Information Service Board Metadata Standard – Appendix A
Approved Working Level Subset of FGDC/CSDGM
February 6th 2003
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Working
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Element Name |
Element Definition
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FGDC Hierarchy |
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Status |
The state of and maintenance
information for the data set. |
1.4 |
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Progress |
The state of the data set. Domain:
"Complete" "In Work" "Planned" |
1.4.1 |
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Maintenance and Update Frequency |
The frequency with which changes and
additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed.
Domain: "Continually" "Daily" "Weekly"
"Monthly" "Annually" "Unknown" "As
Needed" "Irregular" "None Planned" free text |
1.4.2 |
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Spatial Domain |
The geographic areal domain of the
data set. |
1.5 |
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Bounding Coordinates |
The limits of coverage of a data set
expressed by latitude and longitude values in the order western-most,
eastern-most, northern-most, and southern-most. For data sets that include a
complete band of latitude around the earth, the West Bounding Coordinate |
1.5.1 |
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West Bounding Coordinate |
Western-most coordinate of the limit
of coverage expressed in longitude. Domain: -180.0 <= West Bounding
Coordinate < 180.0 |
1.5.1.1 |
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East Bounding Coordinate |
Eastern-most coordinate of the limit
of coverage expressed in longitude. Domain: -180.0 <= East Bounding
Coordinate < 180.0 |
1.5.1.2 |
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North Bounding Coordinate |
Northern-most coordinate of the limit
of coverage expressed in latitude. Domain: -90.0 <= North Bounding
Coordinate <= 90.0; North Bounding Coordinate >= South Bounding
Coordinate |
1.5.1.3 |
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South Bounding Coordinate |
Southern-most coordinate of the limit
of coverage expressed in latitude. Domain: -90.0 <= South Bounding
Coordinate <= 90.0: South Bounding Coordinate <= North Bounding
Coordinate |
1.5.1.4 |
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Theme Keyword Thesaurus |
Reference to a formally registered
thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords. Domain:
"None" free text |
1.6.1.1 |
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Place Keyword Thesaurus |
Reference to a formally registered thesaurus
or a similar authoritative source of place keywords. Domain: "None"
"Geographic Names Information System" free text |
1.6.2.1 |
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Access Constraints |
Restrictions and legal prerequisites
for accessing the data set. These include any access constraints applied to
assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any special
restrictions or limitations on obtaining the data. Domain: "None |
1.7 |
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Use Constraints |
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for
using the data set after access is granted. These include any access
constraints applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual
property, and any special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the d |
1.8 |
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Attribute Accuracy |
An assessment of the accuracy of the
identification of entities and assignment of attribute values in a data set. |
2.1 |
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Attribute Accuracy Report |
An explanation of the accuracy of the
identification of the entities and assignments of values in the data set and
a description of the texts used. Domain: free text |
2.1.1 |
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Positional Accuracy |
An assessment of the accuracy of the
positions of spatial objects. |
2.4 |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy |
An estimate of accuracy of the
horizontal positions of the spatial objects. |
2.4.1 |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report |
An explanation of the accuracy of the
horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used.
Domain: free text |
2.4.1.1 |
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Vertical Positional Accuracy |
An estimate of accuracy of the
vertical positions in the data set. |
2.4.2 |
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Vertical Positional Accuracy Report |
An explanation of the accuracy of the
vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. Domain:
free text |
2.4.2.1 |
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Source Scale Denominator |
The denominator of the representative
fraction on a map (for example, on a 1:24,000-scale map, the Source Scale
Denominator is 24,000. Domain: Source Scale Denominator > 1 |
2.5.1.2 |
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Source Contribution |
Brief explanation identifying the
information contributed by the source to the data set. Domain: free text |
2.5.1.6 |
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Spatial Data Organization Information |
The mechanism used to represent
spatial information in the data set. |
3 |
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Direct Spatial Reference Method |
The system of objects used to
represent space in the data set. Domain: "Point" "Vector"
"Raster" |
3.2 |
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Raster Object Information |
The types and numbers of raster
spatial objects in the data set. |
3.4 |
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Raster Object Type |
Raster spatial objects used to locate
zero-, one-, and two-, and three-dimensional locations in the data set.
Domain: "Point" "Pixel" "Grid Cell"
"Vexel" |
3.4.1 |
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Spatial Reference Information |
The description of the reference
frame for, and the means to encode, coordinates in the data set. |
4 |
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Horizontal Coordinate System
Definition |
The reference frame or system from
which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position
that a point occupies. |
4.1 |
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Planar |
The quantities of distances or, or distances
and angles, which define the position of a point on a reference plane to
which the surface of the Earth has been projected. |
4.1.2 |
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Grid Coordinate System |
A plane-rectangular coordinate system
usually based on, and mathematically adjusted to, a map projection so that
geographic positions can be readily transformed to and from plane
coordinates. |
4.1.2.2 |
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Grid Coordinate System Name |
Name of the grid coordinate system.
