National Coastal Data Development Center A division of the National Oceanographic Data Center

1. National Coastal Data Development Center A division of the National Oceanographic Data Center Introduction to Geospatial Metadata – ISO 191** Metadata Please email a list of participants at each location to ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Also Email questions for the Q&A session to ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov

2. ISO Resources Series Materials - ftp://ftp.ncddc.noaa.gov/pub/Metadata/Online_ISO_Training/ NOAA EDM Wiki ( ) - https://geo-ide.noaa.gov/wiki/index.php?title=Main _Page Workbooks - http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/

3. Tools for Creating and Editing ISO Metadata

4. Tools for Creating and Editing ISO Metadata • Various tools created depending on user needs: • Desktop vs. Web Applications • GUI vs. XML

5. Metadata editor tool that focuses on the description of geographic information Platform independent Multilingual (Spanish, English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Czech) Multiple profiles/standards CatMDEdit • ISO 19139 • FGDC CSDGM • ISO 19115 • NEM • INSPIRE • WISE • ISO 19119 • Dublin Core

6. CatMDEdit

7. Customization of the tool to support new standards and metadata profiles according to user needs. Automatic metadata generation for some data file formats: Shapefile, DGN, ECW, FICC, GeoTiff, GIF/GFW, JPG/JGW, PNG/PGW. Automatic metadata generation from the "getCapabilities" operation supported by a service that complies with the OGC Specifications (WMS, CSW, WFS, WCS or WPS). CatMDEdit

8. CatMDEdit Benefits • ISO 19115, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core • Good validation • Ingest and export records • Auto generation for some file formats • Platform independent • Multilingual • GUI • Customizable • Open-source • Free Challenges • No ISO 19115-2, Biological, or NAP support • No search or common catalog • No transform engine • No XML attributes

9. ISOMorph Email: jmize@radiancetech.com for a test account

10. Benefits Free to use ISO 19115-2 Good validation Linked to workbooks Platform independent GUI Customizable Supports XLinks Domain drop-downs Insert existing metadata Challenges Must save externally No internal validation ISOMorph

11. ISOMorph http://asd.radiancetech.com/isomorph/

12. MERMAid https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/request-account

13. Benefits Native FGDC CSDGM, RSE, BIO, Shoreline Exports ISO 19115-2 Exports ISO 19110 Ingest and export records Platform independent GUI Customizable Open-source Free Challenges No native ISO editing External validation MERMAid

14. GeoNetwork

15. GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions, as well as an embedded interactive web map viewer. Platform independent Multilingual Multiple standards GeoNetwork • ISO 19139 • FGDC CSDGM • ISO 19115 • ISO 19115-2 • ISO 19119 • ISO 19110 • Dublin Core

16. GeoNetwork • Presentation of metadata records using different view formats, such as HTML. • Free download http://geonetwork-opensource.org/

17. Benefits ISO 19115, ISO 19115-2, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core Good validation Ingest and export batch records Search interface Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Common repository Open-source Challenges Complicated start-up Validation errors are hard to understand sometimes No biological or NAP support Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC-ISO transforms) GeoNetwork

18. Geoportal

19. Benefits Partial FGDC CSDGM, RSE, ISO 19115, 19115-2, and 19110 Auto populates some fields Provides some drop-down menus Integrated workflow Challenges Does not support full standards No biological support Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC-ISO transforms) Few XML attributes Cannot edit auto populated fields without editing code Geoportal

20. Geoportal http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoportal/

21. ArcGIS 10.2 ArcGIS Help 10.2 > Geodata > Data types > Metadata http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktop

22. ArcGIS 10.2 Benefits • ArcCatalog Companion to ArcGIS Desktop • Mandatory Fields Outlined • Validation Hints Provided Challenges • Stores in ArcGIS Metadata format

23. XMLSpy

24. XMLSpy

25. XMLSpy http://www.altova.com/xmlspy.html

26. Benefits More power! Support any standard if you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Nice graphics generated from schemas Performs transformations Performs validation Skins Challenges $$$ Must know XML No GUI XMLSpy

27. Altova Authentic

28. Altova Authentic hhttp://www.altova.com/download/authentic.html

29. Benefits Free Customizable GUI via skins Desktop or web-based Challenges Skin development externally Altova Authentic

30. oXygen

31. oXygen http://www.oxygenxml.com/

32. Benefits More power! Support any standard if you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Performs transformations Performs validation Challenges $$$ Must know XML Must set up validation and transformation scenarios No GUI oXygen

33. NGDC Record Services https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/recordServices

34. Component Registry - Docucomp https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/

35. EPSG Registry http://www.epsg-registry.org/

36. ncISO http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eds/tds/

37. ncISO

38. ISO Metadata Editor Review http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-groups-subcommittees/mwg/isoreview/index_html

39. Tools for ISO Metadata Email questions to ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov