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Online Geospatial Metadata Resources
The following online metadata resources are maintained by NSDI stakeholders:
- General
Geospatial Metadata Resources
- Content Standard
for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) Resources
- North American
Profile (NAP) of ISO 19115 Geographic Information – Metadata
Resources
General Geospatial Metadata Resources
Geospatial Metadata Education
- NSDI
Training Program: Geospatial Metadata
- USGS - Geology Division - Information and Tools for Formal Metadata
- USGS - Geology Division - Metadata FAQ
- NOAA Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) Metadata Training Program
-
EPA and Partners Geospatial Metadata Training
- University of Wisconsin/ NSGIC Online Metadata Primer
- Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC) - Metadata Resources
- US Forest Service – Metadata Users Guide
- USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) – Metadata Resource Site
Sample Metadata
- The Spatial Metadata Samples Library (CSDGM)
-
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center Sample ISO Metadata
Search for samples of metadata by data type at:
- Geospatial One-Stop Portal
- National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (NSDI)
- Louisiana Geographic Information Center Data Catalog (includes quality metadata written by Hugh Phillips for the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinators Office – LOSCO)
Metadata Tool Reviews
- ISO 19115 Metadata Editor
Review
- Colorado Plateau Environmental Metadata Clearinghouse Tool Review maintained by the Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
- Wisconsin State Cartographers Office - Hugh Phillips' outstanding, and updated, tool review
- Metadata Support Tools information maintained by the USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
Geospatial Metadata Listserver
Metadata Publishing and Clearinghouses
- Geospatial One-Stop portal
- NSDI Clearinghouse
Network
- NSGIC State GIS Coordination
Summaries - State Clearinghouse URLs
Keyword Thesauri and Attribute Label Definition Sources
- ISO 19115: Topic
Categories
- NLCD Land Cover Class Definitions
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) - Science Keywords & Assoc. Directory Keywords
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Cowardin USFWS Wetlands Classification System
- Anderson Land Cover Classification System
- NBII Systematics
- Glossary of Geological Terms
- Glossary of Landform and Geologic Terms, official reference for soil survey applications, the National Soil Survey Center
- TriServices
Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment
(SDSFIE)
- Ontology for National Map
Research Projects
- Canada Core Subject Thesaurus (CST)
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Resources
CSDGM Publications
- CSDGM Workbook (implementation guide)
- CSDGM Graphical Representation
- CSDGM Document Type Declaration
- CSGDM XML Schema Document representations
- CSDGM Standard (technical publication)
- CSDGM HTML Version (web implementation)
CSDGM Metadata Creation Software
Freeware/Shareware tools
- tkme - USGS CSDGM metadata editor (Windows)
- xtme - USGS CSDGM metadata editor (Unix)
- MERMAid - NOAA online CSDGM editor with validation, storage and export
- Metavist 2005 - USDA Forest Service desktop CSDGM metadata editor (Windows)
- EPA
Metadata Editor (EME) - EPA extension to ESRI ArcCatalog CSDGM
metadata editor
Commercial tools
CSDGM Metadata Validation Software and Services
Freeware/Shareware tools
- USGS CSDGM Metadata Parser/Validation (mp) - Available as a Windows, Unix, and Linux utility that checks for conformance to CSDGM specified conditionality, formats, and element domains.
- USGS CSDGM Chew-N-Spit (cns) Pre-parser/Format corrections - A metadata pre-parser designed to convert poorly formatted metadata into a record that can be parsed by mp or read by tkme/xtme.
- USGS Online CSDGM Geospatial Metadata Validation Service - An online version of mp that will review and report errors for metadata uploaded in indented text, XML, and SGML formats
North American Profile (NAP) of ISO 19115 Geographic Information –
Metadata Resources
Documents and Presentations
- Preparing for International Metadata: North American Profile of ISO 19115: Geographic Information - Metadata – CSDGM to NAP transition guidance document, March 2010 [PDF 890KB]
- Land Information Ontario (Canada) - North American Profile (NAP) Publication – The Canadian formal publication of the NAP, March 2008
- North American Profile Development for ISO – NSDI Training Program lesson (PPT), March 2008
Transforms and Other Applications
- ISO Metadata Editor Review Feature information collected from developers and users about available ISO 19115 Metadata Editors, April 2010
- FGDC CSDGM (and profiles) to ISO 191** Transforms - A NOAA sponsored collaborative effort to build transforms (XSLTs) for the conversion of CSDGM metadata (including the Biological Profile and Remote Sensing Extension) to the ISO 191** Series for Metadata
- CSDGM2ISO - CSDGM to ISO 19115 Element Crosswalk developed by Intergraph as part of the NSDI Cooperative Grants Program, September 2006
