Type of change: MERMAid Deactivation
This message is to inform our users that NESDIS/NCEI is considering discontinuing the Metadata Enterprise Resource Management Aid (MERMAid) product. MERMAid is a secure, online Web-based application that allows users to develop metadata records in compliance with the Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, to organize these metadata records any way they see fit (i.e., by project, data type, personnel, etc.), and to publish these records to catalogs for public discovery and data access. While MERMAid has proven very beneficial over many years, it does not meet NOAA’s directive to use ISO to document NOAA’s environmental data and information. Moreover, it is built on a software base that is no longer supported within NCEI. If MERMAid is deactivated, current users will need to find alternate sources for the editing, validation and publication of their standard CSDGM and related profile metadata. In addition, any published metadata available on the National Centers for Environmental Information’s WAF from existing accounts will be unavailable as of December 31, 2015. NCEI will export existing metadata records upon request.
The point of contact is Angela Sallis, angela.sallis@noaa.gov and 228-688-5604. Send comments to Angela Sallis, angela.sallis@noaa.gov or call 228-688-5604.