CatMDEdit is a metadata editor tool that facilitates the documentation of resources, with special focus on the description of geographic information resources.
The tool has been implemented in Java and has the following features:
More details about CatMDEdit can be found here.
Click here to download CatMDEdit through SourceForge.net.
CatMDEdit has been developed by the The Advanced Information Systems group of the University of Zaragoza and GeoSpatiumLab S.L.
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University of Zaragoza Computer Science and Systems Engineering Department Advanced Information Systems Laboratory (IAAA) |
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GeoSpatiumLab S.L. |
In case of referencing CatMDEdit tool in research reports and publications, please use the bibliographic citations listed within "Related publications".
The tool has been partially supported through the following projects:
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IDEE project (Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales Española). Agreement of collaboration between the National Geographic Institute and the University of Zaragoza (as representative of the TeIDE consortium) for the creation of the site for the Spanish Spatial Data Infrastructure and software for related activities. |
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SDIGER project (A cross-border inter-administration Spatial Data Infrastructure to support WFD information access for Adour-Garonne and Ebro River Basins). A pilot project on the implementation of the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE), funded by the Statistical Office of The European Communities (Eurostat) and supervised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC). |
The complete list of entities that have contributed to the CatMDEdit tool is the following:
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CNIG (Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica) |
(SDIGER) |
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Direcção Regional de Geografia e Cadastro Secretaria Regional do Equipamento Social e Transportes – Região Autónoma da Madeira
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(Portuguese translation) |
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Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Communities) |
(SDIGER) |
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IGN France International |
(SDIGER, French translation)
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Institut Géographique National (IGN France) |
(SDIGER) |
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Institute of geoinformatics, VSB-TU Ostrava |
(Czech translation) |
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Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN Spain) |
(IDEE) |
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Joint Research Centre Institute of Environment and Sustainability Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit |
(SDIGER) |
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Tecnologías para Infraestructuras de Datos Espaciales (TeIDE) |
(TeIDE) |
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Universidad Jaume I de Castellón. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos (LSI) Grupo de Información Geográfica |
(Member of TeIDE) |
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Departamento de Ingeniería Topográfica y Cartografía Grupo MERCATOR de Tecnologías de la Geoinformación |
(Member of TeIDE) |
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WOJEWÓDZKI OŚRODEK DOKUMENTACJI GEODEZYJNEJ I KARTOGRAFICZNEJ W KATOWICACH |
(Polish translation) |
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University of Zaragoza Computer Science and Systems Engineering Department Advanced Information Systems Laboratory (IAAA) María de Luna, 1 E-50018 Zaragoza. (Spain) Phone: (34) 976 762134 Fax: (34) 976 761914 |
Nogueras-Iso J, Zarazaga-Soria FJ, Muro-Medrano PR (2005). Geographic Information Metadata for Spatial Data Infrastructures - Resources, Interoperability and Information Retrieval. Springer Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-24464-6 .
Zarazaga-Soria FJ, Lacasta J, Nogueras-Iso J, Torres MP, Muro-Medrano PR (2003). A Java Tool for Creating ISO/FGDC Geographic Metadata. In Geodaten- und Geodienste-Infrastrukturen - von der Forschung zur praktischen Anwendung. Beiträge zu den Münsteraner GI-Tagen 26./27. Juni 2003, pp 17-30. IFGIprints 18, Münster, Germany.
The CatMDEdit library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
Last update: 23 May 2008