DGGS Open Data compliance, FGDC metadata, and data stewardship

Project Details

Project ID:
309
Nickname/Abbreviation:
D3 and Metadata
Parent Project:
Geologic Earth Resource Library of Alaska (GERILA)
Status:
Ongoing
Description:
Open Data compliance, FGDC metadata, and data stewardship is an ongoing program to ensure public access, federal data standards, and responsible stewardship of the interpretive and raw data products created by DGGS scientists. Project responsibilities include publication database development and archiving, providing FDGC-compliant metadata, and compiling machine-readable data products for online distribution. Geospatial and analytical datasets published by DGGS are designed to be compatible with a wide variety of digital mapping software, to present DGGS's geospatial data in multiple ways, and to provide the State with a comprehensive repository of geoscientific data that the Division collects and distributes.
Project Date(s):
2004 - present
Primary Contact:
Montayne, Simone
DGGS section:
Geological Information Center
Project Participants:
Simone Montayne, Kenneth R. Papp, Susan S. Seitz, Carrie Browne

There are no primary publications for the DGGS Open Data compliance, FGDC metadata, and data stewardship project at this time.

AR 2014-E: DGGS Staff, 2015, Geologic Communications FY15 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014-E, p. 75-89. https://doi.org/10.14509/29184