Service and Dataset Description Session

Descriptive Metadata for GEOSS Services and Data Resource Discovery

Parallel Session 1c: 1300 - 14:15 , NCAR

Agenda:

1. Overview of metadata requirements and proposed description strategies for harvesting and search (10 minutes)
2. Introduction of participants (10 minutes)
3. ISO Profile metadata (Jürgen Walther, BKG)
4. Evolution of Metadata Standards : New Features in ISO 19115 (Ted Haberman, NOAA)
5. Use of ISO metadata for service quality and conformance (10 minutes)
6. Open discussion on content and accessibility of discovery metadata (10 minutes)
7. Workplan development (20 minutes)
• Task milestones and relation to AIP-2 Master Schedule
• Gaps between present practice and AIP discovery use case requirements: discernment and resolution
• Impacts and dependencies for work in this thread.
• Potential changes to GEOSS Architecture as a result of this work
8. Report from Data Product Access session on metadata for deep content access and service binding. (5 minutes)