Other Marine Data Standards

MEDIN has its own discovery metadata standard and data guidelines, however this list comprises some alternative standards and guidelines that can be used in the absence of a suitable MEDIN option. This list is not exhaustive, many other, widely used guidelines and standards can be found in the OceanBestPractices repository.

Marine Geology and Geophysics

• Marine Survey Data Management Handbook v1. British Geological Survey
• BGS Survey Folder Structure
• Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH) Guidelines
• IHO standard for Hydrographic Surveys, Special Publication S-44
• ICES multibeam echosounder data
• Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) Standard*

Marine Biology

Seeley, B., Parr, J., Evans, J. and Lear, D. (2008) Establishing best practice for the documentation and dissemination of marine biological data

• Darwin Core*

Physical, Biological, Chemical Oceanography Measurements

The ICES Working Group on Data and Information Management

* MEDIN DACs accept these data formats.