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class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An application profile of the <a href="../standards/midas-heritage.html">MIDAS Heritage</a> standard intended for delivering metadata to the CARARE service environment about an organisation’s online collections, monument inventory database and digital objects.</p></dd> </dl> <h2>Engineering</h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/ICR/ISA-TAB-Nano#ISA-TAB-Nano-title">ISA-TAB Nano</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/isa-tab-nano.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of <a href="../standards/isa-tab.html">ISA-TAB</a> specifying the format for representing and sharing information about nanomaterials, small molecules and biological specimens along with their assay characterization data.</p></dd> </dl> <h2>Life Sciences</h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="https://abcd.tdwg.org/xml/documentation/ABCD_3.0_zoology/">ABCD Zoology</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/abcd-zoology.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>ABCD Zoology is an application profile of ABCD tailored for use in zoological contexts. It was the first official application profile to use the RDF-based version 3.0 of ABCD.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/standards/640/">ABCDDNA</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/abcddna.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of the <a href="../standards/abcd-access-biological-collection-data.html">ABCD</a> standard for DNA data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://code.google.com/p/applecore/wiki/Introduction">Apple Core</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/apple-core.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p><a href="../standards/darwin-core.html">Darwin Core </a>documentation and recommendations for herbaria.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/DarwinCore/GeospatialExtension">Darwin Core Geospatial Extension</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/darwin-core-geospatial-extension.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A protocol-independent XML schema for a geospatial extension to the <a href="../standards/darwin-core.html">Darwin Core</a>.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore-germplasm/">DwC Germplasm</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/dwc-germplasm.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension to the <a href="../standards/darwin-core.html">Darwin Core</a> standard, it includes additional terms required to describe plant genetic resources and in particular germplasm seed samples.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/edmed/">EDMED Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/edmed-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The European Directory of Marine Environmental Datasets metadata scheme, which is a profile of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a>.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/metadata/biometadata/biodatap.pdf">FGDC/CSDGM Biological Data Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/fgdccsdgm-biological-data-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile of the <a href="../standards/fgdccsdgm-federal-geographic-data-committee-content-standard-digital-ge.html">FGDC/CSDGM</a> metadata standard, intended to support the collection and processing of biological data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://rs.gbif.org/schema/eml-gbif-profile/">GBIF Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/gbif-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>Established by a global network of countries and organizations, GBIF is a web portal promoting and facilitating the mobilization, access, discovery and use of biodiversity data. The portal uses a profile of <a href="../standards/eml-ecological-metadata-language.html">EML</a>; a <a href="http://links.gbif.org/gbif_metadata_profile_how-to_en_v1">How-to Guide</a> and <a href="http://www.gbif.org/resource/80640">Reference Guide</a> for using the profile are available.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/wiki/hiscom/index.php/HISPID_5">HISPID (Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/hispid-herbarium-information-standards-and-protocols-interchange-data.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension to <a href="../standards/abcd-access-biological-collection-data.html">ABCD</a> 2.06, it is designed to allow the storage and transmission of herbarium plant specimen data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/ICR/ISA-TAB-Nano#ISA-TAB-Nano-title">ISA-TAB Nano</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/isa-tab-nano.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of <a href="../standards/isa-tab.html">ISA-TAB</a> specifying the format for representing and sharing information about nanomaterials, small molecules and biological specimens along with their assay characterization data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://bitbucket.org/kanterae/isaconfig-dixa">isaconfig-diXa</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/isaconfig-dixa.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd></dd> <dt> <a href="https://fairsharing.org/collection/MIBBI">FAIRsharing MIBBI Collection</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/mibbi-portal.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A list of nearly 40 Minimum Information standards projects registered with the <a href="../standards/mibbi-minimum-information-biological-and-biomedical-investigations.html">MIBBI</a> initiative.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/file-formats/ome-tiff">OME-TIFF (Open Microscopy Environment TIFF)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/ome-tiff-open-microscopy-environment-tiff.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A specification of how to embed <a href="../standards/ome-xml-open-microscopy-environment-xml.html">OME-XML</a> metadata within a <a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/tiff/">TIFF</a> or <a href="http://bigtiff.org/">BigTIFF</a> image file.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://snrnasm.bio.unc.edu">SNRNASM ISA-Tab</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/snrnasm-isa-tab.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An <a href="../standards/isa-tab.html">ISA-Tab</a>-based standard for reporting the results of single nucleotide resolution nucleic acid structure mapping experiments.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23031277">VarioML</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/varioml.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd></dd> </dl> <h2>Physical Sciences & Mathematics</h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="http://www.geocase.eu/efg">ABCDEFG (Access to Biological Collection Databases Extended for Geosciences)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/abcdefg-access-biological-collection-databases-extended-geosciences.