We show the value of documenting your ecological and biological data files with rich-content, quality metadata that conforms to a common... » More

We show the value of documenting your ecological and biological data files with rich-content, quality metadata that conforms to a common specification, such as the Ecological Metadata Language (EML). Here we demonstrate a couple of synthesis analysis projects that corroborate and expand scientific findings. The analysis was carried out fast due to the availability of standardized metadata records (in EML). We also show how to use the EcoTrends store front, for long-term ecological time-series. We will finally take a look at the next generation of NSF-sponsored data repositories, the one in focus is for the ecological sciences, DataONE.

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