FAIRsharing record for: Sextant - Infrastructure de données géographiques marines et littorales

This FAIRsharing record describes: Sextant is a marine and coastal Geographic Data Infrastructure (GDI) that aims to document, disseminate and promote a catalogue of data relating to the marine environment. For Ifremer's laboratories and partners, as well as national and European actors working in the marine and coastal field, Sextant provides tools to promote and facilitate the archiving, consultation and availability of this geographical data. Data published by Sextant are available free or restricted. They can be used in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons license selected by the author of data. Sextant infrastructure and the technologies used are in line with the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and make it possible to follow the Open Data approach. Some data set published by Sextant has a DOI which enables it to be cited in a publication in a reliable and sustainable way. The long-term preservation of data filed in Sextant is ensured by Ifremer infrastructure. It is operated by Scientific Information Systems for the Sea (SISMER) of Ifremer (https://www.ifremer.fr/).