AASG Geothermal Data metadata template
AboutTitleAASG Geothermal Data Metadata Compilation
TemplateVersion1.3.4DescriptionThis workbook is intented to
facilitate compilation of metadata content according to the USGIN
Recommended Metadata Model
(http://repository.usgin.org/uri_gin/usgin/dlio/335). Usage and
metadata content are described on the 'Notes' worksheet. Metadata
records can be assembled and checked using the 'Metadata Template'
worksheet. Content loaded into the template will be transformed to
ISO19139 XML metadata records for the NGDS catalog system, but
could be transformed to other formats as well. Field names in the
template worksheet are similar to the XML element names in the
ISO19139 schema, but not equivalent. Mapping from the columns in
the spreadsheet to the XML schema is indicated in the FieldList
worksheet (right-most column).EditorsStephen M Richard
(AzGS)Wolfgang GrunbergRevisionCommentPersonDate0.1Initial draft
release.Wolfgang Grunberg8/19/20100.2DocumentationWolfgang
Grunberg8/23/20100.3Add resource vocabulary, edit comments, change
heading layout.Stephen Richard9/20/20101.0Add mapping view tab.
Give text a check edit.Stephen Richard10/27/20101.1Put in some
mapping values, clean up originator name fields, remove duplicate
fieldStephen Richard11/5/20101.1add all mapping xpaths from
headings in Metadata Template to ISO 19139 xml elementsStephen
Richard11/18/20101.1remove resource protocol field, it was not
necessary. Simplify, simplify!Stephen Richard11/23/20101.1.1Allow
for multiple resource_url values with [label] and pipe ('|')
delimiter. Add resource provider tab.Stephen
Richard11/24/20101.1.2add metadata contact position, distribution
contact position fields.Stephen Richard11/30/20101.2.0add related
resource field, change 'DataMappinvView' tab to 'FieldList' ,
'Vocabularies' to 'DataValidTerms' for consistency with other
templates. Add Instructions tab.Stephen Richard1/14/20111.3.1Clean
up instructions to indicate use of east longitude for geographic
extent. Change vertical extent indstuctions and labeling to
restrict to use of surface elevation and depths to report vertical
extent. If need to report vertical extents as elevation relative to
sea level, use template v. 1.2.Stephen Richard2/16/20111.3.1add
scope notes in FieldList tabStephen Richard3/10/20111.3.1add scope
notes in FieldList tabStephen Richard3/10/20111.3.2fix FieldList to
match field names for vertical extent in the Metadata Template
worksheet. Improve scope notes for vertical extent.Stephen
Richard5/27/20111.3.2Added Reviewer Comments tab.Esty
Pape5/31/20111.3.2update about note to reflect that this is not a
flat table equivalent of the XML schema for metadata interchange,
but a tool for compiling metadata content to be transformed to
XMLStephen Richard6/4/20111.3.3Changed MetadataProviderInformation
to ResourceProviderInformation on tab.Celia
Coleman8/5/20111.3.4Deleted a "Bugs" sheet.Celia
Coleman8/12/20111.3.4Tab Name Changes: ResourceProviderInfo to
DatasetMetadata and DataMappingView to FieldList.Leahanna
Musil8/18/20111.3.4update Notes and about tab. Rename workbook to
'Metadata Compilation Template' make its role clearer.Stephen
Richard8/26/2011Data RevisionsDateCommentPerson
NotesMetadata Specifications
Geothermal Data System Metadata ReportingMetadata - data about
data - is used to describe, discover and access digital or physical
resources. The USGIN metadata reporting recommendations
(http://repository.usgin.org/uri_gin/usgin/dlio/335) are designed
to balance the need for on-line, interoperable metadata discovery
and distribution with the cost of generating digital metadata. In
order to effectively advertise your resources, metadata records
must accomplish three major goals: Describe the digital or physical
resource or service.Credit the owner, author, originator, or
responsible party of the resource.Provide access information to the
described resource.
Metadata Export and Import FunctionalityThe metadata content
model is presented in a table view on the 'Metadata Template' tab,
and as a list of fields in the FieldList tab. The DatasetMetadata
tab contains fields for identifying the person or persons who
created the metadata record collection. This information will be
propagated to the metadata contact information section in the ISO
metadata documents produced from information entered in the
'Metadata Template' tab. The metadata template worksheet addresses
the use case in which an organization already has metadata compiled
in some tabular form. The fields in the existing table that you
already have need to be matched with corresponding fields in this
template, and columns of information from the existing table copied
into the corresponding column in this table. Only the pink-shaded
columns are required to be non-blank. In general, we expect that
any useful metadata compilation will contain the minimum content
requested here. If some required data are not available, put
'missing' in that field. Other columns in the template that are not
applicable or for which you have no information may be hidden to
reduce clutter and make the table easier to work with. If the
geographic bounding box is not applicable to the resource being
described, please put in 90, -90, 180, -180 (we assume it has to do
with something on earth...), and put the keyword nonGeographic in
the keywords_spatial column. The template worksheet may also be
imported into a database management system (dbms) as a table and
populated using database queries. For those who are comfortable
with data manipulation in a dbms, this is generally an easier way
to assemble the desired table. If this approach is taken, the final
table, after review and checking, should be exported from the dbms
as comma-delimited text (csv), and submitted for import to the
catalog in that format. Be sure to include the fieldnames in the
first row of the csv file. If you have questions, please contact
the project team at [email protected]. The metadata template
worksheet includes columns for the metadata content discussed in
the USGIN metadata recommendations document
(http://repository.usgin.org/uri_gin/usgin/dlio/335). The AASG
geothermal data team in Tucson has developed scripts to validate
the content of this spreadsheet, and load the metadata into our CSW
catalog implementation (currently using ESRI Geoportal, see
http://catalog.usgin.org/geoportal ), the ISO 19139 xml
implementation of ISO19115/119 content model according to the USGIN
profile
(http://repository.usgin.org/uri_gin/usgin/dlio/337).Required
metadata content elements are indicated on this sheet by pink color
in the columns. Excel outlining has been used to group columns to
allow expanding and hiding groups. The spreadsheet should open
initially with all groups expanded. Look for the boxes with the +
and - signs at the top of the Metadata template worksheet. Please
do not change rows 1 or 2 on the Metadata template sheet. The code
that extracts metadata and inserts in the catalog uses the element
names in row 2 for mapping to the metadata interchange format.
Changes to column headings will probably result in lost data or
upload failure. If you need other metadata content fields, the
upload scripts will have to be modified; please contact the AASG
project management team.The first row of the spreadsheet contains
some example data; this can be deleted when you load your
metadata.The DataValidTerms tab contains a list of resource types
we recommend for usage in the resource_type field.Please send any
questions or suggestions you have on the template spreadsheet or
metadata content recommendations to Steve Richard
([email protected]).Metadata FieldsKey: Groupings;
required, conditional, and optional metadata fields; (number of
values that can be specified). Citation
Title (1 entry): Succinct (preferably
