Difference between revisions of "Category:Documentation Connections"

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The ESIP Community uses different documentation dialects (e.g. metadata models) to serve documentation needs for different systems and users. There are many cross-cutting documentation concepts shared across these dialects, so there is necessarily overlap between these models. In fact, it is more appropriate to think of these models as varieties of an underlying documentation language that are a characteristic of a particular group (dialects) than as separate models.
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'''Introduction:'''
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The ESIP Community supports a vast array of systems that are accessed and utilized by a diverse group of users.  Historically, groups within the community have approached metadata differently in order to effectively describe their data.  As a result, similar dialects have emerged to address specific user requirements.
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The multi-dialect approach described above hinders interoperability— as it results in different terminology being used to describe the same concepts. By clearly depicting fundamental documentation needs and concepts and mapping to them in the different dialects, confusion is minimized and interoperability is facilitated.  Thus, demonstrating connections between dialects increases discoverability, accessibility, and reusability of data via consistent, compatible metadata.
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This document describes the connections between fundamental concepts in dialects used throughout the ESIP Community – such that effective communication is maintained even when different metadata models are employed.
  
These pages explore fundamental documentation needs and concepts and make connections between these concepts in the principal documentation dialects used in the ESIP Community.
 
 
The ESIP Documentation Cluster is working with the U.S. Big Earth Data Initiative (BEDI) to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and usability of Federal data and information products derived from civil Earth observations. BEDI is an [see http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/19/taking-pulse-our-planet-new-strategy-earth-observations initiative] of the White House Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) ) that will be coordinated through the US Group on Earth Observations (USGEO) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Environment Natural Resources and Sustainability (CENRS). [[Big Earth Data Initiative|More]].
 
 
'''Pulling together reliable information for all of these dialects is an on-going task. If you find problems and can help improve the content, please join the [[:Category:Documentation_Cluster|ESIP Documentation Cluster]] and share your expertise.'''
 
 
 
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Revision as of 07:41, May 21, 2015

Introduction: The ESIP Community supports a vast array of systems that are accessed and utilized by a diverse group of users. Historically, groups within the community have approached metadata differently in order to effectively describe their data. As a result, similar dialects have emerged to address specific user requirements. The multi-dialect approach described above hinders interoperability— as it results in different terminology being used to describe the same concepts. By clearly depicting fundamental documentation needs and concepts and mapping to them in the different dialects, confusion is minimized and interoperability is facilitated. Thus, demonstrating connections between dialects increases discoverability, accessibility, and reusability of data via consistent, compatible metadata. This document describes the connections between fundamental concepts in dialects used throughout the ESIP Community – such that effective communication is maintained even when different metadata models are employed.

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Pages in category "Documentation Connections"

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