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What does this data set describe?

Title:
SOFIA - Development of a Digitial Library of Biological Information
Abstract:
The information systems project addresses the need for timely, high-quality and relevant information through the development of a digital library for the South Florida ecosystem. The digital library and related services will provide a comprehensive and coherent information system that facilitates the exchange, analysis and use of high-quality information resources across the diverse agencies, disciplines, and communities concerned with Everglades research, restoration and resource management.
Supplemental_Information: This project was terminated
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Roy Sonenshein Gail Clement, Unpublished Material, SOFIA - Development of a Digitial Library of Biological Information.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.375
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.5
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.5

  3. What does it look like?

    <http://sofia.usgs.gov/aboutsofia.html> (GIF)
    location of South Florida Ecosystem study area

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date: 01-Oct-2001
    Ending_Date: 30-Sep-2003
    Currentness_Reference: publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      Indirect_Spatial_Reference: South Florida Ecosystem

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    Other project personnel include Tarla Toomer and Cortney Mills.

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Roy Sonenshein
    U.S. Geological Survey
    3110 SW 9th Avenue
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
    USA

    954 377-5924 (voice)
    sunshine@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

To enable all stakeholders of the south Florida community to use sound science as a basis for informed planning decisions and resolution/prevention of resource-management problems, efforts to synthesize, manage and disseminate high-quality scientific information about the greater Everglades ecosystem have gained increasing support and urgency.

The resulting digital library will provide a coherent, widely available, and enduring online repository that documents the scientific knowledge and tools created through USGS-related studies in south Florida. It will also complement and interoperate with other federal agency information systems such as the South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) (<http://sofia.usgs.gov/>), developed and sponsored by the USGS South Florida Ecosystem Program; the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Clearinghouse (<http://www.nbii.gov/index.html>) maintained by the USGS Biological Resources Division; and the National Digital Library (<http://memory.loc.gov>) maintained by the Library of Congress. The digital library is also designed to work together with leading state-sponsored initiatives such as "Everglades Online" (<http://everglades.fiu.edu/eol/>), and "Linking Florida's Natural Heritage" (<http://susdl.fcla.edu/lfnh/>).

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: Not complete (process 1 of 2)
    Complete first edition of South Florida Ecosystem Thesaurus and prepare for electronic publication

    1. Obtain colleague review of South Florida Ecosystem Thesaurus 2. Complete web-based version of Thesaurus and publish on the SOFIA web site

    Date: Not complete (process 2 of 2)
    Develop a master database of publications available through the SOFIA website and digitize additional documents.

    1. Prepare and maintain master database of publications available through the SOFIA website and database 2. Scan in historical documents and prepare for posting on the SOFIA website. Documents will be obtained from all USGS disciplines and from other DOI agencies. Most documents will be served as scanned imagees, selected high interest documents will be converted to text.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Roy Sonenshein
    U.S. Geological Survey
    3110 SW 9th Avenue
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
    USA

    954 377-5924 (voice)
    sunshine@usgs.gov

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    not available

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    not applicable

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: No products resulted from this project

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Roy Sonenshein
    U.S. Geological Survey
    3110 SW 9th Avenue
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
    USA

    954 377-5924 (voice)
    sunshine@usgs.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Digital Library

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    No warrantees are implied or explicit for the data.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 12-Mar-2007
Metadata author:
Heather Henkel
U.S. Geological Survey
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
USA

727 803-8747 ext 3028 (voice)
727 803-2030 (FAX)
sofia-metadata@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

This page is <http://sofia.usgs.gov/metadata/sflwww/sofia_diglib_04.faq.html>

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