Metadata services
Information about the activities and data sets, managed by the members of the National Oceanographic Data Committee (NODC) of the Netherlands, can be found in a number of Metadata services.
A key tool for data search and retrieval is provided by the:
Other interesting metadata services are the following:
- European Directory of Marine Environmental Datasets (EDMED)
- Cruise Summary Reports (CSR)
- European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects (EDMERP)
- European Directory of Marine Organisations (EDMO)
- European Directory of the initial Ocean-observing Systems (EDIOS)
These interrelated metadatabases are maintained together with other NODC’s in Europe as part of the SeaDataNet cooperation. The National Oceanographic Data Committee (NODC) of the Netherlands is responsible for compiling and maintaining the entries for the Netherlands.