Usage Example Topics

ArcView Metadata Collector

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:38:35 -0800

For those still working in ArcView 3.x ... ArcView Metadata Collector is an easy-to-use application that helps the ArcView 3.x user create Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)–compliant metadata. The tool can create metadata for any data type supported by ArcView, including ARC/INFO coverages, ArcView shapefiles, as well as any supported image formats. This award winning tool is free.

Recommended by D. Wright and the Oregon Coastal Atlas team, particularly when dealing with FGDC metadata.

BioGeomancer

kwalz — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:25:02 -0700

From website:

"The BioGeomancer Project is a worldwide collaboration of natural history and geospatial data experts. The primary goal of the project is to maximize the quality and quantity of biodiversity data that can be mapped in support of scientific research, planning, conservation, and management. The project promotes discussion, manages geospatial data and data standards, and develops software tools in support of this mission."

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Museum Metadata Standards

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:35:36 -0700

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)

Museum Metadata Crosswalks(2004-08-20)

CIMA Ontology

graybeal — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:17:00 -0800

CIMA is aimed at "Grid enabling" instruments as real-time data sources to improve accessibility of instruments and to facilitate their integration into the Grid. They are developing semantic metadata (in OWL/RDF) using a web-based tool, so that the semantic metadata can be used to drive the WSDL/SOAP middleware.

Coastal GeoTools 2005

deepseadawn — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:28:00 -0700

Coastal GeoTools 2005 is a conference to "promote sharing of standards and coastal data through the National Spatial Data Infrastructure". Topics include metadata, ocean observing systems, and data sharing.

Relevance

Relevance Estimate: Very High

CODATA - Committee for Data on Science and Technology

graybeal — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:39:00 -0800

CODATA is an international organization established by the International Council on Science (ICSU) in 1966. It seeks to advance the use, and the promise, of information technology in scientific communities all over the world, including in nations that have seen limited scientific benefit from information technology so far. It also represents the international scientific community in international forums and summits.

CoRIS Metadata Crosswalk

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:58 -0700

Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)

Metadata Crosswalk (pdf, 756 kb)

EPIC (NOAA, PMEL) Units

graybeal — Thu, 18 May 2006 10:01:00 -0700

The EPIC program developed a key file describing all its variables using a numeric code. This code is then encoded into the netCDF file, and includes various attributes for each parameter, including that parameter's units. Thus, the second column of the EPIC key file contains all the units used in the program.

More a working example than an authoritative list of units, but useful to give an idea of the needs of operational programs.

FGDC ISO Metadata Standard Harmonization

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:01:14 -0700

News about FGDC and ISO harmonization

Summary of activities to harmonize the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) metadata standard ISO 19115 with FGDC's CSDGM (FGDC-STD-001-1998). Many of these activities have been presented at FGDC meetings and at major conferences and seminars.

GCMD-DIF crosswalks to other standards

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:55:15 -0700

DIF Metadata Protocols and standards mappings
DIF mappings to ISO 19115, FGDC, Z39.50, CIP. NBII, DCMI and ANZLIC.

Getty Research Institute - Metadata Crosswalks

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:11 -0700

Metadata Standards Crosswalk(2003-10-21)

CDWA to VRA, USMARC, DC, Object ID, FDA Guide, CIMI, and EAD; DC to EAD; USMARC to EAD; ISAD(G) to EAD; EAD to ISAD(G).

ISDM Code Lists

kwalz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:59:00 -0800

ISDM has published a set of various code lists, including activity codes, country codes, data type codes, digit codes, instrument type codes, and sampling technique codes. See the link below for a complete list, and access to the various vocabularies.

Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office Crosswalks

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:35:26 -0700

Dublin Core to MARC 21 (2001-03-12)
MARC 21 to Dublin Core (February 2001)

MIT Libraries List of Crosswalks

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:50:09 -0700

MIT DSpace Metadata Mapping (2004-02-06)

Moss Landing Marine Metadata Conference 2003

bowerp — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:28:00 -0700

The purpose of the workshop is to identify and describe important metadata fields for the marine science community. The workshop will include a facilitator and participants from approximately 20 agencies, non-profits, for-profit corporations and academic institutions. The participant list will represent the unique combination of marine science, data management and GIS expertise. The event will focus on identifying the metadata fields and information necessary to describe certain types of marine data.

NcML: NetCDF XML

ngalbraith — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:57:00 -0800

From the website:

NcML is an XML representation of netCDF metadata. It is similar to the netCDF CDL (network Common data form Description Language), except that it uses XML syntax. An NcML file essentially contains the same header information one gets from a netCDF file with the "ncdump -h" command.

NetCDF Crosswalk to Other Standards

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:31 -0700

Draft netCDF crosswalk to multiple standards

NISO Whitepaper on 'Issues in Crosswalking Content Metadata Standards'

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:28:47 -0700

NISO Whitepaper

Issues in Crosswalking Content Metadata Standards (1998-10-15, by Margaret St. Pierre and William P. LaPlant, Jr. )

OBO: Open Biological Ontologies

graybeal — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:45:00 -0800

From the site: "This site contains ontologies and points to some other efforts within the community. Ideally we see a range of ontologies being designed for biological domains. Some of these will be generic and apply across all organisms and others will be more restricted in scope, for example to specific taxonomic groups."

The site is not simply a compendium of ontologies. It has inclusion criteria which are fairly strict, in order to facilitate interoperation of the multiple ontologies listed.

Online Computer Library Center List of Crosswalks

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:45:58 -0700

All about Crosswalks(October2002)

This page lists metadata standards other than Dublin Core and MARC for which Web-accessible crosswalks have been written. i.e. CanCore to SCORM; ONIX to MARC 21; LOM to Dublin Core; GEM to MARC.