The AusSeabed Data Hub is currently focussed on the first of the seabed data outlined above, Bathymetry of all types, from all platforms, however in the interest of ensuring appropriate investment in the storage, processing and distribution of data by a federal government agency, the following criteria must also be met:
Product Metadata
Each data product submitted must be accompanied by a metadata profile. Data will be prioritised for publication if it is supplied with appropriate metadata. Outlined below is the minimum mandatory metadata required for a product:
The required incoming metadata record has three levels as modelled below, with metadata values being inherited as it is collected left to right:
1 - Data Owner Metadata
At the time of writing, data owner metadata is contained within the survey metadata profile. In the future, AusSeabed will be providing a services that allows the data owner to profile the owning organisations details initially, and simply supplementing it at the survey level (eg supplementing with additional lead scientists or authors).
Organisation Attributes |
| Requirement | Example |
Organisation Name | 1:1 | Required | Deakin University |
Representative Name | 1:M | Required | John Smith |
Representative email | 1:M | Required | JSmith@deakin.edu.au |
Representative phone | 1:M | Required | +61 3 61234567 |
Named Representative Role | 1:M | Required | Snr Data Manager |
Estimated Data submission commencement date | 1:1 | Optional | [Date] |
Estimate of data volumes (Year 1) | 1:1 | Required | 1500GB |
Estimate of data volumes (Year 2) | 1:1 | Optional | 2500GB |
Estimate of data volumes (Year 3) | 1:1 | Optional | 2500GB |
Or, if your submission is not and ongoing process: | |||
Estimate of data volume (One off) | 1:1 | Conditional | 2000GB |
Preferred submission date | 1:1 | Conditional | [Date] |
Link to downloadable form - Contributing Data Partner Request form
2 - Primary Survey/Mission/Voyage Metadata
The following tables are available for metadata capture in the attached Excel workbook.
2A. General
Survey/Mission Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Required | XYZ Marine Park Survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Required | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
GA Short Title | 1:1 | GA populated | Shortened Name (standards) | Def: A Standard shortened simple Title used for product naming conventions | N/A |
GA ID | 1:1 | GA populated | GA0135 | Def: The GA survey ID allocated by Geoscience Australia. A compilation will have multiple IDs | N/A |
Abstract | 1:1 | Required | The XXXX bathymetry survey, SurveyID XXXX was acquired by XXXX onboard the XXXX (e.g. IFREMER) XXXX (e.g. N/O L'Atalante) from the XXth of XXXX to the XXth of MONTH YEAR using a XXXX (e.g. Kongsberg EM2040 Multibeam) sonar system. Objective (Example - replace with survey specific content): | Def: Narrative summary of the survey | N/A |
Lineage | 1:1 | Required | The XYZ Marine Park survey, was acquired by the Australian Government through ABCD/GA on-board the MV XYZ from the 05th of June to the 30th of July 2016. The data was processed using XXX and the following processing steps were performed:
| Def: Provenance Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the Survey/Dataset | N/A |
Data Collected | 1:M | Required | Bathymetry | Def: Data Collections or Data Product Families, a high level categorisation of the data collected during the programme. This will likely have multiple types, add additional rows for each unique value. | N/A |
Data Collected | 1:M | Optional | Backscatter | Def: Data Collections or Data Product Families, a high level categorisation of the data collected during the programme. This will likely have multiple types, add additional rows for each unique value. | N/A |
Keywords/Tags | 1:M | Optional | Marine, Bathymetry, Multibeam, Bathymetric Grids, AusSeabed, EARTH SCIENCES | Def: Keywords or Tags the data provider is seeking to have added, used to aid search and discovery. | ANZRC Fields of Research, ANZLIC Geographic Extent Name register, GCMD Keywords, GEMET Concepts |
2B. Citation
Survey/Mission Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
Data Owner | 1:1 | Required | Def: The person and/or organisation that owns the submitted data for the purpose of empowering ausSeabed to act as custodian | N/A | |
Custodian | 1:1 | Required | Geoscience Australia | Def: The person and/or organisation that accepts archives and disseminates the data | N/A |
Point of Contact/Principal Investigator | 1:1 | Required | Def: The key point of contact, often the Lead Scientist on the survey | N/A | |
Point of Contact/Principal Investigator - Contact details | 1:1 | Required | Def: The contact details of the point of contact, include email plus address and phone where possible. | N/A | |
Collecting Entity | 1:M | Required | Def: Name of the collecting institution/s-organisation/s | N/A | |
