Esri Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Esri Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Introduction

Objective

The objective of this profile is to make metadata more accessible and useful on a daily basis when browsing, searching, and managing data. ArcGIS^™ software has the capability to automatically manage and update metadata as the data changes and has made that metadata easily accessible. This profile defines additional elements to support that process and to document characteristics of datasets that are not addressed by the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.

The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata will be referred to elsewhere in this document as the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standard. The Esri Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata will be referred to elsewhere in this document as the Esri Profile.

Scope

The Esri Profile is intended to support the daily use of metadata with ArcCatalog^™ and other Esri^® software. This document describes minor modifications to the domains of a few elements in the FGDC standard. It also extends that standard by adding some new compound elements and data elements.

The elements added by the Esri Profile are intended to allow an item's properties to be automatically harvested and recorded in the metadata, to provide information in terms that are more familiar and relevant to Esri software users, and to allow metadata records to contain graphics and files that describe the dataset. The extended elements also allow improved documentation of items that aren't specifically addressed by the FGDC standard. In this document, "item" is used to refer to spatial and nonspatial datasets, maps, and other related documents, all of which may have metadata describing their contents. Overall, this profile helps Esri to accomplish the goal of making metadata easier to generate, maintain, and use.

Applicability

Several United States government agencies are required to document their geospatial data by Executive Order 12906, Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The FGDC standard is the data documentation standard that is required to be used when complying with the Executive Order.

Esri recognizes that many groups, even those who are not mandated to do so, would be more likely to create metadata if the task was easier and if the resulting metadata was more readily available. This profile assists Esri software in making FGDC-standard metadata easier to create and maintain.

Related Standards

The FGDC standard was developed to allow creation of standardized metadata to preserve the value and meaning of datasets, allow search and retrieval of metadata via clearinghouses, and aid in data transfer. The Esri Profile was developed to further these goals by extending the FGDC standard.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) document 19115, Geographic Information—Metadata, is currently a Final Draft International Standard; it will be referred to elsewhere in this document as the ISO metadata standard. The FGDC standard is the foundation on which the ISO metadata standard is built. The Esri Profile is in part intended to facilitate the creation of ISO metadata by including some elements that were proposed for the ISO standard for which information could be automatically harvested from spatial datasets. When the FGDC adopts the ISO standard, Esri will design a profile of the ISO standard so that properties of datasets can continue to be harvested and recorded in metadata documents.

Standards Development Process

The FGDC standard was officially adopted on June 8, 1994. Based on user feedback, the FGDC modified the standard in 1998. The modified standard included provisions for the development of extensions and profiles on the standard. One such profile is the Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC‑STD-001.1-1999. The Biological Data Profile allows the use of the FGDC metadata standard in the development of metadata on biological resource datasets, regardless of whether the datasets are explicitly geospatial in nature.

This profile was developed at Esri by members of the ArcGIS metadata team in consultation with metadata users. Following the guidelines in the FGDC standard, the Esri Profile defines several extended elements to allow the documentation of a variety of types of data. As new data formats and nonspatial items are supported and advancements are made in harvesting properties from those items, new elements may be added. The Esri Profile will be updated as necessary with each software release. However, this profile will remain "backwards compatible", and changes will be documented within it.

Maintenance Authority

The maintenance authority for the Esri Profile is the ArcGIS metadata team. Questions concerning the profile should be addressed to Esri Metadata Profile Questions, c/o ArcGIS Metadata Team, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA 92373-8100. Copies of this publication are available on the World Wide Web at http://support.esri.com/ and http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html. Copies of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/contstan.html.

Elements of the Esri Profile

The Esri Profile adds several elements to those defined by the FGDC standard. These additions provide information not addressed in the FGDC standard, information in terms native to Esri data formats and software, and information used for the automated management and update of metadata records. The elements added by the Esri Profile are summarized in Appendix D.

Each section in the Esri Profile is described by the production rules defining the section's contents followed by a detailed description of each element that is added or modified by the Esri Profile. The production rules follow the notation used by the FGDC standard; for convenience, an overview is included below. In the production rules, elements that are defined by the FGDC standard appear with black text. Elements added by the Esri Profile are presented with light blue text. Elements defined by the FGDC standard whose conditionality or domain has been modified by the Esri Profile are presented with orange text. This format makes it clear how the Esri Profile augments the FGDC standard.

