Abstract
Making the Business Case for Metadata Track: Metadata and Data Publishing Author(s): Sharon Shin, Lynda Wayne After years of promoting metadata as a means for others to discover your geospatial data, it has become apparent that the true benefit of quality geospatial metadata is the ability to discover and manage your OWN geospatial data. In addition, robust metadata can be a valuable means of managing geospatial data projects. Metadata that is developed as a component of the data, integrated into the workflow process, and populated with useful information can enhance geospatial data discovery and re-use, maintenance and update, accountability, and liability, and actively support project planning, monitoring, deliverables, and collaboration. This is not your mother's metadata. Sharon Shin Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat/ P.O. Box 25046 Mail Stop 302 Building 810 Room 8000 Denver , CO 80225-0946 US Phone: 303-202-4230 E-mail: www.fgdc.gov Lynda Wayne FGDC/GeoMaxim 60 Cherokee Road Asheville , NC 28801 US Phone: 828.254.9547 E-mail: Lwayne@fgdc.gov |
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