Attribution Citation | 1:1 | Required | Ierodiaconou, A., Young, B., O'Brien, C., et al 2020. Deakin University ABC Marine Park Survey 2020. | Def: Statement of attribution that must be included whenever the data being provided is distributed/redistributed or used by another organisation. | N/A |
Legal Constraints (Licence) | 1:1 | Required | Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 | Def: Provide the URL to a standard or specific licence, enter "Freely Distributed" or "None", or describe any restrictions to data access and distribution in free text. | N/A |
Access Constraints | 1:1 | Optional | As per Licence | Def: Details of any constraints that are not determined under the licence constraints regarding the access to the information being provided. Access constraints are applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the resource or metadata. If there are no additional restrictions from the licence simply enter 'As per Licence'. | N/A |
Use Constraints | 1:1 | Optional | As per Licence | Def: Details of any constraints that are not determined under the licence constraints regarding the use of the information being provided. If there are no additional restrictions from the licence simply enter 'As per Licence'. | N/A |
Country (Data Ownership) | 1:M | Required | Australia | Def: The country that owns the data collected. Please copy the row if there are multiple Countries | |
DOI | 1:1 | Optional | Def: The DOI or Digital object identifier provide a persistent interoperable identifier for the Survey, Dataset or Publication | N/A |
2C. Details
Survey/Mission Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
Survey/mission … Start Location | 1:1 | Required | Perth | Def: The location, departure point or Port the survey or data collection started from | N/A |
… End Location | 1:1 | Required | Perth | Def: The location, arrival point or Port the survey or data collection ended at | N/A |
… Start DateTime | 1:1 | Required | Dec 31 2020 OR [20201221T13:45:30] | Def: The Date and Time the Survey or the specific data collection commenced | N/A |
… End DateTime | 1:1 | Required | Jan 6 2021 OR [ 2021-0106T15:30:30] | Def: The Date and Time the Survey or the specific data collection ended | N/A |
… Survey Area (general) | 1:1 | Optional | Indian ocean approximately 1100nm off the coast of Perth Australia. | Def: Plain English description of the location of the survey. E.g Indian ocean approximately 1100nm off the coast of Perth Australia. | N/A |
… Sea Areas | 1:M | Optional | Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean | Def: Ocean, Sea, Water Body names. Note: Make additional rows for each uique entry | |
… Sea Areas | 1:M | Optional | Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean | Def: Ocean, Sea, Water Body names. Note: Make additional rows for each uique entry | |
… Bounding Box Coordinates | 1:1 | Required | 78.00, -42.00, 116.00, -12.00 | Def: The detailed coordinates of the survey. This may be provided in a variety of formats, however full positioning information is required. | N/A |
Coordinate Reference System (Bounding Box) | 1:1 | Required | WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) | Def: The coordinate reference system used to define the survey bounding box. | |
Coordinate Reference System (Survey Data) | 1:1 | Required | WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) | Def: The coordinate reference system used to define the survey data locations. | |
Horizontal datum | 1:1 | Required | WGS 84 | Def: The horizontal reference datum for data collection | |
Vertical datum | 1:1 | Required | EGM2008 | Def: The vertical reference datum for data collection | |
Coordinate Epoch | 1:1 | Derived | Dec 31 2020 to Jan 6 2021 OR | Def: Temporal metadata. Recording the Coordinate Epoch is important for propagating coordinates through time when data is gathered on a dynamic datum such as the Australian Terrestrial Reference Frame (ATRF2014) - Derived from Start and End DateTimes. | N/A |
2D. Technical
Survey/Mission Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
Platform Class | 1:1 | Required | SHIP | Def: The platform hosting the instruments and sensors used to collect the data. e.g Ship / Research Vessel / AUV / Satellite / Drone / Plane. | |
Platform Name | 1:1 | Required | R/V Investigator | Def: Registered Name of the ship, vessel, plane, satellite, etc | |
Geometries | 1:M | Optional | Supplied as attachments | Def: One or more geometries used to define the survey or specfic data collection. An initial geometry may be a ShipTrack (captured as a line), it may be a Swath Polygon or a polygon that encompasses the gridded product. The preference for submission is either as a shapefile or in Well Known Text (WKT) format. | N/A |
The minimum requirement for a survey geometry/shape is a bounding box, although it is recognised that this is not an effective definition for extensive or complex surveys. The preference is that additional shapes are also provided as shapefiles or in Well Known Text (WKT) formats. These could include a line shape for Ship Tracks, a polygon definition for a bathymetry swath, a polygon boundary that encompasses a gridded product generated from the data.
