Repository details
International Directory Network
Name of repository
International Directory Network
Additional name(s)
- formerly: GCMD
- formerly: Global Change Master Directory
- IDN
Repository URL
Description
The CEOS International Directory Network (IDN) home page and search portal serve as NASA's contribution to the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). IDN's mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data relevant to global change and Earth science research. The Draft Metadata Management Tool (DMMT) is a metadata authoring tool that IDN contributors can use to propose new or modified CMR records.
Contact
- support@earthdata.nasa.gov
- https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
- FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.3aabq1
Repository size
52.598 Matching Collections
Repository type(s)
- institutional
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- service provider
Institution name
Contact(s)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- NASA
Identifier(s)
- ROR:027ka1x80
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1987
Policies (2)
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (1)
API type
Metadata standards (4)
Metadata standard name
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Remarks
Remarks
The GCMD evolved from the prototype NASA Master Directory (NMD) as part of the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center to promote the exchange of scientific data sets through the Catalog Interoperability (CI) project. In the summer of 1987, the CI Working Group (consisting of several U.S. Federal and international agencies) defined the type of information and level of detail that would be contained within the NMD. The first version of the NMD was released during that year. In 1989, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Data Working Group (DWG) established the CEOS International Directory Network (IDN) to foster the exchange of information among international agencies. In 1990, the Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change (IWGDMGC) adopted the directory as a prototype to facilitate global change research - in response to the challenge by the Earth System Science Committee (ESSC). Thereafter, the NMD was renamed the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) for its Earth sciences applications. In 1994, the GCMD project became part of the Global Change Data Center within the Earth Sciences Directorate at NASA/GSFC, where it still resides.
The IDN Earthdata Search replaced the GCMD Search in June 2020.
Entry date
2012-08-24
Last update
2024-02-27
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re3data.org: International Directory Network; editing status 2024-02-27; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3988C last accessed: 2024-04-26- Current projects
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- re3data COREF
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