<s>
Geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
(	O
also	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
metadata	O
applicable	O
to	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
objects	O
may	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
or	O
may	O
simply	O
be	O
documents	O
,	O
data-sets	O
,	O
images	O
or	O
other	O
objects	O
,	O
services	O
,	O
or	O
related	O
items	O
that	O
exist	O
in	O
some	O
other	O
native	O
environment	O
but	O
whose	O
features	O
may	O
be	O
appropriate	O
to	O
describe	O
in	O
a	O
(	O
geographic	O
)	O
metadata	O
catalog	O
(	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
data	O
directory	O
or	O
data	O
inventory	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	O
19115:2013	O
"	O
Geographic	B-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
–	O
Metadata	O
"	O
from	O
ISO/TC	O
211	O
,	O
the	O
industry	O
standard	O
for	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
,	O
describes	O
its	O
scope	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
U.S.	O
Federal	O
Geographic	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Committee	O
(	O
FGDC	O
)	O
describes	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
growing	O
appreciation	O
of	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
through	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
1990s	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
initiatives	O
to	O
collect	O
metadata	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
formats	O
either	O
within	O
agencies	O
,	O
communities	O
of	O
practice	O
,	O
or	O
countries/groups	O
of	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
FGDC	O
developed	O
its	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
standard	O
over	O
the	O
period	O
1992	O
–	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spatial	B-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
Council	O
of	O
Australia	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
(	O
ANZLIC	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
combined	O
body	O
representing	O
spatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
interests	O
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
released	O
version	O
1	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
metadata	O
guidelines	O
"	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO/TC	O
211	O
undertook	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
harmonizing	O
the	O
range	O
of	O
formal	O
and	O
de	O
facto	O
standards	O
over	O
the	O
approximate	O
period	O
1999	O
–	O
2002	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
ISO	O
19115	O
"	O
Geographic	B-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
–	O
Metadata	O
"	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
a	O
subsequent	O
revision	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
individual	O
countries	O
,	O
communities	O
of	O
practice	O
,	O
agencies	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
growth	O
in	O
popularity	O
of	O
Internet	O
technologies	O
and	O
data	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Markup	I-Protocol
Language	I-Protocol
(	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
mechanisms	O
for	O
exchanging	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
Open	O
Geospatial	B-General_Concept
Consortium	O
released	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
(	O
3.1	O
)	O
of	O
Geography	O
Markup	O
Language	O
(	O
GML	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
grammar	O
for	O
expressing	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
features	O
and	O
corresponding	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
Semantic	O
Web	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
,	O
the	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
community	O
has	O
begun	O
to	O
develop	O
ontologies	O
for	O
representing	O
semantic	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
ISO	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
suite	O
of	O
standards	O
(	O
19100	O
series	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	O
19115	O
and	O
its	O
parts	O
define	O
how	O
to	O
describe	O
geographical	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
and	O
associated	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
contents	O
,	O
spatial-temporal	O
purchases	O
,	O
data	O
quality	O
,	O
access	O
and	O
rights	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
establishing	O
a	O
common	O
set	O
of	O
metadata	O
terminology	O
,	O
definitions	O
and	O
extension	O
procedures	O
,	O
this	O
standard	O
promotes	O
the	O
proper	O
use	O
and	O
effective	O
retrieval	O
of	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	O
19139:2012	O
provides	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
implementation	O
schema	O
for	O
ISO	O
19115	O
specifying	O
the	O
metadata	O
record	O
format	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
,	O
validate	O
,	O
and	O
exchange	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
prepared	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
ISO	O
geographic	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
suite	O
of	O
standards	O
(	O
19100	O
series	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
spatial	O
metadata	O
XML	B-Protocol
(	O
spatial	O
metadata	O
eXtensible	O
Mark-up	O
Language	O
(	O
smXML	O
)	O
)	O
encoding	O
,	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
implementation	O
derived	O
from	O
ISO	O
19115	O
,	O
Geographic	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
–	O
Metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
National	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
System	O
which	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
US-based	O
National	O
States	O
Geographic	B-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
Council	O
(	O
NSGIC	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
entire	O
US	O
GIS	B-Application
Community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
primary	O
purpose	O
is	O
to	O
track	O
data	O
availability	O
and	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
implementation	O
in	O
state	O
and	O
local	O
governments	O
to	O
aid	O
the	O
planning	O
and	O
building	O
of	O
statewide	O
spatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
infrastructures	O
(	O
SSDI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Random	O
Access	O
Metadata	O
for	O
Online	O
Nationwide	O
Assessment	O
(	O
RAMONA	O
)	O
database	O
is	O
a	O
critical	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
website	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
NSGIC	O
under	O
award	O
NA04NOS4730011	O
from	O
the	O
Coastal	O
Services	O
Center	O
,	O
National	O
Oceanic	O
and	O
Atmospheric	O
Administration	O
,	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Commerce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Federal	O
Emergency	O
Management	O
Agency	O
and	O
National	O
Oceanic	O
and	O
Atmospheric	O
Administration	O
have	O
provided	O
additional	O
resources	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
improve	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
provides	O
a	O
very	O
simple	O
interface	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
required	O
Metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GoGeo	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
conduct	O
geographically	O
targeted	O
searches	O
to	O
discover	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
proprietary	O
GIS	B-Application
or	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
products	O
that	O
support	O
metadata	O
viewing	O
and	O
editing	O
on	O
GIS	B-Application
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
ESRI	O
's	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
,	O
SOCET	O
GXP	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
's	O
AutoCAD	O
Map	O
3D	O
2008	O
,	O
Arcitecta	O
's	O
Mediaflux	O
and	O
Intergraph	O
's	O
GeoMedia	B-Application
support	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
extensively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
free	O
web-based	O
tool	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
very	O
simple	O
interface	O
to	O
create	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
produces	O
metadata	O
that	O
is	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
Federal	O
Content	O
Standard	O
for	O
Digital	O
Geospatial	B-General_Concept
Metadata	I-General_Concept
(	O
CSDGM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
is	O
also	O
capably	O
of	O
ingesting	O
already	O
completed	O
metadata	O
through	O
document	O
upload	O
and	O
web	O
server	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
Inventory	O
web	O
services	O
,	O
metadata	O
are	O
automatically	O
shared	O
with	O
US	O
Federal	O
agencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
Free	B-Application
and	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
Software	I-Application
solution	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
publish	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	I-General_Concept
and	O
services	O
based	O
on	O
international	O
metadata	O
and	O
catalog	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	B-General_Concept
Foundation	O
's	O
software	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
allows	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
,	O
validate	O
and	O
directly	O
publish	O
metadata	O
from	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
to	O
(	O
and	O
generic	O
CSW	O
catalogs	O
)	O
and	O
publishes	O
data	O
as	O
map	O
services	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pycsw	B-Application
is	O
an	O
OGC	O
CSW	O
server	O
implementation	O
written	O
in	O
Python	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pycsw	B-Application
fully	O
implements	O
the	O
OpenGIS	O
Catalogue	O
Service	O
Implementation	O
Specification	O
(	O
Catalogue	O
Service	O
for	O
the	O
Web	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
