Data Management Guidance Documents

• Data Management Tasks for Natural Resource Projects: List of data management tasks for natural resource projects.

The PACN reporting guidelines and template documents have been superseded by the Natural Resource Technical Report Draft and associated .dot template available at: Natural Resource Publications Management Website

• File Naming Conventions: Standard operating procedure for naming folders and files.
• Metadata Guidelines: Procedures for creating metadata for project data sets.
• Metadata Interview Form: Used to collect information necessary to create FGDC- and NPS-compliant metadata for a PACN project, e.g. Benthic Marine Monitoring Protocol for 2008.
• GPS Metadata Form: Used to collect information necessary to create FGDC- and NPS-compliant metadata for all GPS waypoints or tracks taken at a specific location, e.g. 100 seabird nesting sites at Kahuku; 5 survey trails on top of Mauna Loa.

Data and Product Delivery:

• Information Deliverables for PACN products
• Project Data Certification Form: To be filled out by project leads after data entry is complete and quality checks have been performed.
• Product Submissions Form: To be filled out by project leads when submitting final products to Data Manager.