1. National Coastal Data Development Center A division of the National Oceanographic Data Center Please email a list of participants at each location to ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Also Email questions for the Q&A session to ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Introduction to Geospatial Metadata – ISO 191** Metadata

2. Series Materials - ftp://ftp.ncddc.noaa.gov/pub/Metadat a/Online_ISO_Training/ NOAA EDM Wiki ( ) - https://geo- ide.noaa.gov/wiki/index.php?title=Mai n _Page Workbooks - http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata- standards/ ISO Resources

3. Tools for Creating and Editing ISO Metadata

4. Various tools created depending on user needs: Desktop vs. Web Applications GUI vs. XML Tools for Creating and Editing ISO Metadata

5. CatMDEdit Metadata editor tool that focuses on the description of geographic information Platform independent Multilingual (Spanish, English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Czech) Multiple profiles/standards ISO 19139 FGDC CSDGM ISO 19115 NEM INSPIRE WISE ISO 19119 Dublin Core

6. CatMDEdit

7. Customization of the tool to support new standards and metadata profiles according to user needs. Automatic metadata generation for some data file formats: Shapefile, DGN, ECW, FICC, GeoTiff, GIF/GFW, JPG/JGW, PNG/PGW. Automatic metadata generation from the "getCapabilities" operation supported by a service that complies with the OGC Specifications (WMS, CSW, WFS, WCS or WPS).

8. CatMDEdit Benefits ISO 19115, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core Good validation Ingest and export records Auto generation for some file formats Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Open-source Free Challenges No ISO 19115-2, Biological, or NAP support No search or common catalog No transform engine No XML attributes

9. ISOMorph Email: jmize@radiancetech.com for a test accountjmize@radiancetech.com

10. ISOMorph Benefits Free to use ISO 19115-2 Good validation Linked to workbooks Platform independent GUI Customizable Supports XLinks Domain drop-downs Insert existing metadata Challenges Must save externally No internal validation

11. ISOMorph http://asd.radiancetech.com/isomorph/

12. MERMAid https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/request-account

13. MERMAid Benefits Native FGDC CSDGM, RSE, BIO, Shoreline Exports ISO 19115-2 Exports ISO 19110 Ingest and export records Platform independent GUI Customizable Open-source Free Challenges No native ISO editing External validation

14. GeoNetwork

15. GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions, as well as an embedded interactive web map viewer. Platform independent Multilingual Multiple standards ISO 19139 FGDC CSDGM ISO 19115 ISO 19115-2 ISO 19119 ISO 19110 Dublin Core

16. GeoNetwork http://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Presentation of metadata records using different view formats, such as HTML. Free download

17. GeoNetwork Benefits ISO 19115, ISO 19115-2, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core Good validation Ingest and export batch records Search interface Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Common repository Open-source Challenges Complicated start-up Validation errors are hard to understand sometimes No biological or NAP support Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC-ISO transforms)

18. Geoportal

19. Benefits Partial FGDC CSDGM, RSE, ISO 19115, 19115-2, and 19110 Auto populates some fields Provides some drop-down menus Integrated workflow Challenges Does not support full standards No biological support Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC-ISO transforms) Few XML attributes Cannot edit auto populated fields without editing code

20. Geoportal http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoportal/

21. ArcGIS 10.2 ArcGIS Help 10.2 > Geodata > Data types > Metadata http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktop

22. ArcGIS 10.2 Benefits ArcCatalog Companion to ArcGIS Desktop Mandatory Fields Outlined Validation Hints Provided Challenges Stores in ArcGIS Metadata format

23. XMLSpy

25. http://www.altova.com/xmlspy.html

26. XMLSpy Benefits More power! Support any standard if you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Nice graphics generated from schemas Performs transformations Performs validation Skins Challenges $$$ Must know XML No GUI

27. Altova Authentic

28. hhttp://www.altova.com/download/authentic.html

29. Altova Authentic Benefits Free Customizable GUI via skins Desktop or web-based Challenges Skin development externally

30. oXygen

31. http://www.oxygenxml.com/

32. oXygen Benefits More power! Support any standard if you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Performs transformations Performs validation Challenges $$$ Must know XML Must set up validation and transformation scenarios No GUI

33. NGDC Record Services https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/recordServices

34. Component Registry - Docucomp https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/

35. EPSG Registry http://www.epsg-registry.org/

36. ncISO http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eds/tds/

37. ncISO

38. ISO Metadata Editor Review http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-groups- subcommittees/mwg/isoreview/index_html

39. Tools for ISO Metadata Email questions to ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov