Database Support for Shared Research Sites (LTERs, WRCCRF)

• The Problems –

Data Sharing

Metadata and Data Validation

• The Opportunity

“Foundation” (Site) Data – (Join Points, Anchor Points)

Research project organizational structure
Existing data archiving infrastructure
Proposed (LTER) Metadata standard(s)
Spatial organization inherent

• LTER mandated to make data web-accessible -- but need

Web tools and databases for integration

Funding for infrastructure
Sociology of data sharing and developing a database mentality


It’s a big “problem”…,

so we first concentrate on one discipline….

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