Literature Cited
Several organizations, national and international, collaborate to develop metadata standards. Within the United States the Geospatial Metadata standards are established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). Compliance to these metadata standards is an ongoing process at the university, municipal, state, federal and tribal levels. To facilitate these efforts the network of data and metadata users, developers, and trainers have generously contributed to the resources presented here. Data presented on this website was adapted from the following areas.
Federal Standards
These federal standards workbooks are the official guidelines published for geospatial metadata creation
'The Green Book'
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Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)(version 2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998
http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/contstan.html
'The Blue Book'
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, Part 1: Biological Data Profile, FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/status/sub5_2.html
(Note: The FGDC biological data profile is sometimes referred to as the "NBII extenstion")
Workshops
NatureServe / NBII Metadata Training Workshop, Arlington, Virginia. February 2004.
Trainers: Lynn Kutner, NatureServe and Terry Giles, USGS
FGDC CAP Kickoff Meeting, Denver, Colorado. September 2004.
FGDC Secretariat Staff:
David Painter - Cooperative Agreements Program Coordinator
Sharon Shin - Metadata Coordinator
Doug Nebert - Clearinghouse Coordinator
Kathy Covert - Partnership Coordinator
Other Contributors:
Mike Domaratz - USGS
Linda Wayne -
Websites
http://www.fgdc.gov
Presentations
FGDC Metadata and the Biological Data Profile. Lynn Kutner, NatureServe and Terry Giles, USGS
Making Sense of what metadata means to NOAA. Kim Owens, NOAA Metadata Specialist.
Metadata for Managers: Making the Case. Kim Owens, NOAA Metadata Specialist.
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