The element descriptions are arranged hierarchically to make it easier to see how the elements are organized. In an element's description, changes between software releases in how the element is used or changes to its domain will be noted with green text; these changes are summarized in Appendix B. Changes to an FGDC element's conditionality or domain are described with orange text; these changes are summarized in Appendix A. FGDC standard elements are only included if the element contains extended elements or if the element is modified by the Esri Profile. Descriptions for these elements are taken from the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata; the element numbers are included for reference.

Below the element's description, its type, domain, short name, and source are defined. An element's type is either compound or a data type such as text, integer, real, date, or time. Compound elements contain other elements. Data elements contain values of a specific data type. Each data element has a domain defining the values the element can contain. FGDC guidelines must be followed when specifying an element's value. Refer to the FGDC standard for information about how to record dates and times, latitude and longitude, and network addresses and file names in the metadata. When stored in XML format, the short name is used to represent each element in the metadata document.

Overview of Production Rules

The production rules define the relationships between a compound element and the elements it may contain; refer to the FGDC standard for a complete description of the production rules. Each production rule has the compound element on the left, an equal sign, and an expression on the right. The expression may include data elements and other compound elements. The symbols used in the production rules have the following meaning

=	is replaced by, produces, consists of.
+	and.
[ \| ]	selection—Select one term from the list of enclosed terms\| (exclusive or). Terms are separated by "\|".
m{}n	iteration—The term(s) enclosed is(are) repeated from "m" to "n" times.
()	optional—The term(s) enclosed is(are) optional.

For example:

a = b + c	a consists of b and c.
a = [ b \| c ]	a consists of b or c.
a = 4{b}6	a consists of four to six occurrences of b.
a = b + (c)	a consists of b and, optionally, c.

Because all items do not have the same characteristics, elements may be "mandatory if applicable". This means that if the item exhibits a characteristic, information about that characteristic must be provided. For example, if the item is a vector dataset, information about its features must be provided. If the item is a raster dataset, information describing the raster data must be provided—elements that describe vector data are not included. This concept is described by the production rule 0{term}1.

Terms enclosed by parentheses, "(" and ")", are optional. If you choose to provide optional information, you shall follow the production rules for the enclosed information. For example, if you decide to provide the optional information described by the term (a + b + c), you shall provide a and b and c.

Metadata

Metadata =

0{Esri_Information}1 +

Identification_Information +

0{Data_Quality_Information}1 +

0{Spatial_Data_Organization_Information}1 +

0{Spatial_Reference_Information}1 +

0{Entity_and_Attribute_Information}1 +

0{Distribution_Information}n +

Metadata_Reference_Information +

(Binary_Enclosures)

Esri Information—Contains elements that identify a metadata record and support metadata management and synchronization by ArcCatalog.

Type: compound

Short Name: Esri

Source: Esri

Binary Enclosures—Contains additional documents that have been included in the metadata to describe the item.

Type: compound

Short Name: Binary

Source: Esri

Esri Information

Esri_Information =

0{Metadata_ID}1 +

0{Creation_Date}1 +

0{Creation_Time}1 +

0{Synchronize_Once}1 +

0{Synchronization_Date}1 +

0{Synchronization_Time}1 +

0{Modification_Date}1 +

0{Modification_Time}1 +

0{Published_Document_ID}1 +

0{Publish_Status}1 +

0{ArcIMS_Server}1 +

0{ArcIMS_Service}1 +

0{ArcIMS_Service_Type}1 +

0{ArcIMS_Feature_Class_Type}1 +

0{ArcIMS_Feature_Class_Name}1 +

0{Data_Properties}1 +

(Synchronize_Automatically) +

0{Geocoding_Information}1

Data_Properties =

0{Topology_Information}1

Topology_Information =

Topology_Properties +

0{Topology_Rule}n

Topology_Properties =

Topology_Name +

Cluster_Tolerance +

Maximum_Error_Count

Topology_Rule =

Topology_Rule_ID +

(Topology_Rule_Name) +

Topology_Rule_Type +

(Rule_Help) +

Topology_Rule_Origin +

Topology_Rule_Destination

Topology_Rule_Origin =

Feature_Class_Name +

Subtype_Code +

Subtype_Name +

All_Origin_Subtypes

Topology_Rule_Destination =

Feature_Class_Name +

Subtype_Code +

Subtype_Name +

All_Destination_Subtypes

Geocoding_Information =

This information is unavailable at this time.

