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EML (Ecological Metadata Language)

Metadata Model Ecology openly published

Matthew B. Jones , Margaret O’Brien , Bryce Mecum , Carl Boettiger , Mark Schildhauer , Mitchell Maier , Timothy Whiteaker , Stevan Earl , Steven Chong . 2019. Ecological Metadata Language version 2.2.0. KNB Data Repository. doi:10.5063/F11834T2 Copy BibTeX...

Ecological Society of America / NCEAS, from their own opening paragraph

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Model Details
Steward Ecological Society of America / NCEAS
Origin United States
Layer Metadata Model
Domain Ecology
Status live
Access Openly published
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How I know this

Compiled for the API Evangelist data model catalog, then confirmed against the steward's own site.

Confirmed 2026-08-11

Evidence: name evidence 4/4. Found something wrong? Tell me — corrections are cheap and I would rather be right.

Modernity Profile
81.0 Current
Access Open
Assessed 100.0% of the rubric

A separate measure from the Kin Score, which rates API providers. This rates how current a standard is in how it is expressed, published and paid for — not how good it is. EDIFACT and X12 score low here and move an enormous share of world trade.

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