U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

Jennifer Carlino ISO TC211 Standards in Action Workshop

November 13, 2013

FGDC and USGS ISO Metadata Standards Activities

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Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata Program activities that support ISO metadata standards

US Geological Survey (USGS) activities related to ISO metadata standards

Topics

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Authority through Circular A-16 policy “Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities” (rev. 2002) Interagency Committee with 32 Federal

agency members Promotes the coordinated development, use,

sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data Activities are administered through the Office

of the Secretariat, which is hosted by USGS Metadata Program supports national efforts

Role of the FGDC

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Widely used: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) FGDC Endorses ISO Metadata Standards

http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/fgdc-endorsed-external-standards/index_html

In October 2011, FGDC hosted a Metadata Summit to set a course for ISO metadata standards implementation (52 Participants from 17 Federal agencies & 8 organizations) Result: In April 2012, FGDC Coordination Group

members changed guidance to encourage agencies to transition to ISO and that it should be considered an option now

Changing Metadata Policy

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ISO Webinar ISO Editor Tool Review Training opportunities through NOAA Data.gov using ISO New Information Series starting in 2014

ISO Transition Activities

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Purpose Help Federal agency metadata coordinators become current on ISO geospatial metadata standards and provide practical guidance for implementing ISO metadata in their agencies

Participation – 46 representatives from 14 Federal agencies

April 16-17, 2013 Day 1 related to ISO metadata standards Day 2 related to implementation and use cases

Presentations and Materials http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/events/ISO_Implementation_Webinar

ISO Metadata Standards Webinar

ISO Metadata Implementation Model Workflow

• Establish Geospatial Metadata Foundation

• Develop ISO Implementation Plan

• Initiate ISO Geospatial Metadata Implementation

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SUITE OF ISO METADATA STANDARDS

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updated by extended by 19115-2

Imagery & Gridded Geo Metadata

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19139 XML Schema

2007

19115-3 XML Schema

2015

19139-2 XML Schema

2012

19157 Data Quality

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19110 Feature Catalog

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19119 Geo Services

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profiled by

NAP North American Profile of 19115

2009

directs to

19115 Geographic Metadata

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August 8, 2013

19115-1 Fundamental

Geo Metadata 2013 FDIS / 2014 IS

1. Start with 2. select all 3. add one or more that apply

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19115

Imagery, gridded or

collection data 19115-2

Services 19119

Entity/ Attributes 19110

Custom Data Conventions

19111 – Coordinate System 19109 – Application Schema (see full list of endorsed standards)

August 8, 2013

WHICH STANDARDS SHOULD I USE?

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Online implementation Vendors document information directly

ISO Metadata Editor Review

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Two sessions “Introduction to ISO” Tuesday webinars will begin

November 5 - December 17, 2013 and Thursdays January 16 -March 6, 2014 “Transition to ISO” Thursday webinars will begin

November 7 - December 19, 2013 and Tuesdays January 14 -February 25, 2014.

For more information, go to: http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/metadata-training/

or Email: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov

Training Opportunities through NOAA

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Purpose: increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Metadata published in ISO 19115-2 and related

standards format (transformed from CSDGM) Best practices available:

http://www.geoplatform.gov/sites/default/files/document_library/MetadataPractices07-2013_Linked_0.pdf

Publishing Metadata: Data.gov

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Purpose: A webinar series for the presentation and discussion of ISO metadata implementation shared experiences, strategies, topics, and resources.

Audience: FGDC Metadata Working Group and

interested organizations Presenters: Experts in community interest areas Frequency: Quarterly Expected Outcome: Inform the ISO transition efforts Start in 2014

Do you know potential presenters? Contact: lynda@GeoMaxim.com or jcarlino@usgs.gov

ISO Metadata Implementation Forum

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Science for a Changing World Mission: The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life. Policies (Department and Bureau level) Develop Bureau-wide Implementation Plan

ISO Activities in USGS

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DOI Geospatial Metadata Policy published on September 24, 2013

Department of Interior Policy

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Metadata is mentioned in current USGS policy. A new policy requiring metadata for data and information products is close to publication in the USGS Survey Manual

USGS Policy

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A Planning Team: This group should be established through the USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) – this community brings together subject matter experts from across the USGS interested in various data oriented topics – with support from the Executive Leadership Team.

Selection of ISO standards, tools, transform approaches, and a plan to build templates, component libraries, and assign persistent identifiers: Will be guided and accomplished through the planning team.

Display and discovery: USGS is looking at best options for supplying metadata to data.gov

Develop ISO Metadata Implementation Plan

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Implementation Policy: USGS is ready to submit a new policy in the Survey Manual -- it requires metadata creation for datasets and information products.

The language includes ISO

metadata as an approved metadata standard.

The Survey is also developing a

“Data Management” overarching policy that will include metadata creation.

Develop ISO Metadata Implementation Plan

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Establish training plan: Key to implementation of ISO in USGS will be incremental training.

Should begin with training current metadata experts who can, in turn, help train USGS scientists and researchers in creating ISO metadata. Some staff have taken ISO

training sponsored by NOAA Good tools will need to be in

place and training materials developed

Develop ISO Metadata Implementation Plan

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Jennifer Carlino Email: jcarlino@usgs.gov US Geological Survey and

Federal Geographic Data Committee Denver, CO

November 2013

Thank You!