Metadata ID—A Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) that is assigned to the metadata record when it is created. A GUID is a 128-bit number that is generated by an algorithm, for example, {227697D8-9E74-11D3-A63C-0008C7DF8C99}. While this identifier was intended to uniquely identify the metadata record and its associated item when the metadata is published to a metadata server, in practice this identifier is not guaranteed to be unique and therefore cannot be used for this purpose.

Type: text

Domain: 38-character text string representing a GUID

Short Name: MetaID

Source: Esri

Creation Date—The date that the metadata was created.

Type: date

Domain: free date

Short Name: CreaDate

Source: Esri

Creation Time—The time that the metadata was created.

Type: time

Domain: free time

Short Name: CreaTime

Source: Esri

Synchronize Once—The presence of this element with the value "TRUE" indicates that the metadata hasn't been synchronized with the item it describes. Synchronization is the process of automatically harvesting an item's properties and recording them in the metadata. When synchronization occurs and the value is "TRUE", documentation hints or similar template information is added to the metadata, and the value is changed to "FALSE". NOTE: ArcCatalog 8 removed this element rather than changing its value; this will not affect synchronization with version 8.1 or later.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: SyncOnce

Source: Esri

Synchronization Date—The date that the metadata was last synchronized by ArcCatalog.

Type: date

Domain: free date

Short Name: SyncDate

Source: Esri

Synchronization Time—The time that the metadata was last synchronized by ArcCatalog.

Type: time

Domain: free time

Short Name: SyncTime

Source: Esri

Modification Date—The date that the metadata was last modified either by synchronization or manual editing. Manually editing the metadata in ArcCatalog refers to one of the following tasks: using a metadata editor, using the Metadata Properties dialog box (for example, to add an enclosure), creating or updating the item's thumbnail, or modifying the metadata programmatically through ArcObjects^™.

Type: date

Domain: free date

Short Name: ModDate

Source: Esri

Modification Time—The time that the metadata was last modified either by synchronization or manual editing.

Type: time

Domain: free time

Short Name: ModTime

Source: Esri

Published Document ID—A Globally Unique Identifier that is assigned to the metadata record the first time it is published to an ArcIMS^® Metadata Service. A GUID is a 128‑bit number that is generated by an algorithm, for example, {227697D8-9E74-11D3-A63C-0008C7DF8C99}. This value is guaranteed to be unique; it will identify the metadata record and its associated item when the metadata is published to any ArcIMS Metadata Service.

Type: text

Domain: 38-character text string representing a GUID

Short Name: PublishedDocID

Source: Esri

Published Status—Identifies whether or not the metadata record has been successfully published to an ArcIMS Metadata Service.

Type: text

Domain: "Published", "Error publishing"

Short Name: PublishStatus

Source: Esri

ArcIMS Server—Used to identify the ArcIMS service that is described by the metadata record. The HTTP location associated with the ArcIMS site from which the service is available. The location should be specified in the form of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: Server

Source: Esri

ArcIMS Service—The name of the ArcIMS service that is described by the metadata record.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: Service

Source: Esri

ArcIMS Service Type—The type of ArcIMS service described by the metadata record.

Type: text

Domain: "image", "feature"

Short Name: ServiceType

Source: Esri

ArcIMS Feature Class Type—The type of ArcIMS feature class described by the metadata record.

Type: text

Domain: "image", "feature", "wms"

Short Name: ServiceFCType

Source: Esri

ArcIMS Feature Class Name—The name of the ArcIMS feature class described by the metadata record.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: ServiceFCName

Source: Esri

Data Properties—Collection of properties describing the item.

