A Standard Metadata Template for Representing Soil Specimens

Created 20/09/2025

Updated 20/09/2025

This dataset contains a standard template for representing the metadata of soil specimens in the CSIRO Mineral Resources Discovery program. The template includes core properties of samples such as their name, identifier, type, and location, as well as associated metadata such as project, drilling contexts, hazard declaration and physical storage. The template will be used to catalogue legacy and specimens systematically collected through mineral exploration projects. It has been developed iteratively, revised, and improved based on feedback from researchers and lab technicians. This standardized template can prevent duplicate sample metadata entry and lower metadata redundancy, thereby improving the program's physical sample curation and discovery.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title A Standard Metadata Template for Representing Soil Specimens
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d370b718-9e8d-5064-bef4-df91ca42d306
Contact Point
CSIRO Data Access Portal
CSIROEnquiries@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/2000
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal CSIRO DAP

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO DAP "A Standard Metadata Template for Representing Soil Specimens". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:63996