README.md
In EDIorg/EMLassemblyline: A tool kit for building EML metadata workflows

EMLassemblyline (EAL)

For scientists and data managers to create high quality EML metadata for dataset publication. EAL is optimized for automating recurring publications (time series or data derived from time series sources) but works well for "one-off" publications, especially through the MetaShARK interface. EAL prioritizes automated metadata extraction from data objects to minimize required human effort and encourages EML best practices to make publications Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

Optimized for automating recurring data publications
Works well for one-off data publications
Prioritizes automated metadata extraction from data objects
Aligns with EML best practices of the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
Requires no familiarity with EML
Requires little familiarity with the R language
Accepts all data types
Is data repository agnostic

# Install from GitHub
remotes::install_github("EDIorg/EMLassemblyline")

An overview of the EAL use cases

Creating a Shiny interface for editing metadata template files thereby eliminating requirements for text and spreadsheet editors while facilitating use of dictionaries, vocabularies, and ontologies. This is under development in the MetaShARK application, developped by the PNDB (French Biodiversity National Data Hub).
Aligning EAL with a profile of the most commonly used EML elements to provide an exchange interface with other information systems (e.g. LTER-core-metabase).
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