metadata workshop

Metadata Workshop

Frank Roberts, Coeur d’Alene Tribe GIS

Bruce Godfrey, U of I, Inside Idaho Project

(Funded by FGDC)

Metadata Workshop Agenda 1) Description of the FGDC metadata standard. (Frank) 2) What does a GIS person really have to collect to be compliant?--Structure and

components of FGDC CSDGM-compliant metadata. (Frank) 3) Why we create metadata and how it is useful--FGDC National Geospatial Data

Clearinghouse introduction. (Bruce)

Lunch Break

4) Overview of metadata collection/management tools. Focus on SMMS -- the metadata collection/management tool used by INSIDE Idaho. (Bruce)

5) ArcInfo 8: What it has to offer for metadata collection. (Frank) 6) Brief training on the metadata tool developed by Frank Roberts and the Coeur

d'Alene Tribe GIS office. (Frank) 7) Making your metadata available through a Clearinghouse Node--INSIDE Idaho.

(Bruce)

Description of the FGDC Metadata Standard

andWhat do we really have to collect

Frank Roberts

Coeur d’Alene TribeNatural Resource Geographic Information Systems

phone: 208-686-5307

email: [email protected]

What I’m going to cover

What is metadata What is the FGDC Standard What is the ISO Metadata Standard What the GIS user need to collect to meet

the standard

What are Metadata?

Shares the same Greek root as metamorphosis - meta means change

Metadata - data about data Metadata describe the origins of & tracks the

changes to geospatial data Metadata answer who, what, when, where,

why, and how about every facet of the data that are being documented

Federal Geographic Data Committee Metadata Standard

Gives us a predefined framework for metadata Provides a common set of terminology to

exchange metadata Executive Order 12906: “requires Federal

agencies to use the standard to document data they produce beginning in 1995.”

Gives us both required and optional elements

International Standards Organization (ISO) metadata standard

The US isn’t the only one thinking about metadata

This standard is currently being established Since the FGDC standard is already been used in

the US, many of the elements for the ISO standard are identical.

ISO will someday replace FGDC, however it is likely that a profile of FGDC standard will be made for the ISO standard.

Why support an metadata standard?

100s of people across US have spent 4 years coming to consensus Tools already exist for (FGDC compliant) metadata entry & capture Defines appropriate use of data Use of data from federal sources Reservation wide data developed with federal dollars Protects your investment

– Without metadata, spatial data becomes useless - externally & internally

Information loses it’s meaning if we are not speaking the same language - we must have a International Standard.

– Great Plains project encompasses 5 states and 2 provinces 89 NSDI nodes already exist to search for FGDC compliant metadata

– Helps people find data

– Avoids duplication of effort

FGDC Metadata explained

No one is required to complete all metadata for the FGDC metadata standard

The standard is broken down into mandatory elements and optional elements

You can select as many as the optional elements as you wish

Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

IdentificationInformation

DataQuality

Information

SpatialData

OrganizationInformation

SpatialReferenceInformation

Entityand

AttributeInformation

MetadataReferenceInformation

Mandatory

Legend

4 52 6 731

DistributionInformation

Metadata

MandatoryIf

Applicable

10/06/95

The coolest Metadata Site

http://biology.usgs.gov/fgdc.metadata/version2/index.htm

Component #1: Identification

Citation Description & Abstract Time Period Status: Maintenance & Update Frequency Spatial Domain Keywords Access Constraints Use Constraints Contact Info

Manual Automatic Choice

Component #2: Data Quality

Logical Consistency(Explanation of how data was digitally created)

Completeness Report (Defines minimum mapping unit)

Lineage (Source of Data)


Component #3: Data Organization

Direct Spatial Reference Method (i.e. Raster, Point, Vector)


Component #4: Spatial Reference

Geographic OR Map Projection OR GRID Coordinate System OR Local Planar Vertical Coordinate System Definitions are

mandatory if applicable


Component #5: Entity and Attribute Information

Entity Type (Captured automatically) Attribute Label (Captured automatically) Attribute Definition Attribute Definition Source (may be “None”) Attribute Domain Values (Captured automatically)


Component #6: Distribution

Distributor (Automatic after 1st entry) Distribution Liability (Automatic after 1st entry) Standard Order Process (Automatic after 1st

entry) Digital Transfer Options (Automatic after 1st

entry) Fees (Automatic after 1st entry)


Component #7: Metadata Reference

Metadata Date Metadata Contact Metadata Standard Name Metadata Standard Version


Summary of mandatory elements of FGDC Metadata

There are a total of 32 items for the mandatory elements of FGDC metadata standard

Only 4 of those items should require you to type something out.

7 of the elements can have a picklist, to select the value

All (21) remaining elements should be automated

Resources Available Federal Geographic Data Committee

– What's new with metadata, Metadata Factsheet (pdf), Metadata Frequently Asked Questions, The Value of Metadata, Manager's Brochure, Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)

OGRIP, July 98– http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/toollist/ogrip/

Metadata Tools for Geospatial Data,Oct 98– http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/wlib/sco/metatool/

mtools.htm

$ Funding for metadata $

If you get federal funding to that involves creating GIS data, it is legitimate that you can charge your time to make metadata to that funding

USGS via FGDC offers funding for making metadata (we even received some funding!)

Questions?

Thanks for listening!

Feel free to Email me at:

[email protected]

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