rkoskela/metadata-directory

Prototype metadata directory for the Research Data Alliance:

title	type	layout
Metadata Directory	home	base

Prototype metadata directory for the Research Data Alliance.

Instructions

Adding a Standard

Adding a new standard is as simple as forking the repository creating a new standards file marked up with a simple YAML schema. Commiting your new standard, and then submitting a pull request to the origin repository.

Adding an Extension

An extension needs to reference an existing standard. Extensions are typically enhancements to a standard that provide additional functionality or meet some other requirements.

Adding a Tool

Tools are software tools or systems that support the use of the standard. Tools implement the standard.

Adding a Use Case

Use cases are systems, organizations or projects which use the standard.

Editing

Editing can take place within the GitHub editing tools. Or alternatively a fork of the repository can be cloned and editing can be done locally and pull requests can be generated using the existing GitHub and git workflows.

Additional Help

Creating and editing files in your repository Collaboration on GitHub

• Visit the standards
• Visit the extensions
• Visit the tools
• Visit the use cases

Jekyll

The website is generated with Jekyll. The website uses Jekyll to process HTML, YAML, and Markdown files to generate a static website.