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Grantees provide Federal Geographic Data Committee compliant metadata with each submission. The Transfer Data Model has pre-populated most of the required fields for metadata. Required fields are pre-populated with 'REQUIRED' and listed below for convenience.
Required fields for completion must be filled out for each layer with data:
Heading | Tab | Field | Comment |
Identification | General | Purpose | REQUIRED - A summary of the intentions with which the data set was developed. |
Identification | General | Supplemental Information | REQUIRED - In this section, include particular information on the processes and source information used to create this dataset. |
Identification | Primary Contact | Person | REQUIRED - The primary person responsible for the data at the state level. |
Identification | Primary Contact | Organization | REQUIRED - The organization at the state level the primary contact works for. |
Identification | Primary Contact | Position | REQUIRED - The position the primary contact holds. |
Identification | Primary Contact | Voice Telephone | REQUIRED - The telephone number for the primary contact. |
Identification | Primary Contact | REQUIRED - The email for the primary contact. | |
Identification | Citation | Originator | REQUIRED - The organization responsible for the data collection. |
Identification | Citation | Publication Date | REQUIRED - The publication date for the data. |
Identification | Citation | Publication Time | REQUIRED - The publication time for the data. |
Identification | Citation | Edition | REQUIRED - The Edition number for the data (e.g. <year> <FALL|SPRING>) |
Identification | Citation | Other Citation Details | REQUIRED - Other citation details. |
Identification | Time Period | Currentness Reference | REQUIRED - The basis on which the time period of content information is determined. |
Identification | Calendar Date | REQUIRED - The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground. | |
Identification | Status | Progress | REQUIRED - The state of the data set. |
Identification | Status | Update Frequency | REQUIRED - The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed. |