ISO Metadata Standard Harmonization Status

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ISO Metadata Standard Harmonization Status
By Rick Pearsall FGDC Metadata Coordinator
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ISO Metadata Standard Status

• FGDC Registered Review of ISO Metadata Standard
  Committee Draft - Summer/Fall 1998
• 210 Registrants
• approximately 500 comments
• ISO Metadata Standard Editorial Committee
  Meeting - December 1998
• 10 Nations/Liaisons attended
• 962 comments

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ISO Metadata Standard Editorial Committee
MeetingResults

• Total Document Restructure
• Metadata Dictionary/Repository
• (all elements)
• Essential Metadata
• (Mandatory elements)
• Structured towards Profiles
• International, National, Private/Industry

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ISO Metadata Standard Editorial Committee
MeetingResults

• Requirement for TC211 UML Model
• Schedule slide approx. 6 months
• Another Committee Draft review - June 1999
• DIS Vote - Fall 1999
• Approved ISO Standard - Spring 2000

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ISO Metadata Standard Essential Metadata

• Title
• Abstract
• Bounding Geospatial Coord (4)
• Dataset Language
• Dataset Character set
• Metadata Language
• Metadata Character set

• Resp Party Name
• Resp Party Address
• Themecode
• Reference Date

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ISO Metadata Standard Implementation/Education

• Development of FGDC Profile(s) - Summer/Fall
  1999 (finalized early spring 2000)
• Implementation Issues
• Software development to migrate FGDC Metadata
  records to ISO
• Significant Vendor Interest

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ISO Metadata Standard Implementation/Education

• Metadata Collection/Validation Software
  Education
• Training
• FGDC Metadata Training Meeting (April 1999)
• FGDC/UCGIS Contract for University Metadata
  educational material
• NSGIC indicating interest to be focal point for
  metadata training
• Materials - ie factsheets, workbook
• Timetable
• Migration of existing metadata records
• Population of new metadata records

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