Developing a North American Profile for the World Spatial Metadata Standard

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Developing a North American Profile for the
WorldSpatial Metadata Standard

• Harold Moellering
• Geography Department
• Ohio State University

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Regional, National, Organizational Profiles
Communities with a common need for metadata
ISO191152003 Geographic Information - Metadata
EO Profile
Navigation Profile
ANZLIC Profile
European Profile
NATO Profile
North American Profile
Perfil Latinoamericano de Metadatos
Profiles Enable Interoperability Between
Communities Courtesy of David Danko
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Basic Metadata Functions

• Locate particular Data in SDI
• Evaluate characteristics of Data at site
• Extract Database from site
• Employ/Use Data to analyze problem

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The goal for NAP
CAN/CGSB 171.3-95
North American Profile Geospatial Metadata Based
on ISO 19115/19139
USA CSDGM
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Development Approach

• Requirements analysis
• Past experience with metadata standards
  implementation
• Cross-table development (FGDC-ISO 19115)
• Modified UML
• Promote options to obligations
• Extended codelists
• Added codelists

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North American Profile of ISO 191152003 Metadata
(NAP-Metadata)

• Selection of items from ISO191152003
• Promotion of optional fields to mandatory
• Extension of code lists
• Addition of values to existing code lists
• Addition of code lists
• Introduction of a multilingual register
• Compliant to ISO191352005 on registers
• English and/et Français (and potentially Spanish)
• Metadata items
• Code lists
• Register will be accessible on the Web
• XML document
• Web Services
• Web Browser

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Modified UML
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Example Modifications to ISO 19115 Reflected in
NAP

• Extension of Code Lists
• Language (M,1)
• Language of metadata using standard ISO 3 letter
  codes
• Language Country Code e.g. ENG, FRA..
• Locale (C, Repeatable)
• Locale
• Other languages used in metadata

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Current Status of NAP Project

• Version 1.0 Circulated in February, 2007
• Currently reviewing comments updating
• Will circulate Version 2.0 shortly
• Hope to have Profile competed by the end of the
  year

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Summary Conclusions

• Much Progress since 2005
• Cultural Linguistic Adaptability
• User-friendly Specifications
• Promotes Wider Use of Profile
• Continue to Circulate NAP Documents
• Develop Application Tools for Future

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Future Cooperation

• North
• American
• Profile
• - Metadata

• Perfil
• Latino-
• Americano
• de Metadata

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Acknowledgements The following colleagues have
contributed to the development of these materials
David Danko ESRI, Washington, DC Jean
Brodeur Natural Resources Canada, Centre for
Topographic Information, Sherbrooke Sharon
Shinn U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee,
Denver
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THANK YOU
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URL ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu
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