Table of Contents
Ecoinformatics
Objectives
I. Ecoinformatics
“Big Ecology”
Ecoinformatics
History of Ecoinformatics
Future: Federated Information Infrastructure
Impediments to FII
II. Metadata
Metadata
Data Entropy
Classes of Data and Metadata
History of Geospatial Data and Metadata Standardization
Generic Ecological Metadata Descriptors (Non-geospatial)
Implementation Strategies
III. Dilemmas
Standardization
Data Ownership
Unfunded Mandates
IV. Challenges
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