ISO Standards: Status, Tools, Implementations,

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Standards/David Danko

What I’m covering

NAP ISO 19115 Overview of NAP What’s different and what’s common

between FGDC and NAP (and ISO 19115)

ISO Metadata Standards Fundamental metadata, data quality,

feature catalog, imagery and gridded data

What’s new in ISO 19115-1Schedule

North American Profile (NAP) of ISO 19115:2003 Metadata

Selection of items from ISO19115:2003Promotion of optional fields to mandatoryExtension of code lists

Addition of values to existing code lists Addition of code lists

Introduction of a multilingual register Compliant to ISO19135:2005 on registers English and/et Français Metadata items Code lists

Register is accessible on the Web XML document Web Services Web Browser

http://www.geoconnections.org/developersCorner/napmetadata/register/index.html

NAP ISO 19115:2003Title: NAP – Metadata1. Preface (Introduction)

1.1. About Metadata1.2. Using Metadata

2. Scope3. Normative References4. Terms and Definitions5. Symbols and Abbreviated

Terms6. Metadata Content

6.1. Best Practices7. Cultural and Linguistic

Adaptability8. Code Lists9. NAP Metadata RegistryAnnexes

Data TypesMetadata schemas/UML - normative with differences from ISO identifiedConformance ClausesMetadata implementation FGDC to NAP Metadata

FGDC - NAP “Equivalences”

Metadata reference info

Identification info

Data quality

Spatial data Organization

Spatial Reference info

Entity attribute info

Distribution info

Metadata infoIdentification InfoConstraint infoService infoData Quality infoMaintenance infoSpatial Representation infoReference system infoContent infoPortrayal Catalogue infoDistribution infoApplication Schema info

FGDC NAP

Differences between FGDC – ISO – NAP

FGDCPrimarily mandatory elementsMandatory if ApplicableNo language identification requirementsOutdated elementsUS oriented reference systemsHeavy use of free text

ISOMinimum mandatoryUnambiguous conditional statementsCore metadataInternational focusCode lists

NAP

Moderate increase in mandatory elementsBest practicesIncludes service metadata (ISO 19119)Increased use of code lists

Comparison of mandatory elements

FGDC

Metadata Reference info Date Contact Metadata Standard name Metadata Standard version *

Identification Information Citation Description

Abstract Purpose *

Status Maintenance frequency * Progress

Time Period of Content * Date Currentness reference *

Spatial Domain Bounding Box

Keywords * Theme Keywords

Access Constraints * Use Constraints *

NAP

Metadata info dateStamp Contact Metadata Standard name File Identifier * Language (metadata) * Character set * Parent Identifier (C) * HierarchyLevel (default = dataset)

* Locale (C) * (if multiple languages

used)Identification information

Citation Abstract Status (with codelist) Language * Topic Category * Extent (C) *

Bounding box Or Geographic Description *

* Difference FGDC vs NAP

Comparison of mandatory elements (cont)

Citation Title Publication date Originator Edition (MifA) Presentation form

(MifA) Series (MifA) Publication info

(MifA) Place Publisher

Other details (MifA) Larger work citation

(MifA)

Citation Title Date

Date type

Responsible Party Individual, organization,

and/or position name Contact information role

FGDC NAP

FGDC Entity–Attribute and NAP Content Info Feature Catalog

Entity_and_Attribute_Information =

[1{Detailed_Description}n | 1{Overview_Description}n | 1{Detailed_Description}n + 1{Overview_Description}n]

Detailed_Description = Entity_Type + 0{Attribute}n

Entity_Type = Entity_Type_Label + Entity_Type_Definition + Entity_Type_Definition_Source

Attribute = Attribute_Label + Attribute_Definition + Attribute_Definition_Source + 1{Attribute_Domain_Values}n + 0{Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_

Values + 0{Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Val

ues}1}n + (Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Infor

mation) + (Attribute_Measurement_Freque

ncy)

Content Information Feature Catalogue

Description Compliance code Language IncludeWithDataset (M) FeatureTypes (M) Feature Catalogue Citation

(M)

NAPFGDC

ISO 19110 Compliant Feature/Attribute Catalog

Coverage Description Attribute description Content type code . . .

ISO Metadata standards

ISO 19115:2003 Metadata - revision (ISO 19115-1) (in work) ISO standards are reviewed every 5 years – vote to revise Changes not major Target 2013

ISO 19115-2:2009 Extensions for imagery and gridded data (complete)

ISO 19139-2 Metadata - XML schema for imagery and gridded data (in work)

DTS released 2011-07-18 vote due 2011-10-18

ISO 19139:2007 Metadata XML Schema (complete) Revision pending following 19115-1 completion

ISO 19110:2005 Feature Catalogue Amendment 1 Just published by ISO - XML Schema FC encoding

ISO 19110 Revision (in work) First PT meeting

ISO 19157 Data quality (incorporating 19113/19114/19138) (in work) UML model for Quality DIS approved

What’s new in ISO 19115-1

Concept of “recommended core” was removedIncorporating services metadata from ISO 19119Data Quality moving to ISO 19157Feature catalog information (entity/attribute metadata) enabled (physically or by link)Responsible party restructured to enable reuse for different rolesMany new elements added/improved - examples: metadata identifier improved, MD_Scope and

MD_KeywordClass classes added, online linkage in Citation, Reference system type code attribute added, . . ., 74)

ISO 19115-1 FC/EA information

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OnlineResource reference to the cited resource now included in Citation

The feature catalogue

ScheduleISO 19115-1

EC revised document sent out for review 2011-8-31Vote in Pretoria 2011-11-18Draft International Standard 2011-12Final Draft International Standard 2012-12International Standard 2013-05

ISO 19157 Data Quality DIS 2011-06 FDIS 2012-06 IS 2013-01

ISO/TS 19XXX XML schema implementation of ISO 19115-1

A New Work Item Proposal has been sent to ISO TC 211 to starting work as soon as possible so that we have a schema when ISO 19115-1 final

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NAP ISO 19115 and 19110

NAP ISO 19115 Metadata Remains stable as is;

Once ISO 19115-1 revision has reached DIS, work will start to create NAP ISO 19115-1

NAP ISO 19110 Feature Catalog Work is on hold until work on NAP

19115-1 is started