Abstract

Implementing ISO Metadata for EPA and Idaho Geospatial Clearinghouses
Track: Spatial Data Infrastructure
Authors: Dan Spinosa

Planning for, testing, and implementing a transition from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) metadata is a major task that involves a number of considerations. This transition at the clearinghouse level will play a key role in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) as US organizations adopt the latest ISO metadata standard.
This project will identify a process, plan, and workflow for two major geospatial data clearinghouses transitioning from the FGDC CSDGM to the ISO 19115-2 metadata standard. Innovate! Inc. will leverage resources (personnel, tools, practices and content) from the US EPA Environmental Dataset Gateway (EDG) and the State of Idaho - INSIDE Idaho metadata clearinghouses in evaluating the requirements for transitioning to the ISO standard. This project will assist data contributors and clearinghouses since both may utilize tools such as ESRI's ArcGIS Catalog to edit metadata.