West Coast Ocean Data Portal Knowledge Base

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • What is the West Coast Ocean Data Portal?
  • How to Use the Knowledge Base
  • Questions?
• Contribute
  • Why Register Your Data?
  • Criteria for Inclusion
    • Data Themes and Geographic Scope
    • Technical Prerequisites
  • Relationship to Other Portals
    • State and Regional Portals, Registries, and Clearinghouses
  • How to Register Data With the West Coast Ocean Data Portal
    • WCGA Data Sharing Policy
• Metadata
  • Why Create Metadata?
  • What Information Is Required?
  • Metadata Standards and Formats
    • ISO 19115:2003
    • ISO 19115-2
    • FGDC CSDGM
    • Dublin Core
    • EML
  • How to Create Metadata
  • Validating Your Metadata
  • How Is the Metadata Displayed?
  • Best Practices for Metadata
    • Content
    • Publishing Great Metadata
    • Additional Resources
• Web Services
  • What are Web Services?
  • Why Create Web Services?
  • Types of Web Mapping Services
  • How to Create Web Mapping Services
  • Best Practices for Creating Services
    • Publishing Great Web Services
    • Projection/Coordinate System
    • Cartography
    • Additional Resources
• Catalogs
  • Importance of Catalogs
  • Types of Catalogs
    • Web Accessible Folder
    • Catalog Service for the Web
  • Catalog Server Software
    • pycsw
    • GeoNetwork
    • ESRI Geoportal Server
    • CKAN
    • THREDDS Data Server (TDS)
  • Best Practices for Catalogs
• Our Technology
  • Architecture
  • Registration / Harvest Process
  • Additional Resources