A METADATA SCHEMA FOR FOREST INFORMATION RESOURCES
Andreas Schuck, Timothy R. Green, Aljoscha Requardt, Tim Richards · 2006
ABSTRACT. This paper addresses the development of a metadata schema for forestry related information resources in the course of the Accompanying Measure project under the Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Programme of the European Commission (QLK5-CT-2002-30638). It describes the use of metadata standards within NEFIS, and gives particular attention to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI). Description of data quality was one of the central issues of discussion in the project. An approach for elaborating quality reporting within the metadata schema is presented. It was seen as important that the metadata standards should be robust, and based on the principles of interoperability, technology independence and extensibility.