GB/T 20533-2026 Metadata for ecological scientific data
GB/T 20533-2026 Metadata for ecological scientific data
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Scope
This document specifies a conceptual model for describing ecological science data at the dataset level, establishes a set of mandatory, conditionally mandatory, and optional subsets of metadata, metadata entities, and metadata elements that constitute this model, the minimum set of metadata elements required for metadata applications at various levels of demand (referred to as core metadata), and rules for extending and formulating specialized metadata standards to meet special needs. It also describes the method for formulating specialized metadata standards.
This document is applicable to the cataloging, description, and standardized management of ecological science datasets and dataset series, as well as to data services provided by scientific data centers.