Type: compound

Short Name: DataProperties

Source: Esri

Topology Information—Information about a topology in a geodatabase.

Type: compound

Short Name: topoinfo

Source: Esri

Topology Properties—General properties of the topology.

Type: compound

Short Name: topoProps

Source: Esri

Topology Name—The name of the topology.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: topoName

Source: Esri

Cluster Tolerance—The tolerance used when validating the topology.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: clusterTol

Source: Esri

Maximum Error Count—The maximum number of errors that will be handled during validation. If the number of topology errors found exceeds this number, validation will stop.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: maxErrors

Source: Esri

Topology Rule—Information about a topology rule.

Type: compound

Short Name: topoRule

Source: Esri

Topology Rule ID—An identifier for this topology rule.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: topoRuleID

Source: Esri

Topology Rule Name—The name of the topology rule.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: topoRuleName

Source: Esri

Topology Rule Type—The constant identifying the type of topology rule. For example, the esriTopologyRuleType constant "3" indicates a rule stating areas in the topology must not overlap.

Type: integer

Domain: 0 <= x <= 44

Short Name: topoRuleType

Source: Esri

Rule Help—Describes the rule.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: rulehelp

Source: Esri

Topology Rule Origin—Information about the origin feature class for the topology rule.

Type: compound

Short Name: topoRuleOrigin

Source: Esri

Feature Class Name—The name of the feature class participating in this topology rule.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: fcname

Source: Esri

Subtype Name—The name of the subtype.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: stname

Source: Esri

Subtype Code—The code for the subtype. Each object in a feature class or table has a numeric value, or code, in an attribute that identifies the subtype to which it belongs.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: stcode

Source: Esri

All Origin Subtypes—"TRUE" if the topology rule applies to all subtypes within the origin feature class.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: allOriginSubtypes

Source: Esri

Topology Rule Destination—Information about the destination feature class for the topology rule.

Type: compound

Short Name: topoRuleDest

Source: Esri

All Destination Subtypes—"TRUE" if the topology rule applies to all subtypes within the destination feature class.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: allDestSubtypes

Source: Esri

Synchronize Automatically—Identifies whether or not the metadata will be synchronized automatically in the future. Automatic synchronization will not take place if this element is present and its value is "FALSE". This element is added to the metadata record if you check Do not automatically update metadata in the Metadata Properties dialog box. You might do this after the data and its metadata have been published.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: Sync

Source: Esri

Geocoding Information—A description of the geocoding service and the process that was used to create the data. This information is added and maintained by the geocoding system, not by metadata synchronization. The contents of this compound element are not available at this time.

Type: compound

Short Name: RematchLocator

Source: Esri

Identification Information

Identification_Information =

Citation +

Description +

Time_Period_of_Content +

Status +

Spatial_Domain +

0{Spatial_Domain}1 +

Keywords +

Access_Constraints +

Use_Constraints +

(Point_of_Contact) +

(1{Browse_Graphic}n) +

(Data_Set_Credit) +

(Security_Information) +

Native_Dataset_Format +

(Native_Data_Set_Environment) +

(1{Cross_Reference}n)

Citation =

Citation_Information (see Citation Information for production rules)

Description =

Abstract +

Purpose +

(Supplemental_Information) +

Language_of_Dataset

Time_Period_of_Content =

Time_Period_Information (see Time Period Information for production rules) +

Currentness_Reference

Status =

Progress +

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency

Spatial_Domain =

Bounding_Coordinates +

0{Local_Bounding_Coordinates}1 +

0{Minimum_Altitude}1 +

0{Maximum_Altitude}1 +

(Altitude_Units) +

(1{Data_Set_G-Polygon}n) +

(Data Frames)

Bounding_Coordinates =

West_Bounding_Coordinate +

East_Bounding_Coordinate +

North_Bounding_Coordinate +

South_Bounding_Coordinate

Local Bounding_Coordinates =

Left_Bounding_Coordinate +

Right_Bounding_Coordinate +

Top_Bounding_Coordinate +

Bottom_Bounding_Coordinate

Data_Set_G-Polygon =

Data_Set_G-Polygon_Outer_G-Ring +

0{Data_Set_G-Polygon_Exclusion_G-Ring}n

Data_Set_G-Polygon_Outer_G-Ring =

[4{G-Ring_Point}n |

G-Ring]

