Page Comparison

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• Water Quantity

  • Sensor-based: WaterML2

  • National Groundwater Monitoring Network

• Water Quality

  • EPA’s WQX (Json format details: https://github.com/gordonfn/wqx#references)

  • www.nemi.gov (water quality methods and analytes)

  • National Groundwater Monitoring Network

• Water Use

  • USGS recommends use of WaDE’s schema

• Metadata

  • Geospatial metadata: FGDC (Standards Working Group)

  • USGS National Geospatial Program

  • National Groundwater Monitoring Network

• General

  • ODM2 is a highly general data model that includes many helpful controlled vocabularies

  • General observed physical properties and units, QUDT is comprehensive.

  • FGDC’s Open Water Data Initiative

  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System

  • US National Vegetation Classification System

  • Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment → contains both metadata and facilities information (DoD)

  • https://www.cuahsi.org/data-models/data-management-plans/

  • https://www.ansi.org/

  • https://www.nist.gov/