Geospatial Metadata Overview WV AGP GIS Conference, 9 -12 June 2008 Presented by: Eric Hopkins, GIS Analyst [email protected] West Virginia GIS Technical.

Geospatial Metadata OverviewWV AGP GIS Conference, 9 -12 June 2008

Presented by:

Eric Hopkins, GIS Analyst

[email protected]

West Virginia GIS Technical Center (WVGISTC)

Department of Geology and Geography

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV 26506

Geospatial Metadata Overview: Outline

Objectives

Metadata concepts

Why use metadata?

The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)

ISO metadata

Approaches to creating metadata

Templates

ArcCatalog forms

Text editing

Requirement for data submission

Tools for editing and parsing metadata for CSDGM compliance

Metadata Parser (mp)

TKME

XML editors

Applying knowledge and tools to your data sets

Links to online metadata resources


ObjectivesMetadata concepts

Why use metadata


ISO Metadata


Templates

ArcCatalog forms

Text editing




TKME

XML editors



Objectives for this workshop

Enable attendees to:

- read and comprehend formal metadata.

- understand the purpose and value of metadata.

- discriminate between minimal and quality metadata.

- locate and access online resources.

- begin exploring methods that work best for you.

- build, validate, publish geospatial metadata


Objectives

Metadata conceptsWhy use metadata


ISO metadata


Templates

ArcCatalog forms

Text editing




TKME

XML editors



Let’s Make Metadata

Describe yourself using this format:

Title (name)

Theme Keywords (work, play, life)

Supplemental Information (unique characteristic)

Title (name): Eric Hopkins

Theme_keyword: WV GIS Technical Center

Theme_keyword: metadata

Theme_keyword: hiking

Theme_keyword: kayaking

Theme_keyword: sailing

Theme_keyword: music

Theme_keyword: photography

Theme_keyword: reading

Supplemental_information: Eric Hopkins is a GIS analyst at the WV GIS Technical Center.

What is geospatial metadata?

From Metadata in Plain Language, USGS, 2007http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata//tools/doc/ctc/

WHAT does the data set describe?WHO produced the data set?WHY was the data set created?HOW was the data set created?HOW reliable are the data (caveats)?HOW can I get a copy of the data set?WHO wrote the metadata?

title

supplemental information

abstract

time period

author

sources

(file) size

Wow! I coulda’ had Metadata!

entity

attributes

Introduction to Geospatial Metadata: Workshop Outline


Metadata concepts

Why use metadataThe Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)

ISO metadata


Templates

ArcCatalog forms

Text editing




TKME

XML editors



Why use metadata?

Data developers and distributers use metadata to

- avoid duplication of effort.

- reduce labor and time costs.

- share information, internally and externally.

- publicize their work.

- protect their investment through personnel changes.

- limit their liability.

Why use metadata?

Data consumers use metadata to

- better understand the data set that they have acquired.

- focus on data elements key to their efforts.

- discover data inside and outside of their organization.

- access geospatial data via web mapping services

The changing paradigm of geospatial data production and distribution

Centralized Distributed

A data set may be produced, stored and maintained by a single organization.

Local or regional organizations produce and store data that is accessible via services operated under national standards.


Objectives for this workshopMetadata conceptsWhy use metadata?


ISO metadataApproaches to creating metadata

TemplatesArcCatalog formsText editingRequirement for data submission

Tools for editing and parsing metadata for CSDGM complianceMetadata Parser (mp)TKMEXML editors

Applying knowledge and tools to your data setsLinks to online metadata resources

Acronyms

FGDC: Federal Geographic Data Committee

CSDGM: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Data

NSDI: National Spatial Data Infrastructure

ISO: International Standards Organization

GOS: Geospatial One-Stop

See the links included at the end of this document for more information.



Metadata concepts

Why use metadata?


ISO metadata


TemplatesArcCatalog forms

Text editing




TKME

XML editors




Objectives for this workshopMetadata conceptsWhy use metadata?The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)ISO metadata

Approaches to creating metadataTemplates

ArcCatalog formsText editingRequirement for data submission




Objectives for this workshopMetadata conceptsWhy use metadata?The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)ISO metadata

Approaches to creating metadataTemplates

ArcCatalog forms

Text editingRequirement for data submission




Objectives for this workshopMetadata conceptsWhy use metadata?The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)ISO metadataApproaches to creating metadata


Tools for editing and parsing FGDC metadata

Metadata Parser (mp)TKMEXML editors





Tools for editing and parsing FGDC metadata Metadata Parser (mp)TKME

XML editorsApplying knowledge and tools to your data setsLinks to online metadata resources




Tools for editing and parsing FGDC metadata Metadata Parser (mp)TKMEXML editors





Tools for editing and parsing FGDC metadata Metadata Parser (mp)TKMEXML editors



Links to on-line metadata resources

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)http://fgdc.gov/

Metadata Workbook (FGDC “Green Book”)http://fgdc.gov/metadata/meta_workbook.html

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadatahttp://fgdc.gov/metadata/contstan.html (overview, links to documents)

National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html

Wisconsin ‘Metadata Primer’http://www.geography.wisc.edu/sco/wisclinc/metatool/

Geospatial One-Stophttp://www.geodata.gov/gos

West Virginia GIS Technical Centerhttp://wvgis.wvu.edu/

Geospatial Metadata Overview WV AGP GIS Conference, 9 -12 June 2008 Presented by: Eric Hopkins, GIS Analyst [email protected] West Virginia GIS Technical.

Documents

metadata theme

use metadata

geospatial metadata

value of metadata

quality metadata

formal metadata

objectives metadata

online metadata resources