Metadata

All data around the analytical or measured 'real' data is called metadata. The mandatory metadata are 'Event label', its geographical position and the PI. Keep in mind, that in most cases, this will not be sufficent for a user of PANGAEA to understand the data. Provide any information available around a data set provided.

Pangaea should not be used for the management of comprehensive metadata only, e.g. as reference database or just listing campaigns/events of a project. In principle metadata are archived only, if the related data are available and archived in the relational system or the storage archive of Pangaea.