| Executive Summary (pdf,
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| 1. |
Introduction (pdf,
0.2 Mb) |
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1.1 |
Data sharing, international boundaries and large
marine ecosystems |
| 2. |
Objectives (pdf,
0.3 Mb) |
| 3. |
Background (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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3.1 |
North Pacific Ecosystem Metadatabase |
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3.2 |
First federation effort: NPEM and the Korea Oceanographic
Data Center |
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3.2 |
Continuing effort: Adding Japan’s Marine
Information Research Center |
| 4. |
Metadata Standards (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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4.1 |
Directory Interchange Format |
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4.2 |
Ecological Metadata Language |
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4.3 |
Dublin Core
4.3.1. Elements of DC |
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4.4 |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
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4.5 |
The ISO 19115 Metadata Standard |
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4.6 |
Metadata stylesheets |
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4.7 |
Crosswalks |
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4.8 |
Tools for creating metadata |
| 5. |
Communication Protocols (pdf,
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5.1 |
Z39.50 |
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5.1.1. What does Z39.50 do? |
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5.1.2. Isite |
| 6. |
Clearinghouses (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
| 7. |
Methodology (pdf,
0.2 Mb) |
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7.1 |
FGDC metadata |
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7.1.1. Main sections |
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7.1.2. Supporting sections |
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7.1.3. Metadata validation |
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7.2 |
Getting a copy of Isite |
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7.3 |
NSDI Clearinghouse |
| 8. |
Server Configuration and Technical Issues
(pdf,
0.4 Mb) |
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8.1 |
Hardware recommendations |
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8.2 |
Operating system – Red Hat Linux Fedora |
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8.3 |
Web services – Apache HTTP Server version
2.2.3 |
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8.4 |
Create and validate FGDC-compliant Metadata in
XML format |
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8.5 |
Obtaining, installing and configuring Isite for
UNIX/Linux |
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8.5.1. |
Download the appropriate Isite software |
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8.5.2. |
Untar the file |
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8.5.3. |
Name your database |
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8.5.4. |
The zserver.ini file |
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8.5.5. |
The sapi.ini file |
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8.5.6. |
Indexing metadata |
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8.5.7. |
Start the Clearinghouse Server process |
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8.5.8. |
Testing the zserver installation |
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8.6 |
Registering with NSDI Clearinghouse |
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8.7 |
Security issues |
| 9. |
Search Tutorial and Examples
(pdf,
1 Mb) |
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9.1 |
Legacy NSDI Clearinghouse search interface |
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9.2 |
New GeoNetwork search interface |
| 10. |
Challenges (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
| 11. |
Emerging Standards (pdf,
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| 12. |
Future Activity (pdf,
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| 13. |
Acknowledgments (pdf,
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| 14. |
References (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
| 15. |
Acronyms (pdf,
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| 16. |
Appendices |
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16.1. |
KODC-NPEM meeting agendas and minutes (pdf,
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16.1.1. |
Seattle meeting agenda, August 22–23, 2005 |
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16.1.2. |
Seattle meeting minutes, August 22–23, 2005 |
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16.1.3. |
Busan meeting agenda, October 10–11, 2005 |
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16.1.4. |
Busan meeting minutes, October 10–11, 2005 |
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16.2. |
MIRC-NPEM meeting agendas and minutes (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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16.2.1. |
Seattle Meeting agenda, August 14-15, 2006 |
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16.2.2. |
Seattle meeting minutes, August 14–15, 2006 |
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16.2.3. |
Tokyo meeting agenda, October 19–20, 2006 |
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16.2.4. |
Tokyo, meeting minutes, October 19–20, 2006 |
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16.3. |
XML stylesheet conversion crosswalks (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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16.3.1. |
FGDCI to DIF stylesheet converter |
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16.3.2. |
DIF to FGDCI stylesheet converter |
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16.3.3. |
String-modified stylesheet |
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16.4. |
FGDC Metadata Standard (pdf,
0.1 Mb) |
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16.4.1. |
Overall structure |
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16.4.2. |
Section 1: Identification information |
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16.4.3. |
Section 2: Data quality information |
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16.4.4. |
Section 3: Spatial data organization information |
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16.4.5. |
Section 4: Spatial reference information |
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16.4.6. |
Section 5: Entity and attribute information |
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16.4.7. |
Section 6: Distribution information |
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16.4.8. |
Section 7: Metadata reference information |
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16.4.9. |
Sections 8, 9 and 10: Citation information, time period information,
and contact information |
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16.5. |
Images of the Isite server directory structure
and the files contained in each subdirectory after Isite installation
(pdf,
0.2 Mb) |
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16.6 |
Listing of NPEM’s Isite configuration files
(pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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16.6.1. zserver.ini |
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16.6.2. sapi.ini |
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16.7 |
Java program to extract records from the NPEM
metadatabase and write one
XML file for each record (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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16.8 |
Java program to execute the metadata extraction
program (pdf,
< 0.1 Mb) |
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A1 |
Addendum 1: Instructions for Isite for Windows
(pdf, 0.6
Mb) |
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A2 |
Addendum 2: Instructions for Isite for Windows
ADHOST (pdf, 0.3
Mb) |
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