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Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas

Some repositories have decided that current standards do not fit their metadata needs, and so have created their own requirements.

Use Cases

dbEST - Expressed Sequence Tag Database

A repository-developed metadata schema for EST data in Genbank.

Marine Geoscience Data System

An online portal providing access to a number of NSF-supported marine geoscience projects, which has developed its own metadata requirements.