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Metadata Database
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 Since
1998, metadata has been collected for monitoring activities that
occur along the Niagara Escarpment. Most
of these projects are not coordinated by the Niagara Escarpment
Commission. Government and non-government organizations,
conservation authorities, academic institutions, consulting firms
and independent researchers were contacted and asked to complete the
questionnaire, which included geographic coordinates for monitoring
sites. A questionnaire was designed based on the US
National Biological Information Infrastructure's (NBII) Biological
Metadata Standards (link to external site). A database was
designed to store and query the metadata.
The location of monitoring activities will be mapped using GIS. This will allow for "gap analysis" to determine areas along the Escarpment where few or no monitoring activities occur. In addition, gaps will be examined in terms of which of the five objectives of the Cumulative Effects Monitoring Framework are not frequently targeted when undertaking monitoring projects. This information will be useful when selecting future monitoring sites and determining ONE Monitoring Program priorities.
The metadata collected through the project is regularly
uploaded to Environment Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Network (EMAN) metadata system that is accessible by and linked
to metadata repositories around the world. This database can be
searched on-line at http://metadata.cciw.ca/
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Niagara
Escarpment Commission
232 Guelph Street, Georgetown, ON L7G 4B1 Tel: (905) 877-5191· Fax: (905) 873-7452 Email: nec@escarpment.org |
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Last Modified on Mar. 16/07