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