Development of Global Soil Information Facilities

ISRIC - World Soil Information has a mandate to serve the international community as custodian of global soil information and to increase awareness and understanding of the role of soils in major global issues. To adapt to the current demand for soil information, ISRIC is updating its enterprise dat...

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Main Authors: N H Batjes, H I Reuter, P Tempel, T Hengl, J G B Leenaars, P S Bindraban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2013-02-01
Series:Data Science Journal
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Online Access:http://datascience.codata.org/articles/78
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Summary:ISRIC - World Soil Information has a mandate to serve the international community as custodian of global soil information and to increase awareness and understanding of the role of soils in major global issues. To adapt to the current demand for soil information, ISRIC is updating its enterprise data management system, including procedures for registering acquired data, such as lineage, versioning, quality assessment, and control. Data can be submitted, queried, and analysed using a growing range of web-based services - ultimately aiming at full and open exchange of data, metadata, and products - through the ICSU-accredited World Data Centre for Soils.
ISSN:1683-1470