Metadata Workshop

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Metadata Workshop

• Frank Roberts, Coeur dAlene Tribe GIS
• Bruce Godfrey, U of I, Inside Idaho Project
• (Funded by FGDC)

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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)

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Description of the FGDC Metadata
StandardandWhat do we really have to collect

• Frank Roberts
• Coeur dAlene Tribe
• Natural Resource Geographic Information Systems
• phone [phone]
• email froberts_at_dmi.net

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What Im 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

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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

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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

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International Standards Organization (ISO)
metadata standard

• The US isnt 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.

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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 its 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

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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

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Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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Identification Information
Data Quality Information
Spatial Data Organization Information
Spatial Reference Information
Entity and Attribute Information
Metadata Reference Information
Distribution Information
Legend
Mandatory
Mandatory If Applicable
10/06/95
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The coolest Metadata Site

• http//biology.usgs.gov/fgdc.metadata/version2/ind
  ex.htm

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Component 1 Identification

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

Manual Automatic Choice
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Component 2 Data Quality

• Logical Consistency(Explanation of how data was
  digitally created)
• Completeness Report (Defines minimum mapping
  unit)
• Lineage (Source of Data)

Manual Automatic Choice
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Component 3 Data Organization

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

Manual Automatic Choice
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Component 4 Spatial Reference

• Geographic OR
• Map Projection OR
• GRID Coordinate System OR
• Local Planar
• Vertical Coordinate System Definitions are
  mandatory if applicable

Manual Automatic Choice
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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)

Manual Automatic Choice
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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)

Manual Automatic Choice
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Component 7 Metadata Reference

• Metadata Date
• Metadata Contact
• Metadata Standard Name
• Metadata Standard Version

Manual Automatic Choice
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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

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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/metato
  ol/mtools.htm

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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!)

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Questions?

• Thanks for listening!
• Feel free to Email me at
• froberts_at_dmi.net