Metadata Content

Levels of Metadata• Discovery• Access• Understanding

Metadata Standards

• Additional Metadata

Common Core Metadata

• Why standards• Which standards for geospatial data

• Generalized content

• Specific Response-specific content

LEVELS OF METADATAMetadata Standards

Discovery vs. Access vs. Understanding• Cannot search on content

if it is not documented.• Cannot access data if links

and access instructions are not included.

• Cannot understand content if attributes, definitions, domains, units, etc. are not included!

“Levels” of MetadataLevel of Metadata Metadata “Author”

No Metadata Shame on You!

Discovery Level Subject Matter Expert (SME)Portal DeveloperData Manager

Access Level Portal DeveloperData ManagerIT – who is hosting/how

Understanding Level Subject Matter Expert (SME)Portal DeveloperData ManagerProcedures

Content Organization - Standards

• Metadata - Documentation of geospatial data written in a consistent manner

• Standards organize content consistently

• Often defined in policy

Establishing the standard• Why have a standard?– Standards ensure consistency.

• The standard for metadata ensures a level of consistency in data documentation

FGDC standards

FGDC Authored Standards• FGDC-STD-001-1998 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial

Metadata (CSDGM)• FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial

Metadata (CSDGM) Part 1: Biological Data Profile (Bio)• FGDC-STD-001.2-2001 Shoreline Metadata Profile of the

Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (Shoreline)• FGDC-STD-012-2002 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial

Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata (RSE)

International Standards –FGDC Endorsed Standards• ISO 19110:2005 Geographic information - Methodology for Feature Cataloguing• ISO 19111:2007 Geographic information – Spatial referencing by coordinates• ISO 19115:2003 Geographic information – Metadata• ISO 19115-1 Geographic information – Metadata• ISO 19115-2:2009 Geographic information – Metadata – Part 2: Extensions for

imagery and gridded data• ISO 19119:2005 Geographic information – Services• ISO 19139:2007 Geographic information – Metadata – XML schema

implementation• INCITS 453-2009 Information technology – North American Profile of ISO

19115:2004 – Geographic information – Metadata (NAP – Metadata)

Mandatory

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IdentificationInformation

DataQuality

Information

SpatialData

OrganizationInformation

SpatialReferenceInformation

Entityand

AttributeInformation

MetadataReferenceInformation

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DistributionInformation

Metadata

MandatoryIf

Applicable

FGDC CSDGM Metadata Record

ISO Metadata Implementation

Aggregated Class Name

Class Attributes

Attribute Name Conditionality(blank) = required, not repeatable[1..*] = required, repeatable[0..1] = optional, not repeatable[0..*] = optional, repeatable

Attribute TypeCharacter StringCodeset ValueClassDate

Note Field

MD_Metadata

Standard X

Standard Y Standard Z

Shared Core Content

Required for Project Open Data

Title Contact Name

Description Contact Email

Tags Unique Identifier

Last Update Public Access Level

Required if Applicable for Project Open Data

Bureau Code Endpoint

Program Code Format

Access Level License

Data Dictionary Spatial

Download URL Temporal

Expanded Fields for Project Open Data

Release Date Category

Frequency Related Documents

Language Homepage URL

Data Quality System of Records

Discovery

• How would you like to search for your records?

• What content needs included in your records to enable discovery?

Many of your ingredients are already taken care of with the Open Data Policy requirements.

…BUT….there are a few more content specific items to document.

Required Content for DWH Project Tracker

Project Name Est.Proj. Completion Date

Description Funders

Link Funder Contributions

Unique ID Funder Types

Lat/Lon Funding Sources

State Award Year

Congressional District Primary Grantee Org.

Primary Project Category Grantee Types

Resource POC Name, Phone, Email

Required If Applicable for DWH Project Tracker

Funding Sources

Settlement Types

Funding Mechanisms

Optional Content for DWH Project Tracker

County

Add. Proj. Categories

Award Month

Award Day

Other Partners

Project Comments

Required if Applicable DWH Project TrackerLand Acquisition Projects

Acres Acquired Easement Holder Types

Close Year Duration

Purchase Type Term

Landowner Purpose

Landowner Type Public Access

Easement Holder Names

Optional Content for DWH Project TrackerLand Acquisition Projects

TPL Involved

Close Month

Close Day

Required if Applicable for DWH Project TrackerRestoration Projects

Land Restoration Acreage Restoration Feet

Aquatic Restoration Acreage Additional Acreage

Restoration Mileage

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