GCMD Metadata Workshop

(preliminary agenda)

January 4: 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Using the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) to Promote Your Earth Science Data, Services, and Climate Visualizations
NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) enables users to discover and access data, services, and climate visualizations relevant to global change and Earth science research. In this session, participants will learn about the value of metadata and the GCMD for discovering Earth science data, services, and visualizations. In addition, data and services from ESIP members will be highlighted in the updated ESIP portal. A "hands-on" demonstration of our metadata authoring tool will be given and participants will have the opportunity to use the tool for describing their data, services, and visualizations.
Please bring your laptop to the workshop.

Audience: Anyone who is interested in promoting their data set/data service/climate visualizations and anyone who is looking for data and services.
Agenda
I. What is Metadata
II. GCMD Overview
III. Why Contribute to the GCMD?
IV. Demo - Search the GCMD and ESIP Portals
V. docBUILDER Metadata Authoring Tool
VI. Demo - Using docBUILDER
VII. Using the ESIP Portals and docBUILDER - On Your Own
VI. Feedback/Discussion/Conclusion

How GCMD Can Help the ESIP Community

How to Promote Products and Services Through the ESIP Community

More Effective Use of the ESIP Website
Resources
GCMD Homepage
ESIP Data Portal
ESIP Services Portal
docBUILDER - Metadata Authoring Tool
Handouts
DIF Writer's Guide
SERF Writer's Guide
Climate Diagnostic Writer's Guide