Work in progress.
Metadata
Metadata is information about data that facilitates its
organization, discovery, and use. In order for metadata to serve these
functions, those producing data must adhere to standards, and many of the
following links relate to this issue.
- http://www.timemap.net/tmclearinghouse.htm
- The Metadata Clearinghouse of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, part
of the TimeMap Project of the Archaeological Computing Laboratory of the
University of Sydney.
- http://purl.org/DC/index.htm
- Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. The DC attempts to create metadata
standards that will facilitate the discovery of electronic resources. It
is the standard followed by ECAI, the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
(www.ecai.org).
- http://www.standardsinaction.org/gismetadata/
- This site provides an excellent Matadata FAQ, as well as a number of
useful downloadable files relating to metadata standards and research.
The FAQ shows both the Core elements of the draft International Standard
(IS) 19115 and the elements of the Dublic Core (DC).
- http://www.statkart.no/isotc211/pow.htm
- Technical Committee 211, on geo-spatial information, of the
International Standardisation Organisation (ISO). Among other things,
ISOTC211 is developing the metadata standards document known as IS 19115,
which is now in final discussion before its publication. ISO standards can be
purchased at http://www.iso.ch/infoe/catinfo.html.
- http://www.fgdc.gov
- Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), producer of the Content
Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM).
- http://www.ec-gis.org/etemii
- ETeMII (European Territorial Management Information Infrastructure).
See this site for help in combing the Core IS 19115 elements while
adhering to DC standards.
- http://www.info2000-madame.org
- MADAME Project (Methods for Access to Data and Metadata in Europe).
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