SOFIA Metadata documents data sets produced by USGS research in South Florida. The metadata contains information about data contents, purpose, creators, accuracy, contacts, and access methods. It is available through the SOFIA website and supports multidisciplinary information needs for the Everglades and South Florida ecosystem restoration effort.
Use Cases
- Discovering relevant environmental research data sets based on documented contents and purpose.
- Assessing data suitability for decision-making based on documented accuracy and provenance.
- Accessing data sets for scientific analysis based on documented contact information and access methods.
Strengths
- Metadata is explicitly designed to support responsible decision-making for South Florida restoration.
- Metadata provides documented information on data contents, purpose, creators, accuracy, contacts, and access.
- The project involves reviewing existing metadata for currentness and updating contact or project status.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Collection Method
- Created to document data sets from USGS research in South Florida.
- Geography
- South Florida, United States