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WAGIC Presentation

August 20, 2015

Creating and Exporting

Metadata for Harvest

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Overall Process & Goal

Web Accessible Folder (WAF)

• State agencies

• Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse

• UW

• Harvests XML files from agency WAFs

National States Geographic Information Council

• Consolidation of national metadata

• Provide access to standardized, searchable ISO metadata

Geospatial One Stop

•Final destination for XML files

•Process minimizes duplication and provides most up-to-date versions available

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Procedure Summary

• Establish WAF

• Provide WAF URL to OCIO (1x)

1.

Initial Setup

• FGDC-CSDGM Format*

• Validated

2.

Create Data &

Metadata

• XML File

• Copy to Agency WAF

3.

Export & Copy

Metadata

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Individual Steps

1.

Create Geospatial

Data

• By Geospatial Data Creator

• FGDC-CSDGM Format

• ISO Classification

• Descriptive Title

2. Create/Edit Metadata

XML File3.

Export Metadata

• USGS Geospatial Metadata Validation Service

4.

Validate Metadata

• Errors? Fix & Repeat Steps 2-4

• Refer to FGDC Error Codes

5.

Correct Errors

6.

Copy Final XML File to

WAF

7.

Update as Necessary

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1.

Create Geospatial

Data

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• By Geospatial Data Creator

• FGDC-CSDGM Format

• ISO Classification

• Descriptive Title

2. Create/Edit Metadata

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Link to Data Within Metadata

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XML File3.

Export Metadata

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• USGS Geospatial Metadata Validation Service

4.

Validate Metadata

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/validation/

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• Errors? Fix & Repeat Steps 2-4

• Refer to FGDC Error Codes

5.

Correct Errors

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6.

Copy Final XML File to

WAF

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Time to Harvest!

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