Metadata

Thursday April 21st 2005
Filed Under GIS Techniques, Link Library 

It’s ‘data about the data’ and it’s vital to GIS. Tools, extensions and tutorials on how to accurately document your data.

ANZLIC
Australian lead standard of core metadata elements for Australia and New Zealand.

CSDGM Metadata Tool Exercise
This online tutorial takes you through the aspects of Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) and some of the metadata tools available.

Federal Geographic Data Committee
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) develops geospatial data standards for implementing the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, in consultation and cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments, the private sector and academic community, and, to the extent feasible, the international community. The FGDC is committed to using voluntary consensus standards, such as those developed through ISO and ANSI. The FGDC also tracks other standards activities that may not be considered as voluntary consensus standards.

IEEE Metadata Conference - 1999
The home page for the latest of this annual conference to discuss issues in metadata.Meta-Data Mail Archives
Browseable archives concerning metadata.Metadata-L
The main objective of this list is to provide the GIS community with an open forum to share ideas and discuss metadata issues and strategies

Metadata Management
Metadata management software applications from RTSe USA. One product is “SMMS 3 oh!” (Spatial Metadata Management System) that is a metadata creation tool.It is a stand-alone program and creates a separate FGDC-compliant plus user-defined metadata file that is associated with each data layer. Works with Windows OS.

Metadata Tools for Geospatial Data
Hosted by the state of Wisconsin this site has many metadata tools available for downloading as well as resources to learning about which metadata tool is right for you.

National States GIC
A primer on what metadata is and how to use it by the National States Geographic Information Council (GIC).

NBII
Standards available for downloading for the National Biological Information Infrastructure.

USGS Metadata FAQ
FAQ compiled by Peter Schweitzer of the USGS.

USGS Metadata Tool Page
Lists some metadata tools for download that comply with FGDC standards.





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