Baseline of GeoPlatform Standards¶
Metadata Standards¶
GeoPlatform follows the Federal Geographic Data Committee’s (FGDC) Geospatial Metadata Standards and Guidelines. For more information on FGDC’s Guidance see the FGDC Technical Guidance: Data.gov and The GeoPlatform Metadata Recommendations document. For more information on GeoPlatform’s data sources and for getting data published in GeoPlatform see the GeoPlatform Data Sources FAQ.
Agencies publishing to Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov are expected to create metadata using ISO geospatial metadata standards:
ISO 19115: Geographic Information – Metadata content standard and formatted using ISO/TS 19139:2007: Geographic information – Metadata – XML schema
ISO 19115-2:2019 Geographic information — Metadata — Part 2: Extensions for acquisition and processing and formatted using ISO/TS 19139-2:2012: Geographic information — Metadata — XML schema implementation — Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data
ISO 19115-1:2014 Geographic Information – Metadata – Part 1: Fundamentals – Metadata content standard and formatted using ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 Geographic information — Metadata — Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts
From the FGDC Geospatial Metadata Standards and Guidelines Page:
When metadata records are formatted to a common standard, it facilitates the location and readability of the metadata by both humans and machines. NSDI Stakeholders have long utilized the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). However, Circular A-119 Revised directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards in lieu of government-unique standards. Furthermore, Circular A-16 promotes the use of international standards to advance the building of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI). Several ISO metadata standards are now endorsed by the FGDC and federal agencies and NSDI Stakeholders are encouraged to make the transition to ISO metadata.