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of the <a href="../standards/abcd-access-biological-collection-data.html">ABCD</a> standard for Geosciences data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ae909e/ae909e00.htm">AGRIS Application Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/agris-application-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A metadata standard drawing on <a href="../standards/dublin-core.html">Dublin Core</a> and <a href="../standards/agmes-agricultural-metadata-element-set.html">AgMES</a> created specifically to enhance the description, exchange and subsequent retrieval of agricultural Document-Like Information Objects.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://www.anzlic.gov.au/resources/asnzs-iso-1911512015-metadata">ANZLIC Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/anzlic-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a>, also mapping to the AGLS profile of <a href="../standards/dublin-core.html">Dublin Core</a>, designed to facilitate efficient access to descriptions of information resources, particularly geographic or spatial data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/noaa_coop/coop_cdf_profile.html">COARDS Conventions</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/coards-conventions.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>Developed by the Cooperative Ocean-Atmosphere Research Data Service (COARDS), these conventions constitute a standard set of metadata to include in netCDF files, allowing them to be shared and interchanged.</p><p>The COARDS Conventions are generalized and extended by the CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.seadatanet.org/Metadata/CSR">Cruise Summary Reports</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/cruise-summary-reports.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The National Oceanographic Data Centre's required format for reporting on cruises or field experiments at sea, formulated using tags from the <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO19115</a> metadata standard.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf">CSDGM Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/csdgm-extensions-remote-sensing-metadata.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension to the <a href="../standards/fgdccsdgm-federal-geographic-data-committee-content-standard-digital-ge.html">FGDC/CSDGM</a> metadata standard providing a common terminology and set of definitions for documenting geospatial data obtained by remote sensing.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/DarwinCore/GeospatialExtension">Darwin Core Geospatial Extension</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/darwin-core-geospatial-extension.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A protocol-independent XML schema for a geospatial extension to the <a href="../standards/darwin-core.html">Darwin Core</a>.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk">eBank UK Metadata Application Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/ebank-uk-metadata-application-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A <a href="../standards/dublin-core.html">Dublin Core</a> Metadata Application Profile created for the eBank UK project, which provides access to the detailed results of scientific experiments in crystallography.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/edmed/">EDMED Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/edmed-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The European Directory of Marine Environmental Datasets metadata scheme, which is a profile of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a>.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_wcs.html">FITS World Coordinate System (WCS)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/fits-world-coordinate-system-wcs.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of FITS that enables data to be defined to specify physical, or world coordinates within each pixel in an image. The conventions were orignally proposed in 2002 then incorporated into the 3.0 release of the FITS standard.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2012/EPSC2012-360.pdf">IMPEx Data Model</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/impex-data-model.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A simulation extention to the <a href="../standards/spase-data-model.html">SPASE</a> data model.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/">INSPIRE Metadata Regulation</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/inspire-metadata-regulation.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a>:2003, adopted in 2007 as the common metadata standard for the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). The other profiles of ISO 19115 in use in European Member States have been made compliant with INSPIRE.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=39229">ISO 19115-2 - Imagery and gridded data</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/iso-19115-2-imagery-and-gridded-data.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a> defining the schema required for describing imagery and gridded data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/incits-l1-standards-projects/NAP-Metadata">ISO 19115 North American Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/iso-19115-north-american-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A common profile of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO19115</a>:2003 between the United States and Canada, designed to enhance interoperability of geographic information metadata in North America.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.aodc.org.au/index.php?id=37">Marine Community Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/marine-community-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile developed in accordance with <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a> rules by the Australian Ocean Data Centre that supports the documentation and discovery of marine spatial datasets.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.ivoa.net/documents/latest/RM.html">Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/resource-metadata-virtual-observatory.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>Defines metadata terms and concepts necessary for discovery and use of astronomical data collections and services.</p><p>The extension is based on Dublin Core, but with astronomy-specific extensions. Resource Metadata are collected in resource "registries" that are populated and synchronized using the OAI-PMH (Protocol for Metadata Handling). Version 1.12, March 2007. Developed and maintained by IVOA Resource Registry Working Group and NVO Metadata Working Group</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/metadata/shoreline-metadata/">Shoreline Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/shoreline-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>Providing the format and content for describing data sets related to shoreline and other coastal data sets, this profile complies with the <a href="../standards/fgdccsdgm-federal-geographic-data-committee-content-standard-digital-ge.html">FGDC/CSDGM</a> standard.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://wiki.ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk/images/9/9d/ECrystals-WP4-PM-Final.pdf">TIDCC (Towards an International Data Commons for Crystallography)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/tidcc-towards-international-data-commons-crystallography.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile of the <a href="../standards/csmd-cclrc-core-scientific-metadata-model.html">CSMD</a> model for Australian crystallographic data.