The purpose of the metadata information system IOWMETA is to provide a comprehensive catalogue and a central infrastructure hub for all kinds of distributed research data stored at the Leibniz Institute of Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW). IOWMETA is based on the metadata standards of ISO 191xx and incorporates the open-source platform GeoNetwork, offering data access for scientists, federal agencies and the public
IOWMeta collects (meta)data from IOWDB (https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012936) and IOW Data Portal (https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012937).