The information on the data collected in the frame of ARCA project are recorded by adopting the recommendations of the EC Regulation and referring the INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119.

The Metadata format has been implemented in the data management system of the Italian Arctic Data Center (IADC) managed of the CNR to provide data information and data access to the wide scientific community operating in the Arctic.

The IADC system was conceived the data for the discover visualization and access and the visualization, and the download of the data collected in the Svalbard and in particular the Kongsfjord area.

The completion of the interoperability of the system IADC will allow to link all the metadata of the data set collected by the italian research community operating in the Arctic. The full implementation of the system will allow discovery, visualization, access to catalogs and data through a Main Node which in turn will be 'interconnected to external systems according to recognized international standard.