Marine classification

View the Marine Environment Classification (MEC) - a GIS-based environmental classification of the marine environment of New Zealand used for marine management purposes.
Hosted By: NIWA
Category: Ocean
Keywords: marine, management, classification
Data Quality
Parameter Score Description
Accessible (AC) Good Data are accessible from a public facing server
Common Format (CF) Good Data are available in a commonly used format (syntax)
Data Lineage Statement (DL) Medium Data are inadequately described in terms of their origins, modifications and processing history
Data Quality Statement (DQ) Medium Data are not well established in terms of their content quality, completeness and consistency
Governance (GO) Medium The contributing organisation (CRI) has ambiguous ownership or recognised stewardship of the data
Identifiers (ID) Good Both metadata and the data are described with a unique identifier
Terms of use (TU) Medium A data license does not exist but conditions of use are explained to some extent
Last Updated (LU) Good A last updated statement is available