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The ABCD Schema attempts to be comprehensive and highly structured, supporting data from a wide variety of databases. It is compatible with several existing data standards. Parallel structures exist so that either (or both) atomised data and free-text can be accommodated.</p><p>The ABCD Schema was ratified as a standard by the Biodiversity Information Standards Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) in 2005. It was developed as a community-driven effort, with contributions from CODATA, BioCASE and GBIF among other organizations.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="/metadata-directory/standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/standards/iso-19115.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An internationally-adopted schema for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data.</p><p>Sponsored by the International Standards Organisation, the first edition of ISO 19115 was published in 2003. It has since been split into parts: ISO 19115-1:2014 contains the fundamentals of the standard; ISO 19115-2:2009 contains extensions for imagery and gridded data; and ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 provides an XML schema implementation for the fundamental concepts compatible with ISO/TS 19138:2007 (Geographic Metadata XML, or GMD).</p></dd> <dt> <a href="/metadata-directory/standards/observations-and-measurements.html">Observations and Measurements</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/standards/observations-and-measurements.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>This encoding is an essential dependency for the OGC Sensor Observation Service (SOS) Interface Standard. More specifically, this standard defines XML schemas for observations, and for features involved in sampling when making observations. These provide document models for the exchange of information describing observation acts and their results, both within and between different scientific and technical communities.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="/metadata-directory/standards/ukeof.html">UKEOF</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/standards/ukeof.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>A metadata standard for describing environmental monitoring activities, programmes, networks and facilities published by the UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF).</p></dd> </dl> <h2>Extensions <a href="../extensions/add.html" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Add</a> </h2> <dl> </dl> <h2>Tools <a href="../tools/add.html" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Add</a> </h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="https://geopython.github.io/OWSLib">OWSLib</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/tools/owslib.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web service (hence OWS) interface standards, and their related content models</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="https://pycsw.org">pycsw</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/tools/pycsw.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python. Started in 2010 (more formally announced in 2011), pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata via numerous APIs (CSW 2/CSW 3, OpenSearch, OAI-PMH, SRU), providing a standards-based metadata and catalogue component of spatial data infrastructures. pycsw is Open Source, released under an MIT license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="https://geopython.github.io/pygeometa">pygeometa</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/tools/pygeometa.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>pygeometa is a Python package to generate metadata for geospatial datasets</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sos">SOS (Sensor Observation Service)</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/tools/sos-sensor-observation-service.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>This tool uses the Observations and Measurements standard to define a Web service interface which allows querying observations, sensor metadata, as well as representations of observed features.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://catalogue.ukeof.org.uk">UKEOF Monitoring Catalogue</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/tools/ukeofcatalogue.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The UKEOF Catalogue contains over 2000 metadata records of environmental observations undertaken and funded by public and third sector organisations.</p><p>The Catalogue provides a unique management tool to underpin the activities and requirements of the environmental observation community. It provides a strong basis for strategic planning, giving a holistic overview of environmental observations as well as a place to discover who is doing what, where, why and when.</p></dd> </dl> <h2>Use Cases <a href="../use_cases/add.html" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Add</a> </h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoverymetadata/">BGS NGDC - British Geological Survey National Geoscience Data Centre</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/use_cases/bgs-ngdc-british-geological-survey-national-geoscience-data-centre.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>The world's oldest national geological survey and the United Kingdom's premier centre for earth science information and expertise, with information access via an <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a>-compliant discovery metadata database.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.komfor.net/">KomFor Data Portal</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/use_cases/komfor-data-portal.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>KOMFOR provides access to data in the earth and environmental sciences with special emphasis on geological disciplines The minimum set of metadata elements in KomFor is determined by the <a href="../standards/datacite-metadata-schema.html">DataCite</a> metadata schema.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="http://www.marine-geo.org/submit/guidelines.php">Marine Geoscience Data System</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/use_cases/marine-geoscience-data-system.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An online portal providing access to a number of NSF-supported marine geoscience projects, which has developed its own metadata requirements.</p></dd> <dt> <a href="https://data.bas.ac.uk/">UK Polar Data Centre</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/use_cases/uk-polar-data-centre.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>An organisation coordinating the management of data collected by UK-funded scientists in the polar regions, using an application profile that is harmonious with both <a href="../standards/iso-19115.html">ISO 19115</a> and <a href="../standards/dif-directory-interchange-format.html">DIF</a>.</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>

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