Creating Documentation and Metadata: Metadata for Discovery

Overview: 

The subject of this module is "Metadata for Discovery."  This module was authored by Lola Olsen from the National Aeronautics & Space Administration, NASA, and Tyler Stevens, NASA Contractor for Wyle Information Systems at the Global Change Master Directory, and the Goddard Space Flight Center.  Besides the ESIP Federation, sponsors of this Data Management for Scientists Short Course are the Data Conservancy and the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In this module, we will provide an introduction to discovery level metadata, talk about key categories of this metadata, and show several examples.
 

Local Data Management: Creating Documentation and Metadata for Discovery from ESIPFed on Vimeo.

DOI /EZid : 
doi:10.7269/P3JS9NC5
Target Audience: 
Research Scientist
Educational Purpose: 
Online course
Time Required : 
P8m07s
Learning Mode: 
Expositive
Learning Resource Type: 
Online exercise
Language of Learning Resource: 
en-us
Publication Date: 
October 2012
Publisher: 
Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
Contributor: 
Video performed by Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich
Editor: 
Ruth E. Duerr
Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich
Version: 
1.0