Data_Set_G-Polygon_Exclusion_G-Ring =

[4{G-Ring_Point}n |

G-Ring]

G-Ring_Point =

G-Ring_Latitude +

G-Ring_Longitude

Data_Frames =

Data_Frame_Count +

0{Data_Frame_Name}n

Keywords =

1{Theme}n +

0{Place}n +

0{Stratum}n +

0{Temporal}n

Theme =

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus +

1{Theme_Keyword}n

Place =

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus +

1{Place_Keyword}n

Stratum =

Stratum _Keyword_Thesaurus +

1{ Stratum _Keyword}n

Temporal =

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus +

1{Temporal_Keyword}n

Point_of_Contact =

Contact_Information (see Contact Information for production rules)

Browse_Graphic =

[Browse_Graphic_Embedded |

Browse_Graphic_File_Name] +

Browse_Graphic_File_Description +

Browse_Graphic_File_Type

Security_Information =

Security_Classification_System +

Security_Classification +

Security_Handling_Description

Cross_Reference =

Citation_Information (see Citation Information for production rules) +

(Description_of_Association)

Language of Dataset—The language used in the dataset such as attribute values or the text on a map. The language should be represented as the appropriate two-letter code as defined by ISO 639:1988, Code for the representation of names of languages.

Rationale: Allows searching for data based on the language of its content and allows for a smoother transition to the ISO metadata standard.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: langdata

Source: Esri

Spatial Domain (1.5)—The geographic areal domain of the dataset. For nonspatial items, this element shall be considered mandatory if applicable.

Type: compound

Short Name: spdom

Source: FGDC standard

Local Bounding Coordinates—The bounding coordinates of the data, expressed in the local coordinate system used by the data.

Rationale: The Bounding Coordinate elements require the extent of spatial data to be expressed in decimal degrees. It isn't possible to calculate the extent of projected data in decimal degrees if its coordinate system hasn't been defined. However, the extent of a spatial dataset can always be defined using the data's actual coordinates.

Type: compound

Short Name: lboundng

Source: Esri

Left Bounding Coordinate—Leftmost coordinate (may be west) in the local coordinate system used by the data.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: leftbc

Source: Esri

Right Bounding Coordinate—Rightmost coordinate (may be east) in the local coordinate system used by the data.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: rightbc

Source: Esri

Top Bounding Coordinate—Topmost coordinate (may be north) in the local coordinate system used by the data.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: topbc

Source: Esri

Bottom Bounding Coordinate—Bottommost coordinate (may be south) in the local coordinate system used by the data.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: bottombc

Source: Esri

Minimum Altitude—The minimum elevation or z-coordinate value in the data.

Rationale: Allows searching for data based on its elevation.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: minalti

Source: Esri

Maximum Altitude—The maximum elevation or z-coordinate value in the data.

Rationale: Allows searching for data based on its elevation.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: maxalti

Source: Esri

Altitude Units—The units of measure used to express the data's elevation.

Type: text

Domain: "m", "meters", "ft", "feet", free text

Short Name: altunits

Source: Esri

Data Frames—A description of the data frames in an ArcMap^™ document.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of an ArcMap document.

Type: compound

Short Name: eframes

Source: Esri

Data Frame Count—The number of data frames in an ArcMap document.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: framect

Source: Esri

Data Frame Name—The name of a data frame.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: framenam

Source: Esri

Browse Graphic (1.10)—A graphic that provides an illustration of the dataset. The graphic should include a legend for interpreting the graphic.

Type: compound

Short Name: browse

Source: FGDC standard

Browse Graphic Embedded—Contains an embedded graphic file in Windows Bitmap format that illustrates what the spatial data looks like. The file is encoded as Base64 text, then stored within the metadata. This element is used when thumbnails are created with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See the Binary Enclosures element.