3 - Bathymetry Metadata
3A. General
Bathy Metadata Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
GA Short Title | 1:1 | GA populated | Shortened Name (standards) | Def: A Standard shortened simple Title used for product naming conventions | N/A |
GA ID | '1:1 | GA populated | GA0135 | Def: The GA survey ID allocated by Geoscience Australia. A compilation will have multiple IDs | N/A |
Abstract | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | The XXXX bathymetry survey, SurveyID XXXX was acquired by XXXX onboard the XXXX (e.g. IFREMER) XXXX (e.g. N/O L'Atalante) from the XXth of XXXX to the XXth of MONTH YEAR using a XXXX (e.g. Kongsberg EM2040 Multibeam) sonar system. Objective (Example - replace with survey specific content): | Def: Narrative summary of the survey | N/A |
Lineage | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | The XYZ Marine Park survey, was acquired by the Australian Government through ABCD/GA on-board the MV XYZ from the 05th of June to the 30th of July 2016. The data was processed using XXX and the following processing steps were performed:
| Def: Provenance Information and references for sources and processes that were used to create the Survey/Dataset | N/A |
Data Collected | 1:M | Required | Bathymetry | Def: Data Collections or Data Product Families, a high level categorisation of the data collected during the programme. This will likely have multiple types, add additional rows for each unique value. | N/A |
Data Collected | 1:M | Optional | Backscatter | Def: Data Collections or Data Product Families, a high level categorisation of the data collected during the programme. This will likely have multiple types, add additional rows for each unique value. | N/A |
Keywords/Tags | 1:M | Optional | Marine, Bathymetry, Multibeam, Bathymetric Grids, AusSeabed, EARTH SCIENCES | Def: Keywords or Tags the data provider is seeking to have added, used to aid search and discovery. | ANZRC Fields of Research, ANZLIC Geographic Extent Name register, GCMD Keywords, GEMET Concepts |
3B. Citation
Bathy Metadata Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
Data Owner | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Def: The person and/or organisation that owns the submitted data for the purpose of empowering ausSeabed to act as custodian | N/A | |
Custodian | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Def: The person and/or organisation that accepts archives and disseminates the data | N/A | |
Point of Contact/Principal Investigator | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Def: The key point of contact, often the Lead Scientist on the survey | N/A | |
Point of Contact/Principal Investigator - Contact details | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Def: The contact details of the point of contact, include email plus address and phone where possible. | N/A | |
Collecting Entity | 1:M | Required (Copied or New) | Def: Name of the collecting institution/s-organisation/s | N/A | |
Attribution Citation | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Ierodiaconou, A., Young, B., O'Brien, C., et al 2020. Deakin University ABC Marine Park Multibeam Sonar Survey 2020. | Def: Statement of attribution that must be included whenever the data being provided is distributed/redistributed or used by another organisation. | N/A |
Legal Constraints (Licence) | 1:1 | Required | Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 | Def: Provide the URL to a standard or specific licence, enter "Freely Distributed" or "None", or describe any restrictions to data access and distribution in free text. | N/A |
Access Constraints | 1:1 | Optional | As per Licence | Def: Details of any constraints that are not determined under the licence constraints regarding the access to the information being provided. Access constraints are applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the resource or metadata. If there are no additional restrictions from the licence simply enter 'As per Licence'. | N/A |
Use Constraints | 1:1 | Optional | As per Licence | Def: Details of any constraints that are not determined under the licence constraints regarding the use of the information being provided. If there are no additional restrictions from the licence simply enter 'As per Licence'. | N/A |
Country (Data Ownership) | 1:M | Required (Copied or New) | AUSTRALIA | Def: The country that owns the data collected. Please copy the row if there are multiple Countries | |
DOI | 1:1 | Optional | Def: The DOI or Digital object identifier provide a persistent interoperable identifier for the Survey, Dataset or Publication | N/A |
3C. Detail
Bathy Metadata Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
Data Collection … Start Location | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Perth | Def: The location, departure point or Port the survey or data collection started from | N/A |
… End Location | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Perth | Def: The location, arrival point or Port the survey or data collection ended at | N/A |
… Start DateTime | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Dec 31 2020 OR [20201221T13:45:30] | Def: The Date and Time the Survey or the specific data collection commenced | N/A |
… End DateTime | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | Jan 6 2021 OR [ 2021-0106T15:30:30] | Def: The Date and Time the Survey or the specific data collection ended | N/A |
… Survey Area (general) | 1:1 | Optional | Indian ocean approximately 1100nm off the coast of Perth Australia. | Def: Plain English description of the location of the survey. E.g Indian ocean approximately 1100nm off the coast of Perth Australia. | N/A |
… Sea Areas | 1:M | Optional - Preferred | Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean | Def: Ocean, Sea, Water Body names. Note: Make additional rows for each uique entry | |
… Sea Areas | 1:M | Optional | Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean | Def: Ocean, Sea, Water Body names. Note: Make additional rows for each uique entry | |
… Bounding Box Coordinates | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | 78.00, -42.00, 116.00, -12.00 | Def: The detailed coordinates of the survey. This may be provided in a variety of formats, however full positioning information is required. | N/A |
