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    Using XML-Structured Metadata to automate quality assurance processing for ecological data

    In an attempt to mine the rich collection of ecological information, ecology and related disciplines have recently increased their emphasis on post hoc synthesis and analysis of existing data. Consequently, investigators must integrate large numbers of data sets with varying schemas from diverse sources. The scientists generally have little or no knowledge about the history, quality, and reliability of these data. Such data integration efforts are frequently necessary precursors to more cogent ecological analyses using the newly synthesized data.

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    Linking the FGDC Geospatial Metadata Content Standard to the biological/ecological Sciences

    As part of the development of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), the U.S. Geological Survey and its NBII partners and collaborators have cooperated in the development of a proposed metadata content standard for biological and ecological sciences data. Working through the U.S.

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    National Science Foundation workshop supports restoration-related research