Institutions
Institutions
Summary
Institutions
- Bob Gelfeld's PPT presentation
A synthesis spreadsheet can be accessed
HERE.
Issues |
GCMD |
WOD/NODC |
No. of Records |
2818 (with very many non-marine entities) |
669 |
Structure/Content |
- Unique codes for each project name consist of 3- to 35-letter acronym
strings
- Acronym strings attempt in many cases to display the hierarchical
"location" of the entity within its larger organization(s)
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- WOD codes are unique numerical project codes currently ranging from
4-1226
- NODC codes are 2-character country code (see the ICES/IOC
country codes), followed by 2-character specific institution identifier (only
unique within that country)
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Content Governance |
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Internal/informal |
Primary Standards for Consideration
-
GCMD "Data Centers" - From
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/archives/keyword_list.html
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WOD and NODC
- From
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOD05/codes05.html
Additional Resources
-
GCMD "IDN Nodes" (CEOS Agencies) - From
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/archives/keyword_list.html;
too limited, because it covers mainly space agencies.
References
-
European Directory of Marine Organizations (EDMO). "This directory
lists the organisation profiles of all (1000+) Data Holding Centres, Research
Institutes, Monitoring Agencies and Research Vessel operators, that have an
active role in one or more of the SeaDataNet Discovery services (EDMED - data
sets, EDMERP - research projects, CSR - research cruises, EDIOS - observing
stations/ systems, and CDI - index to data). Direct crosslinks are
provided to their entries in these directories. The organisation entries
are maintained
online
per country by the SeaDataNet partners." [Editor's Note: This is
an implementation, and not a directly available vocabulary or code
list, per se. The user accesses only 10 records at a time, from the
entire controlled list. It is provided here as a superlative example
of a catalog that could potentially be integrated into a
global resource in support of ocean datasets documentation.]
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