This project explores a new design and concept of operations for the National Digital Catalog of Geological and Geophysical Data (NDC). Major goals of the project include the following:
- Streamline the process of registering and managing NDC collections in ScienceBase
- Allow for more heterogeneity in the information content that can be provided for collections, making everything available for search and discovery but integrating to a small set of high-level attributes
- Explore the possibility of new methods for registering underlying collections from State Geological Surveys and USGS organizations to provide richer information to the NDC with lower burden on contributors
- Produce an integratable suite of data indexes in a cloud-based search infrastructure
- Product an API that provides search, discovery, and maintenance tools across the integrated indexes
- Remove unnecessary and confusing "sample-level" items from ScienceBase
- Demonstrate the utility of the integrated index through presentations, video walkthroughs, and one or more working user interfacts
This software is preliminary or provisional and is subject to revision. It is being provided to meet the need for timely best science. The software has not received final approval by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or the U.S. Government as to the functionality of the software and related material nor shall the fact of release constitute any such warranty. The software is provided on the condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from the authorized or unauthorized use of the software.