Sextant

Sextant is a marine and coastal geographic data infrastructure. It is operated by Scientific Information Systems for the Sea (SISMER) of Ifremer (https://www.ifremer.fr/). Sextant aims to document, disseminate and promote a catalog of data related to the marine environment. For Ifremer's laboratories and partners, as well as for national and European actors working in the marine and coastal field, Sextant provides tools that promote and facilitate the archiving, consultation and availability of these 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.

Sextant为海洋及海岸地理数据基础设施，由法国海洋研究机构Ifremer下属的海洋科学信息系统（Scientific Information Systems for the Sea，简称SISMER）运营（https://www.ifremer.fr/）。Sextant致力于记录、传播与推广海洋环境相关数据的目录。针对Ifremer的实验室及其合作伙伴，以及致力于海洋及海岸领域的国内外参与者，Sextant提供了一系列促进与便利化地理数据存档、查询与获取的工具。Sextant发布的数据既可免费获取，亦有限制。数据的使用需遵循数据作者所选定的Creative Commons许可协议。Sextant基础设施及所采用的技术符合欧盟INSPIRE指令的实施要求，并支持开放式数据方法。Sextant发布的一些数据集拥有DOI标识，确保其可以在出版物中被可靠且可持续地引用。通过Ifremer基础设施的保障，Sextant中存储的数据得以实现长期保存。