Uncrewed Systems (UxS) are remotely piloted or autonomous vehicles that collect ocean data. Both NOAA and the Department of the Navy are increasingly engaged in UxS data collection to support their various missions. The Department of the Navy uses UxS for defense applications, and NOAA uses UxS for ocean monitoring and data collection. NCEI and the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command are developing metadata guidelines and templates to improve interoperability so that the data these vehicles collect can be seamlessly implemented in both defense and research contexts.
Metadata Templates (Beta)
The UxS community can use these templates to view namespaces that the Navy and NOAA will use in data pipelines to ensure data interoperability between UxS communities.
- Acquisition Template: A data collection template that could be generated programmatically by the vehicle/platform or sensor/instrument collecting the data.
- Data Curation Template: Quality Assurance/Quality Control processing steps to be applied to data after it’s been collected.
- These templates can also be viewed in a non-xml format: UxS Metadata Template Tables in Excel
Help
For questions or comments about the template, please contact:
- NCEI UxS Data Services Team at ncei.uxs.data@noaa.gov
- DOD/USN/CNMOC UxS Data Team at METOC_Feedback@us.navy.mil
Supporting Legislation
NOAA and the Department of the Navy collaborate to advance UxS interoperability under the Commercial Engagement through Ocean Technology (CENOTE) Act of 2018.
NOTE: These are beta templates that are only intended for UxS applications. See the NCEI Metadata page for NCEI metadata
