull, Jan Pappas, Tom Kagehiro, Joseph Dane, Pauli Salmu, Tina Chang NOAA Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center NOAA Tech 2006 3 Nov 2005. What is InPort?. Data Catalog Benefits.
E N D
FIS Metadata Catalog Karen L. Sender, Doug Turnbull, Jan Pappas, Tom Kagehiro, Joseph Dane, Pauli Salmu, Tina Chang NOAA Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center NOAA Tech 2006 3 Nov 2005
Data Catalog Benefits • Searchable, national catalog of fisheries data • Available to scientists and managers • Supports analysis and re-engineering of data collection programs • Paves the way for integrating data sets • Promotes best practices • Facilitate the sharing of data and information
InPort Capabilities • Inventory of Fisheries data holdings • Detailed documentation of Fisheries data • Provide metadata for data integration analysis and planning • Share metadata
Projects, programs, data collections Databases, data sets, spreadsheets, files Tables and Columns Documents Reports Statistical Models Data Processing flow Data Inventory to Support FIS
Create and promote data standards Design data integration schemes Share tools, expertise, technologies Promote data reuse Identify data gaps and redundancies Metadata Analysis
Create and manage InPort system users and access roles Create, edit, manage hierarchical metadata “libraries” Import from data dictionaries Establish relationships between catalog items Publish metadata (public vs. restricted) Search metadata Export metadata InPort Features
Catalog Hierarchy Example Data System Hierarchy
Searching InPort You can search published catalog items. InPort lists search results, summaries, and details.
Search results Listing of catalog items with “library” in title, abstract, or description
Each NOAA Fisheries Service Partner may have their own library or libraries. Summary of a Library
You can search with more specific terms. Example: observer longline Search: observer longline
Catalog items matching “observer” and “longline” Search results
Each catalog item will have a title, abstract, and other descriptive information Item Summary: project
InPort lists details about the project: area, procedures, faqs This project includes a data set and some documentation Details about a project
Abstract about the LODS data set or database Details about a data set
Much of fisheries data is time-series information stored in tables or files. The tables record details about activities relevant to fishery performance. Typical fishery data
Example: A set record describes activity that starts with putting fishing lines in the water and ends with pulling them out. Fisheries table – A set
InPort stores table columns (attributes) Details -- table columns
InPort stores details about each column or attribute Details about columns
You can search all published catalog items. InPort shows search results, summaries and details. Lists, summaries, details