The MEDIN portal contains information about 17,376 datasets from over 600 UK organisations.
The data discovery portal is a service to allow users, through a single point of access, to find information on marine datasets held at the Data Archive Centres and at other public and private sector bodies.
MEDIN metadata records are created by the data originator using MEDIN tools, adhering to the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard to ensure that each record is consistent with the next and has all the right information for whoever wants to use the data.