How Transferable from GMBIS?
•Is it typically easy to transfer from a database into someone’s own database using different software? No. But it is usually “do-able.”
•Are there steps we should be taking to make sure it’s possible?
Yes. Follow standards when they
exist or what looks good (DIF, OBIS, FGDC, DODS->NVODS->OpenDap,
digir, ….)
•FGDC is very complex;
for meta-data only