12  Metadata Best Practices

12.1 Data Life Cycle

• Why is data important?
  • In a knowledge based society, data is what leads to success. Data and reproducibility create trust and decision making.
  • Properly curated, data and geospatial products can lead to large societal and economic returns.
  • When data is used as a resource for future products it becomes an indispensable asset.

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Properly ### What is Data Management?

12.2 FAIR Data Compliance

12.3 Open Data Policies within NOAA

12.4 Archiving options