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\subsection{Standards Enabling Data Discoverability,  Exchange and Reuse} As noted in the previous section, standards for data and metadata provide the basis for a structured data archive, enabling the rapid discovery of data and assisting in determining the data’s relevance and usefulness. At the most basic level, good data practice generally requires the generation, and acceptance, of a vocabulary defining the terms used to describe reported data. This assures the data user they precisely understand the context of the data they are reviewing. From this level, other attributes, features, or requirements can be levied on a data management system including ontologies, schema and formats.  While other fields have studied these issues as a community, to date MSE has not had a concerted effort to define its approach to setting data standards. ASTM issued some data standards relevant to materials in the early to mid-1990’s, but most of those standards have since been abandoned. The European Union is currently attempting the creation of materials standards for engineering certification through the European Committee for Standardization. The target for these standards is structural materials with an early emphasis on aerospace applications. Additionally, closed-loop approaches to materials data standardization exist within commercial data management software packages, Granta Design is one example, but these are not generally available to the public.