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.gogeo.ac.uk/gogeo/metadata/agmap.htm">UK AGMAP (Academic Geospatial Metadata Application Profile)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/uk-agmap-academic-geospatial-metadata-application-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile of <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a> designed to support the documentation and discovery of spatial datasets, dataset series and geo services within Higher and Further Education.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.agi.org.uk/uk-gemini/">UK Gemini</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/uk-gemini.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A specification for a set of metadata elements describing geospatial data resources for discovery purposes, based on <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a>.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://repository.stategeothermaldata.org/repository/resource/98ddf901b9782a25982e01af3b0bda50/">USGIN ISO profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/usgin-iso-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/waterml">WaterML</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/waterml.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd></dd> <dt> <a href="http://wis.wmo.int/2006/metadata/WMO%20Core%20Metadata%20Profile%20%28October%202006%29/documentation.htm">WMO Core Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/wmo-core-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The World Meteorological Organisation, WMO, has defined a restrictive subset of ISO19115 appropriate for global meteorogical use.</p></dd> </dl> <h2>Social and Behavioral Sciences</h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="http://carare.eu/dut/Resources/CARARE-Documentation/CARARE-metadata-schema">CARARE metadata schema</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/carare-metadata-schema.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An application profile of the <a href="../standards/midas-heritage.html">MIDAS Heritage</a> standard intended for delivering metadata to the CARARE service environment about an organisation’s online collections, monument inventory database and digital objects.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.cessda.org/sharing/managing/3/">CESSDA MLI - Council of European Social Science Data Archives Minimum Level of Information</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/cessda-mli-council-european-social-science-data-archives-minimum-level-inf.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A common base profile of <a href="../standards/ddi-data-documentation-initiative.html">DDI</a> for use by the member archives of CESSDA.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.ecb.int/stats/services/sdmx/html/index.en.html">GESMES/TS (Generic Statistical Message for Time Series)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/gesmests-generic-statistical-message-time-series.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An extension of SDMX used to exchange statistical data and metadata.</p></dd> </dl> <h2>General Research Data</h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="http://www.agls.gov.au">AGLS Metadata Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/agls-metadata-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An application of <a href="../standards/dublin-core.html">Dublin Core</a> designed to improve visibility and availability of online resources, originally adapted from the Australian Government Locator Service metadata standard for use in government agencies.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-adms/">Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/asset-description-metadata-schema-adms.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>Used to describe semantic assets, defined as highly reusable metadata (for example: XML schemata, generic data models) and reference data (for example: code lists, taxonomies, dictionaries, vocabularies) that are used for eGovernment system development.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://wiki.datadryad.org/Metadata_Profile">Dryad Metadata Application Profile</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/dryad-metadata-application-profile.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An application profile based on the <a href="../standards/dublin-core.html">Dublin Core</a> Metadata Initiative Abstract Model, used to describe multi-disciplinary data underlying peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/metis/Generic+Statistical+Information+Model">GSIM (Generic Statistical Information Model)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/gsim-generic-statistical-information-model.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A reference framework that provides a common terminology acroos and between statistical organisations; aligns with DDI and SDMX.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://guidelines.openaire.eu/">OpenAIRE Guidelines for institutional and thematic repositories, data archives and CRIS systems</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/openaire-guidelines.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The OpenAIRE Guidelines are a suite of application profiles designed to allow research institutions to make their scholarly outputs visible through the OpenAIRE infrastructure. The profiles are based on established standards and designed to be used in conjunction with the OAI-PMH metadata harvesting protocol to foster FAIR principles:</p> <ul><li>The OpenAIRE Guidelines for <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299203">institutional and thematic Repositories</a> are based on <a href="../standards/dublin-core.html">Dublin Core</a>;</li> <li>The OpenAIRE Guidelines for Data Archives are based on the <a href="../standards/datacite-metadata-schema.html">DataCite Metadata Schema</a>;</li> <li>The OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS Managers is based on <a href="../standards/cerif.html">CERIF</a>.</li></ul> <p>While the focus of each profile is different, they allow for interlinking and the contextualization of research artefacts.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://frictionlessdata.io/guides/tabular-data-package/">Tabular Data Package</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/extensions/tabular-data-package.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A profile of the <a href="../standards/data-package.html">Data Package</a> specification, intended for exchanging tabular data in CSV (comma-separated values) format.</p></dd> </dl> <hr /> <footer> The RDA Metadata Standards Directory was maintained by <a href="https://github.com/alex-ball">Alex Ball</a>, <a href="https://github.com/gugek">Sean Chen</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/katealderete">Kate Anne Alderete</a>. <br> This site uses the <a href="https://github.com/arnp/herring-cove">Herring Cove</a> theme by <a href="https://github.com/dustin-allen">Dustin Allen</a>. <br> This page was generated by <a href="http://pages.github.com">GitHub Pages</a>. </footer> </div>  <script src="/metadata-directory/js/jquery-3.6.4.min.js"></script> <script src="/metadata-directory/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="/metadata-directory/js/hc.js"></script> </body> </html>