Rationale: Allows a browse graphic to be embedded in the metadata.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: browseem

Source: Esri

Native Dataset Format—The native Esri terminology describing the format of the data.

Rationale: Allows searching for items based on the format of the data, which may be different from its transfer format.

Type: text

Domain: "ArcIMS Feature Class", "ArcIMS Feature Service", "ArcIMS Image Service", "ArcInfo Coverage", "ArcInfo Coverage Relationship Class", "AutoCAD Drawing Exchange Format", "AutoCAD Drawing File", "Coordinate System", "dBASE Table", "Filtered file", "Graph", "Info Table, "Layer", "Map", "MicroStation Design File", "PC ArcInfo Coverage", "Personal GeoDatabase Feature Class", "Personal GeoDatabase Feature Dataset", "Personal GeoDatabase Geometric Network", "Personal GeoDatabase Relationship Class", "Personal GeoDatabase Table", "Personal GeoDatabase Topology", "Raster Dataset", "SDE Feature Class", "SDE Feature Dataset", "SDE Geometric Network", "SDE Relationship Class", "SDE Table", "SDE Topology", "Scene", "SDC Feature Database", "Shapefile", "Text File", "Tin", "VPF", free text

NOTE: For reference, different domain values were used by ArcCatalog 8. The above values must be used to support searching by data format in ArcCatalog 8.1 and later versions; these values will be updated automatically the first time the metadata is synchronized.

Short Name: natvform

Source: Esri

Cross Reference (1.14)—Information about other related datasets that are likely to be of interest.

Type: compound

Short Name: crossref

Source: FGDC standard

Description of Association—A description of the relationship between the item documented by the metadata record and the cross-referenced item.

Rationale: Indicates why the cross-referenced item might be of interest.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: assndesc

Source: Esri

Data Quality Information

Data_Quality_Information =

0{Attribute_Accuracy}1 +

Logical_Consistency_Report +

Completeness_Report +

0{Positional_Accuracy}1 +

Lineage +

(Cloud_Cover)

Attribute_Accuracy =

Attribute_Accuracy_Report +

(1{Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment}n)

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment =

Attribute_Accuracy_Value +

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation

Positional_Accuracy =

0{Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy}1 +

0{Vertical_Positional_Accuracy}1

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy =

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report +

(1{Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment}n)

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment =

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value +

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy =

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report +

(1{Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment}n)

Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment =

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value +

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation

Lineage =

0{Source_Information}n +

1{Process_Step}n

Source_Information =

Source_Citation +

0{Source_Scale_Denominator}1 +

Type_of_Source_Media +

Source_Time_Period_of_Content +

Source_Citation_Abbreviation +

Source_Contribution

Source_Citation =

Citation_Information (see Citation Information for production rules)

Source_Time_Period_of_Content =

Time_Period_Information (see Time Period Information for production rules) +

Source_Currentness_Reference

Process_Step =

Process_Description +

(Process_Software_and_Version) +

0{Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation}n +

Process_Date +

(Process_Time) +

0{Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation}n +

(Process_Contact)

Process_Contact =

Contact_Information (see Contact Information for production rules)

Lineage (2.5)—Information about the events, parameters, and source data that constructed the dataset and information about the responsible parties.

Type: compound

Short Name: lineage

Source: FGDC standard

Process Step (2.5.2)—Information about a single event.

Type: compound

Short Name: procstep

Source: FGDC standard

Process Software and Version—The type and version of software used to perform the process.

Rationale: As software changes over time, it can be useful to know the version of the software that was used to modify the data.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: procsv

Source: Esri

Spatial Data Organization Information

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information =

0{Indirect_Spatial_Reference}1 +

0{Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method +

([Point_and_Vector_Object_Information |

Raster_Object_Information] )}1 +

0{Geometric_Network_Information}1

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information =

0{Esri_Terms_Description}n +

[1{SDTS_Terms_Description}n |

VPF_Terms_Description]

