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OBIS Metadata Standards

OBIS/GCMD Plan to Standardize & Enrich OBIS Discovery Metadata: A Plan to Standardize and Enrich OBIS Discovery Metadata, by Bob Branton - DFO Canada, Melanie Meaux - GCMD USA, Draft #3 - December 28, 2005
Metadata example 1: This file is sample OBIS metadata and the file includes some descriptive guidlines within the file.
CheSS base metadata: This file includes actual metdata from OBIS provider CheSS.
Comparison ISO/GCMD with OBIS metadata: An excel file comparing ISO and GCMD metadata standards with the new OBIS standard.

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