FGDC Metadata Working Group Update

1. FGDC Metadata Working Group Update July 2008

2. Agenda • NAP Status • InCIT – L1: friend of the committee • NAP as CSDGM vers. 3.0 • Transition Resources • ISO 19115 Metadata Editor Review • NSDI Training Materials Guidance • NSDI CAP • 2008 Category 1 Awards • 2009 Update • Future events • News from the Field

3. NAP Status • The North American Metadata Profile V1.2 has been approved by INCITS L1 for processing as an American National Standard. • The current round of review- ANSI sponsored review: • The NAP project proposal has been approved by the INCITS Executive Board. • Internal, INCITS, review processes, 30 days. • At this point there is no further action for L1 or the NAP Working Group.

4. NAP Status • FGDC will host the NAP documents and comment templates for the review. • Comments received during the review will be adjudicated in coordination with the Canadian NAP Work Group.

5. NAP Status • ANSI Review of Proposal – 30 Calendar Days • ANSI Public Review of Standards Document - 45 calendar days. • Press Release • Mid-August to end of September. • The public review is announced in ANSI’s, public access website, Standards Action. • Review materials on FGDC Website. • INCITS various actions - 11 business days + 37 calendar days.

6. NAP Feature Catalog • At stage four (enquiry) of a six stage process for ISO standards. • Revision or amendment of 1SO 19110 could stopped at this stage. • Recommend the editing team start developing a companion document for NAP

7. InCITS –L1Friends of the Committee- New membership category. • Possible benefits: • Draft proposed American National Standards (dpANS) to them at no charge • Notice of new work same time it is submitted to ANSI for Standards Action • Access to public information- see in notes. • http://www.incits.org/archive/2007/in071376/in071376.pdf, slide 9

8. NAP as CSDGM 3.0 • CSDGM is the NSDI community standard • ISO 19115 NAP built upon CSDGM • Updated to support new: • applications, e.g. web services • topologies, e.g. object orientation • data characteristics, e.g. vertical extent • technologies, e.g. xml

9. NAP as CSDGM 3.0 • NSDI resources will be aimed at transition from CSDGM 2.0 including: • guidance documents • translation software • training • funding / CAP

10. Transition Resources • Update to Graphic Representation (the “Stitt” diagram) • Format based upon ISO 19139 (xml) vs. 19115 (uml) • Reviewers needed

11. 5.3 Identification Information 5.3.1 Data Identification 5.3.2 Service Identification OR • citation (see 5.14) • abstract • purpose • credit (repeatable) • status (repeatable) • point of contact (see 5.16, repeatable) spatial representation type (repeatable) Contains Operation (repeatable) service type operation name service type version (repeatable) spatial resolution (repeatable) or DCP (repeatable) equivalent scale access properties (see 5.11.4) denominator operational description extent (see 5.13, repeatable) invocation name distance coupling type connect point (see 5.20, repeatable) language (repeatable) coupled resource (repeatable) depends on (see 5.3.9, repeatable) identifier character set (repeatable) parameters operation name name topic category (repeatable) direction Operates On (see 5.3.1, repeatable) environment description description optionality extent (see 5.13, repeatable) repeatability supplemental information Value Type Resource Maintenance Information (see 5.6, repeatable) Graphic Overview (repeatable) file name file description file type Descriptive Keywords (repeatable) keyword (repeatable) thesaurus name (see 5.14) type Resource Constraints (see 5.4.1and/or 5.4.2 and/or 5.4.3, repeatable) Aggregate Information (repeatable) aggregate dataset name (see 5.14) (see 5.14 aggregate dataset identifier (see 5.22) (see 5.22) association type initiative type

12. Transition Resources • Updated Implementation Guidance • what’s different and why • transition strategies • incorporating entities/attributes • best practices • Reviewers Needed

13. ISO 19115 Editor Review • Complete for • ESRI ArcCatalog • GeoNetwork • IME • M3CAT • MetaD • MetaGenie • Parc Canada Metadata Editor

14. ISO 19115 Editor Review • Feature Review complete for: • terraCatalog • CATMDEdit user reviews in progress • Web presentation in progress • Download (xls) from: http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-groups-subcommittees/mwg/isoreview/

15. NSDI Training Materials Guidance Document • Intended for those developing NSDI-related training materials • review/extension of existing NSDI training materials • use of learning objectives • content outline • material review and input available

16. NSDI CAP 2008 Category 1 • George Mason University – Phil Yang • Innovate! – Jessica Zichichi and Caroline Roberts • Arizona State U.- Merriam Powell Research Center- Paul Heinrich • Sonoma Ecological Research Center- Pat Stiefer and Deanne DiPietro (http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2008CAP/2008CAPlist, then click on link under title for each projects .ppt0

17. NSDI CAP- 2009 update • Metadata nominated as category again. • New categories may appear. • Solicitation date: Fall 2008

18. Future events • ESRI IUC – San Diego • NSGIC- Keystone • URISA International - New Orleans

19. News from the field • See summary in Notepage view.