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ArcCatalog Problems Displaying Metadata: Metadata does not appear in downloaded data

Background:

Metadata associated with data downloads does not automatically display in ArcCatalog under the Metadata tab; it must be imported (Note: before metadata is imported, generic metadata will display so it may appear to the user that the metadata is there).

Advice:

To import metadata for a given dataset, make sure the metadata tab is selected in the ArcCatalog window and highlight the grid in the ArcCatalog Catalog Tree. On the Metadata toolbar, click the Import Metadata button. For format, Select FGDC CSDGM (XML) , and using the Browse button, navigate to the folder where the raster data layer is located and double click on the Metadata.xml file. Click OK on the Import Metadata dialog box. Layer metadata should then display properly in ArcCatalog.

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