GBIF Metadata Profile, Reference Guide Description: This document provides a reference guide to the terms and concepts used to define the GBIF Metadata Profile. Abstract: Metadata, literally “data about data” are an essential component of a data management system, describing such aspects as the “who, what, where, when and how” pertaining to a resource. In the GBIF context, resources are datasets, loosely defined as collections of related data, the granularity of which is determined by the data custodian. GBIF Secretariat Author(s):O Tuama, E., Braak, K., Contributor(s): 2011-04 Biodiversity data publishing/sharing, Biodiversity data standards & protocols, Metadata about biodiversity datasets English http://links.gbif.org/gbif_metadata_profile_guide_en_v1.pdf application/msword http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2820 Digital document Requests related to this metadata record should be addressed to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, gbif@gbif.org, +4535321470 Rights: This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Right holders: GBIF Secretariat