[Qgis-user] QGIS/R and ISO metadata ?

[Blumentrath, Stefan]

Hei Falk,

Good that you ask!
Actually, right now there is a great opportunity to contribute to implementing comprehensive and efficient metadata management in QGIS.

A thorough discussion (https://gitter.im/qgis/metadata) , involving QGIS developers, metadata experts and interested QGIS users, has led to a long term plan in this regards:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1twE8J345Sz1rk1z34672eqlEiL2mJT4bZbuF5oRTCoM/edit#heading=h.j6lg9sa71mq6 (which is not necessarily final)

See also: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/91 and the other QEPs mentioned in the document above.

We (NINA) work on quite similar things than you do (in an SDM context you might probably also be interested in: https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/ckanext-gbif). 

NINA will contribute financially to the development of metadata management in QGIS, as we see that as an important step for efficient work flows in our institution (meaning good tools here will save us money in terms of work time in the long run). Hope many other institutions will join this initiative!

Kind regards,
Stefan

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From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Falk Huettmann
Sent: lørdag 11. mars 2017 23.34
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Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS/R and ISO metadata ?

Dear Colleagues,

Thanks for your QGIS work; we use it all the time, and in a university.
teaching
and international research & field work setting.
We need more...

I might have asked earlier, but would you know what to do re. ISO compliant metadata in QGIS ?
On and off, ARCGIS (sorry to mention that name here) had a pretty good extension and editor on XML metadata for GIS data.

Do you mind to enlighten me for QGIS, R and similar when it comes to this essential question of data documentation (all else but the Achilles heel) ?

Here some reasons why it matters (URL) and what this is about (citation)

http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/essd-2016-65/

Zuckerberg, B, F. Huettmann and J. Friar (2011). Proper Data Management as a
	Scientific Foundation for Reliable Species Distribution Modeling. Chapter 3
In: C.A.
	Drew, Y. Wiersma and F. Huettmann (eds). Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling
	in Landscape Ecology. Springer, New York. Pp 45-70.

Please keep me posted on this relevant matter as much as possible.

Thanks in advance; kind regards
      Falk

Falk Huettmann PhD, Associate Professor
-EWHALE lab- Biology and Wildlife Dept., Institute of Arctic Biology
419 IRVING I, University of Alaska Fairbanks AK 99775-7000 USA Email fhuettmann at alaska.edu  Phone 907 474 7882 Fax 907 474 6716 _______________________________________________
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