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| Metadata Specifications | ||
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| Metadata
is one of those terms that is conveniently ignored or avoided. However there
is an increasing recognition of the benefits and requirement for metadata
for our data as we continue to increase the use of digital data. Whereas
cartographers rigidly provided metadata within a paper maps legend, the
evolution of computers and GIS has seen a decline in this practice. As organisations
start to realise this legacy, they have slowly started to look at issues
of data management and metadata. There are then a number of issues encountered
in deliberating on an approach to metadata documentation. For more information
about metadata, please click on the relevant links below: What is Metadata? Why collect Metadata? What is Discovery Metadata? What standards exist? Why are standards necessary? What levels of Metadata should be collected? What form should the metadata take? |
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Please feel free to download the following PDF documents which should be read in conjunction with one another: GIgateway Discovery Metadata Specifications, version 3.0 GIgateway Discovery Metadata Transfer Format and Communications Protocol Specifications, version 3.0 New specifications
will be developed and issued in the future to coincide with the introduction
of ISO 19115/19139 Metadata Standards, scheduled for late 2003/early 2004. |
| Click here to view the GEMINI Position Paper | ||
| Click here to view the GEMINI application profile (Revised draft 1-April 2004) | ||
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