Metadata Clearinghouse Systems

A very important component of spatial data infrastructure is the clearinghouse system that enables users to search metadata of available data sets. As part of the work in developing Spatial Data Infrastructures at national and regional level, ECA maintains a clearinghouse system. One of the objectives of maintaining the clearinghouse system is to provide a facility for member States to publish the metadata of their available data holdings, so that decision makers can discover and use accurate data sourced from their original producers. The five Metadata nodes contain as per end of December 2008 more than 10,000 geospatial metadata records.