基于古生物学的研究现状和各大科研机构对化石标本的收藏情况, 提出古生物化石标本元数据标准。古生物化石标本元数据标准包含十项元数据元素以及一项元数据实体, 即, 标题、数据标识符、许可证标识符、关键词、 描述、化石标本参数、数据链接地址、创建者、创建时间和访问限制, 以及作为元数据实体的数据提交机构。十项元数据元素之一的化石标本参数, 又可分为古生物化石标本的实物信息、古生物系统分类信息、地层信息和高维信息。建立古生物化石标本元数据标准旨在于完善古生物化石标本数据的规范化与标准化、利于化石标本数据的整理、汇交, 跨平台操作、检索、共享和使用, 促进数据驱动的古生物学与地层学新范式研究变革。

The metadata standard on fossil specimens is proposed based on the palaeontological research status and the fossil collections of several institutions. This metadata standard includes ten core elements and one metadata entity. The ten core elements contain Title, Data Identifier, License URI, Keyword, Description, Fossil Specimen Parameter, Online Address, Creator, Create Date, and Access Constraints. The metadata entity is Point Of Contact. Fossil Specimen Parameter includes physical information, systematic palaeontology information, stratigraphic information, and high dimensional information of fossil specimens. The establishment of metadata standard on the palaeontological specimens facilitates the development toward the standardization of fossil specimen data. The standard will benefit sorting, collecting, interoperating, retrieving, searching, sharing, and using fossil data, and promote the new paradigm shift toward data-driven research in paleontology and stratigraphy.

中国科学院网络安全和信息化专项—古生物学与地层学科学数据库建设项目(CAS-WX2021SF-0205)资助