Metadata Training and Tools

Presentations and tools are from the Metadata Workshop held annually at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium.

Presentations

• metadata_class_2006-01_USGS - Metadata training class presentation
• bdp_graphical - A graphical representation of the Biological Data Profile (BDP)
• metadata_tools_software_2005-04 - A review of software tools available for metadata creation

ITIS Integrated Taxonomic Information System

• ITIS - How to incorporate ITIS downloads in metadata created with Metavist
• itis_download_example - Example for taxonomy within one kingdom
• itis_upload_example - Example of an ITIS upload file
• itis_download_multi_animal - Example for a project involving multiple kingdoms
• itis_upload_multi_animal - Upload file used to create itis_download_multi_animal.txt
• itis_download_multi_plants - Example for a project involving multiple kingdoms
• itis_upload_multi_plant - Upload file used to create itis_download_multi_plant.txt

ArcCatalog

• ArcCatalog_advanced - Screen shots of synchronization tools (ArcGIS 8.x)
• ArcCatalog_advanced_synch - How to use the Advanced Synchronization and Set Synchronization tools (ArcGIS 8.x)
• ArcCatalog_MD_Attrib_Statistics - A tool that will partially populate Attribute information in ArcCatalog (also available from ArcObjects Online)
• ArcCatalog_MD_tools - Set Synchronization and Advanced Synch tools

ArcView

• ArcView Metadata Collector - How to install the Metadata Collection extension for ArcView 3.x.
• metadata2 - Metadata Collector extension file. Instructions on loading this tool into ArcView are here.

NPS National Park Service metadata tools

• NPS-BiologicalProfileGuide - How to insert NBII metadata into a metadata file created in ArcCatalog
• NPS Natural Resource GIS Program NPS Metadata Tools and Editor - Overview of the NPS Metadata tool
• NPSMetadataHelp - Help manual for the NPS metadata tools extension

Parsing

• bio.cfg - A configuration file used by MP (or MP Batch) to validate against the Biological Data Profile.
• bio_smms.cfg - A configuration file used by MP (or MP Batch) to use with the Biological Data Profile. Designed to omit all of the SMMS specific tags that appear when a record is exported from SMMS version 5.1.
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• cns.exe - the CNS (chew-n-spit) program (current as of June 2005)
• fgdc.cfg - MP configuration file enforcing the core FGDC standards
• Instructions for running MP in DOS - Word document describing how to run MP in DOS
• mp.exe - MP (Metadata Parser) program (current as of June 2005). Get Current Software
• MPBAT.ini - Initialization file used by MP Batch to locate input/output folders and the MP program
• MPbatch.zip -Installation package for MP Batch (also available from Intergraph)
• smms.ext - Extension file used by MP and bio_smms.cfg to ignore the SMMS tags created when exporting from SMMS version 5.1

Samples

Sample metadata records, including one for a non biological GIS data set and another for a non-GIS biological data set:

• Conservation studies of long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris) in New Mexico - Mist netting data
• January 2000 classified RADARSAT image depicting winter shorebird habitat in the Willamette Valley, OR
• North Coast and Cascades Network consolidated amphibian database (1984-2005)
• San Francisco Bay - 1956 Habitat

SMMS

• SMMS05011335 - The latest patch for SMMS version 5.1
• URLs_in_SMMS_pics - How to enter a Network Resource Name (web address) in the "network resource name" element in section 6

TKME

• This folder contains all of the files needed to run TKME. The 'snippets' folder contains the snippets for all of the UTM zones, as well as snippets for the NAD27 and NAD83 datums. More Information on Snippets

USGS

• all_win.exe - Contains all the files for the free metadata tools (including CNS, MP, and TKME) published by USGS. The source code, written in C, is also included. All files current as of 01/18/06. More Information