Proper Care and Feeding of Metadata

Ryan E. Bowe, GISPPhoto Science, Inc. – A Quantum Spatial

CompanyASPRS YP Council Mentoring Coordinator

Vanguard Cabinet Steering Committee Member Cumberland URISA President-Elect

Me, in XML

Agenda

What is Metadata?

I have some seeds to sell you…

CHAOS

Card Catalog

Back of a Photograph

iTunes (music collection)

NSA

History of geometadata

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CSDGM

ISO

You’re not in 9.3.x anymore

10.1 Item Description

10.1 Options

10.1 FGDC

10.1 Look for Cursor

10.1 ISO Description

10.1 Abstract

10.1 Abstract ISO Description

10.1 Tools

Tools

Other Tools

Text V. XML

HTML…is readable…but…not so parseable.

Anatomy of XML 101

USGS MP

MP Online

Command Line MP 1

Command Line MP 2

XML Input

Training

Hit the Books!

Graphical CSDGM

Section 10: Contact Information

Detailed Contact Person

Person v. Organization

Section 9: Time Info

mdatetim

rngdates

Section 8: Citation Info

citeinfo

Abbreviated citeinfo

Graphical CSDGM Main

Section 7: Metadata Info

metainfo

Abbreviated metainfo

Section 6: Distribution (skip for now)

Section 5: Entity & Attribute Information

Entity and Attribute Overview & Details

Attribute section

eainfo – udom & codesetd

eainfo – rdom & edom

Section 4: Spatial Reference

spref – geograph & local

spref – planci

spref – utm

spref – spcs

spref – albers

spref – geodetic

spref – vertdef

Section 3: Spatial Data Organization Information

spdoinfo – rastinfo

spdoinfo – sdtsterm

spdoinfo – vpfterm

Section 2: Data Quality

Data Quality Sections

dataqual – attracc

dataqual – logic & complete

dataqual – posacc – horiz

dataqual – posacc – vertacc

dataqual – lineage – srcinfo

dataqual – lineage – procstep

dataqual – cloud

Section 6: Distribution

Minimum distinfo

distrib – stdorder

distrib – digform – digtinfo

Distribution Format Name

distrib – digtopt – offoptn

distrib – digtopt – onlinopt

Section 1: Identification Info

Identification Info Sections

idinfo 1

idinfo – spdom

idinfo – keywords

idinfo – keywords - examples

idinfo – accconst, useconst, ptcontac

idinfo – browse, datacred, secinfo, native, crossref

LiDAR Base Spec

ISO

National Costal Data Development Center (NCDDC)

Crosswalk

Anatomy of XML 201

The ISO Diagram

What does ISO 19115 look like? (MD)

What does ISO 19115 look like?(MI)

That’s the tip of the iceberg!

The Good, Bad & Ugly of Metadata

Russian Nesting Dolls

Nested Example

Meeting the minimum

64 lines…that say nothing…

Good…is…

Revisit your metadata…

What worked last year…

Contact

Proper Care and Feeding of Metadata by Ryan E. Bowe, GISP