… Coordinate Reference System (Bounding Box) | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) | Def: The coordinate reference system used to define the survey bounding box. | |
… Coordinate Reference System (Bathy Data) | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) | Def: The coordinate reference system used to define the survey data locations. | |
… Horizontal datum | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | WGS 84 | Def: The horizontal reference datum for data collection | |
… Vertical datum | 1:1 | Required (Copied or New) | EGM2008 | Def: The vertical reference datum for data collection | |
… Coordinate Epoch | 1:1 | Derived | Dec 31 2020 to Jan 6 2021 OR | Def: Temporal metadata. Recording the Coordinate Epoch is important for propagating coordinates through time when data is gathered on a dynamic datum such as the Australian Terrestrial Reference Frame (ATRF2014) | N/A |
3D. Technical
Bathy Metadata Attributes |
| Requirement | Example | Definition | Preferred Vocabulary Service |
Survey Title | 1:1 | Inherited | XYZ Marine Park survey (SOL7491) | Def: Survey/Dataset Title | N/A |
Survey ID | 1:1 | Inherited | SOL7491 | Def: The ID assigned to the survey by the Collecting organisation | N/A |
Platform Class | 1:1 | Inherited | SHIP | Def: The platform hosting the instruments and sensors used to collect the data. e.g Ship / Research Vessel / AUV / Satellite / Drone / Plane. | |
Platform Name | 1:1 | Inherited | RV Investigator | Def: Registered Name of the ship, vessel, plane, satellite, etc | |
Platform Speed | 1:1 | Optional | 6-7 | Def: The speed of the platform maintained during the data capture period. | |
Platform Speed Units | 1:1 | Optional | knots | Def: The units of measure used for the Platform Speed above. | |
Secondary Platform Class | 1:1 | Optional | AUV | Def: The platform hosting the instruments and sensors used to collect the data. e.g Ship / Research Vessel / AUV / Satellite / Drone / Plane. In this case it may be an AUV launched from the Ship Platform of the Survey | |
Secondary Platform Name | 1:1 | Optional | Def: Registered Name of the ship, vessel, plane, satellite, etc | ||
Instrument Type | 1:1 | Required | Multi-beam echosounder | Def: The family of sensor (Multibeam, Single-beam, LADS, etc). If multiple please copy this row AND at least one Sensor set of attributes. | |
Sensor Type | 1:1 | Required | Kongsberg EM302 | Def: The brand and model of the sensor (Kongsberg EM2040c). If multiple please copy the sensor rows. | |
Year of Installation | 1:1 | Required | 2012 | Def: The year the Sensor was installed on the Platform | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Required | Frequency | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Required | 30 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Required | kHz | Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Number of Beams | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | 320 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional |
| Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Beamwidth across Track | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | 1.5 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional | degrees | Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Beamwidth along Track | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | 1.5 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional | degrees | Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Pulse Length | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | Variable | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional |
| Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Depth Range | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | 0-110 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional | m | Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Sensor Type | 1:1 | Optional | Kongsberg EM710 | Def: The brand and model of the sensor (Kongsberg EM2040c). If multiple please copy the sensor rows as often as required (see example above) | |
Year of Installation | 1:1 | Optional | 2012 | Def: The year the Sensor was installed on the Platform | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Frequency | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | 70 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional | kHz | Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Instrument Type | 1:1 | Optional | Single-beam echosounder | Def: The family of sensor (Multibeam, Single-beam, LADS, etc). If multiple please copy this row AND at least one Sensor set of attributes. | |
Sensor Type | 1:1 | Optional | Kongsberg (Simrad) EA600 | Def: The brand and model of the sensor (Kongsberg EM2040c). If multiple please copy the sensor rows. | |
Year of Installation | 1:1 | Optional | 2012 | Def: The year the Sensor was installed on the Platform | N/A |
Sensor parameter | 1:1 | Optional | Frequency | Def: The parameter or function as defined or measured by the specific Sensor type. | N/A |
Nominal Sensor value | 1:1 | Optional | 12 | Def: The defined or measured value assigned to the Sensor. This is the actual value used not the range of the Sensor. | N/A |
Sensor UOM | 1:1 | Optional | kHz | Def: The Unit of Measure associated with the value for the specific sensor type | N/A |
Geometries | 1:M | Optional | Supplied as attachments | Def: One or more geometries used to define the survey or specfic data collection. An initial geometry may be a ShipTrack (captured as a line), it may be a Swath Polygon or a polygon that encompasses the gridded product. The preference for submission is either as a shapefile or in Well Known Text (WKT) format. | N/A |
The minimum requirement for a survey geometry/shape is a bounding box, although it is recognised that this is not an effective definition for extensive or complex surveys. The preference is that additional shapes are also provided as shapefiles or in Well Known Text (WKT) formats. These could include a line shape for Ship Tracks, a polygon definition for a bathymetry swath, a polygon boundary that encompasses a gridded product generated from the data.
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