What is Discovery Metadata?
Discovery Metadata is the minimum amount of information that needs to be provided to convey to the inquirer the nature and content of the data resource. This falls into broad categories to answer the what, why, when, who, where and how questions about geospatial data.

• What - title and description of the dataset.

• Why - abstract detailing reasons for the data collection.

• When - when the dataset was created and the update cycles if any.