The purpose of this National Biological
Information Infrastructure (NBII) metadata project is to
provide outreach assistance to organizations interested in sharing
their biological metadata records with the broader scientific
community. Through partnerships with these organizations, NBII will
provide assistance in the establishment or enhancement of their
metadata programs, and provide the partner organization a unique
presence on the NBII Clearinghouse. The project will focus on World
Data Center organizations such as Millennium Assessment, and, in
addition, State Fish and Wildlife programs and State Heritage Programs.
This proposed project will seek to identify the metadata needs of each
partner organization, assist in the development of a sustainable
metadata program for the organization by providing necessary training
in the FGDC Content Standard for Geospatial Metadata and the Biological
Data Profile, and provide support for record discovery through the NBII
Clearinghouse.
Contact:
Vivian Hutchison
206-526-6282
vhutchison@usgs.gov
Other contact:
Thomas Hermann
703-648-4211 (phone)
thomas_hermann@usgs.gov