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Metadata and Project Archiving

  • Discoverable - A characteristic of data that allows it to be searched and found by others, usually by a search keyword or other metadata descriptor.

  • Crosswalk (metadata) - Translating metadata from one schema to another.

  • Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) - A committee of the U.S. government which facilitates the creation, sharing, use/reuse, and distribution of geospatial data on a national level.

  • FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) - The FGDC’s geographic metadata standard.

  • International Standardization Organization (ISO) - The International Organization for Standardization, which creates and promotes standards for various products, disciplines, and industries.

  • ISO 8601 - ISO’s date and time representation for data elements.

  • ISO 19115 - ISO’s metadata standard for describing geographic information and geographic information services.

  • ISO 19139 - ISO’s XML implementation rules for encoding geospatial metadata.

  • Metadata Schema - A schema describes the structure of your metadata and how the metadata about your object is set up.

  • Metadata Standard - A very widely agreed upon schema which has been endorsed by a community or standards organization, like ISO or FGDC.

  • Reproducibility - The potential for your research data to be used to replicate your findings. As a rule, your published data should be as seamlessly reproducible as possible so that others can verify your findings and build from your research.