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Visit the following pages on the Earthdata website for more information regarding standards at ESDIS:

• ESDIS Standards Office Home
• Standards Process Overview: An overview of the two-phase process for identification of appropriate standards and subsequent adoption for use in NASA Earth science data systems.
• Data Format Standards: A listing and description of the most common data formats.
• Metadata Standards and Conventions: A listing and description of the most common metadata formats and conventions.
• Discovery and Access Technologies: A listing and description of the most common discovery and access technologies.
• Heritage Standards: A listing and description of the standards that were in use by NASA Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) prior to the start of the legacy ESDS Standards Process Group (SPG).

ESO Points of Contact