1. RDF Standard Data Model Exchange
Standard metadata schema
RDF
RDF
RDF
Tools
Users
Datasets
Standard Metadata Schema
Tools
Users
Datasets
Standard Metadata Schema
RDF
RDF
RDF
Tools
Users
Datasets
Standard Metadata Schema
Tools
Users
Datasets
Standard Metadata Schema
Tools
Users
Datasets
Standard Metadata Schema

2. Example: Search Interface
Additional Semantics
Dataset Ontology
Search Ontology
Datasets
Search Interface
Users

3. Sample Tool: Faceted Search
Again as an example, here is a user interface built on that ontological structure

4. CF attributes
NC basic attributes
IRIDL
attributes/objects
CF data objects
CF Standard Names
(RDF object)
SWEET Ontologies
(OWL)
Location
CF Standard Names
As Terms
IRIDL Terms
SWEET as Terms
Search Terms
Gazetteer Terms