Geospatial Metadata Standards
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Geospatial Metadata Standards


News from the FGDC community.
The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) Technical Committee L1, Geographic Information Systems and the Canadian General Standards Board ? Committee on Geomatics (CGSB-CoG) have released a draft of the North American Profile of International Standards Organization Standard 19115: 2003, Geographic information - Metadata (NAP ? Metadata) for review. Review and comment from other metadata practitioners are also invited. Comments are invited to assure that the Profile meets the needs of the geographic information community in both the United States and Canada.

The review period began on February 1, 2007 and ends March 16, 2007.

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- Iso Metadata Training
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) as it transitions from FGDC to ISO geographic metadata has provided training for other federal agencies. Some of this has been recorded and the videos made available. Intro to Metadata ISO 101 XML Basics UML...

- Metadata For Learning Resources
Metadata for Learning Resources: An Update on Standards Activity for 2008 by Sarah Currier appears in the latest issue of Ariadne.The major areas of development covered in this article are:LOM Next: plans for the next version of the IEEE LOMThe Joint...

- Geo Standards
The geodata.gov site has a useful selection of links to FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee) standards, data models, and tools.The FGDC is currently undertaking an open data standards development process. The purpose of the development of Framework...

- Sla
Committee on Cataloging to present a technical session on metadata at the Annual Conference, New York, June 9, 2003.Metadata Standards: what's new & how will they impact your work Monday, Jun 09, 2003 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sponsors: Technical Standards...

- Z39.50
The first U.S. national Profile for Z39.50 is out for review and ballot from February 3-March 14. Z39.50 is the international standard that helps you retrieve information across lots of databases; this Profile will simplify and improve its implementation...



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