A Standard Metadata Template for Representing Soil Specimens

This dataset contains a standard template for representing the metadata of soil specimens in the CSIRO Mineral Resources Discovery program. The template includes core properties of samples such as their name, identifier, type, and location, as well as associated metadata such as project, drilling contexts, hazard declaration and physical storage.
The template will be used to catalogue legacy and specimens systematically collected through mineral exploration projects. It has been developed iteratively, revised, and improved based on feedback from researchers and lab technicians. This standardized template can prevent duplicate sample metadata entry and lower metadata redundancy, thereby improving the program's physical sample curation and discovery.

本数据集包含CSIRO矿产资源发现计划中土壤样本元数据表示的标准模板。该模板涵盖样本的核心属性（如名称、标识符、类型及位置），以及关联元数据（如项目信息、钻探背景、危险声明和实物存储情况）。该模板将用于对遗留样本及通过矿产勘探项目系统采集的样本进行编目。其开发过程采用迭代方式，并根据研究人员与实验室技术人员的反馈反复修订完善。此标准化模板可避免样本元数据重复录入，减少元数据冗余，进而优化该计划的实物样本管理与发现效率。