Domain: A code table |
4.1.2.2.1 |
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State Plane Coordinate System (SPSC) |
A plane-rectangular coordinate system
established for each state in the United States by the National Geodetic
Survey. |
4.1.2.2.4 |
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SPCS Zone Identifier |
Identifier for the SPCS zone. Domain:
Four-digit numeric code for the State Plane Coordinate Systems based on the
North American Datum of 1983 are found in Department of Commerce, 1986,
Representation of geographic point locations for information interchange |
4.1.2.2.4.1 |
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Planar Coordinate Information |
Information about coordinate system |
4.1.2.4 |
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Planar Distance Units |
Units of measure used for distance |
4.1.2.4.4 |
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Geodetic Model |
Parameters for the shape of the
Earth. |
4.1.4 |
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Horizontal Datum Name |
The identification given to the
reference system used for defining the coordinates of points. Domain:
"North American Datum of 1927" "North American Datum of
1983" free text |
4.1.4.1 |
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Ellipsoid Name |
Identification given to established representations
of the Earth's shape. |
4.1.4.2 |
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Semi-major Axis |
Radius of the equatorial axis of the
ellipsoid |
4.1.4.3 |
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Denominator of Flattening Ratio |
The denominator of the ratio of the difference
between the equatorial and polar radii of the ellipsoid when numerator is set
to 1. |
4.1.4.4 |
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Vertical Coordinate System Definition |
The reference frame or system from
which vertical distances (altitudes or depths) are measured |
4.2 |
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Altitude System Definition |
The reference frame or system from
which altitudes (elevations) are measured.
The term "altitude" is used instead of the common term
"elevation" to conform to the terminology in Federal Information
Processing Standards 70-1 and 173 |
4.2.1 |
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Altitude Datum Name |
The identification given to the
surface taken as the surface of the reference frame from which altitude is
measured |
4.2.1.1 |
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Depth System Definition |
The reference frame of system from
which depths are measured |
4.2.2 |
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Depth
Datum Name |
The identification given to surface of reference
from which depths are measured |
4.2.2.1 |
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Detailed Description |
Description of the entities,
attributes, attribute values, and related characteristics encoded in the data
set. |
5.1 |
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Entity Type |
The definition and description of a
set into which similar entity instances are classified. |
5.1.1 |
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Entity Type Label |
The name of the entity type. Domain:
free text |
5.1.1.1 |
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Entity Type Definition |
The name of the entity type. Domain:
free text |
5.1.1.2 |
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Attribute |
A define characteristic of an entity. |
5.1.2 |
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Attribute Label |
The name of the attribute. Domain:
free text |
5.1.2.1 |
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Attribute Definition |
The description of the attribute. Domain:
free text |
5.1.2.2 |
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Attribute Domain Value |
The valid values that can be assigned
for an attribute. |
5.1.2.4 |
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Enumerated Domain |
The members of an established set of
valid values. |
5.1.2.4.1 |
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Enumerated Domain Value |
The name or label of a member of the
set. Domain: free text |
5.1.2.4.1.1 |
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Enumerated Domain Value Definition |
The description of the value. Domain:
free text |
5.1.2.4.1.2 |
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Range Domain |
The minimum and maximum values of a
continuum of valid values. |
5.1.2.4.2 |
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Range Domain Minimum |
The least value that the attribute
can be assigned. Domain: free text |
5.1.2.4.2.1 |
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Range Domain Maximum |
The greatest value that the attribute
can be assigned. Domain: free text |
5.1.2.4.2.2 |
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Codeset Domain |
Reference to a standard or list which
contains the members of an established set of valid values. |
5.1.2.4.3 |
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Codeset Name |
The title of the codeset. Domain:
free text |
5.1.2.4.3.1 |
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Codeset Source |
The authority for the codeset.
Domain: free text |
5.1.2.4.3.2 |
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Attribute Units of Measurement |
The standard of measurement for an
attribute value. Domain: free text |
5.1.2.5 |
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Attribute Measurement Resolution |
The smallest unit increment to which
an attribute value is measured. Domain: Attribute Measurement Resolution >
0.0 |
5.1.2.6 |
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Citation Information |
The recommended reference to be used
for the data set. |
8 |
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Originator |
The name of organization or
individual that developed data set. |
8.1 |
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Publication Date |
Date dataset published |
8.2 |
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Title |
The recommended name of dataset |
8.4 |