Esri_Terms_Description =

Esri_Feature_Type +

Esri_Feature_Geometry +

Esri_Topology +

Esri_Feature_Count +

Spatial_Index +

Linear_Referencing +

0{XY_Rank}1 +

0{Z_Rank}1 +

0{Topology_Weight}1 +

0{Events_On_Validation}1 +

0{Participates_In_Topology_Rules}1 +

0{Network_Role}1 +

(Feature_Description) +

Participates_In_Topology_Rules =

Topology_Rule_ID

SDTS_Terms_Description =

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type +

(Point_and_Vector_Object_Count)

VPF_Terms_Description =

VPF_Topology_Level +

1{VPF_Point_and_Vector_Object_Information}n

VPF_Point_and_Vector_Object_Information =

VPF_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type +

(Point_and_Vector_Object_Count)

Raster_Object_Information =

Image_Format +

Raster_Object_Type +

(Image_Type) +

0{Number_of_Bands}1 +

(Row_Count +

Column_Count +

0{Vertical_Count}1) +

0{Cell_Size_X_Direction}1 +

(Cell_Size_X_Units) +

0{Cell_Size_Y_Direction}1 +

(Cell_Size_Y_Units) +

0{Bits_Per_Pixel}1 +

(Background_Nodata_Value) +

0{Pyramid_Layers}1 +

0{Image_Colormap}1 +

0{Compression_Type}1

(Raster_Display_Type) +

0{Raster_Origin}1 +

Geometric_Network_Information =

Network_Type +

0{Connectivity_Rule}n +

(1{Network_Element}n)

Connectivity_Rule =

Rule_Type +

(Rule_Category) +

(Rule_Help) +

0{From_Edge_Feature_Class}1 +

0{From_Edge_Subtype}1 +

0{To_Edge_Feature_Class}1 +

0{To_Edge_Subtype}1 +

0{Default_Junction_Feature_Class}1 +

0{Default_Junction_Subtype}1 +

0{Available_Junctions}n +

0{Edge_Feature_Class}1 +

0{Edge_Subtype}1 +

0{Edge_Minimum_Cardinality}1 +

0{Edge_Maximum_Cardinality }1 +

0{Junction_Feature_Class}1 +

0{Junction_Subtype}1 +

0{Junction_Minimum_Cardinality}1 +

0{Junction_Maximum_Cardinality}1

Available_Junctions =

Available_Junction_Feature_Class +

Available_Junction_Subtype

Network_Element =

Ancillary_Role +

0{Ancillary_Role_Attribute}1 +

Enabled_Attribute

Point and Vector Object Information (3.3)—The types and numbers of vector or nongridded point spatial objects in the dataset.

Type: compound

Short Name: ptvctinf

Source: FGDC standard

Esri Terms Description—The properties and numbers of vector and point objects described using native Esri terminology.

Rationale: Several properties indicate how the data can be used with ArcGIS software.

Type: compound

Short Name: esriterm

Source: Esri

Esri Feature Type—Identifies whether the features are simple or complex. In a geodatabase, features that are complex such as dimensions have a specific, defined behavior. Complex features are also used to construct geometric networks. Geodatabase feature classes may also contain simple features. Coverages, shapefiles, and other data formats contain simple features.

Type: text

Domain: "Simple", "Annotation", "Dimension", "Simple Edge", "Complex Edge", "Simple Junction", "Complex Junction"

Short Name: efeatyp

Source: Esri

Esri Feature Geometry—The geometry of the features in native Esri terminology.

Type: text

Domain: "Point", "Multipoint", "Polyline", "Polygon", "Arc", "Node", "Region", "Route", "Tic", "Label", "Annotation", "Triangle", "Edge"

Short Name: efeageom

Source: Esri

Esri Topology—Identifies feature classes that participate in network or planar topologies. For example, coverage feature classes will have the value "TRUE" if their topology has been built. Since shapefiles do not support topology, they will always have the value "FALSE". Geodatabase feature classes will have the value "TRUE" if they participate in a geometric network or a topology.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: esritopo

Source: Esri

Esri Feature Count—The number of features.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: efeacnt

Source: Esri

Spatial Index—Identifies whether or not the features have a spatial index.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: spindex

Source: Esri

Linear Referencing—Identifies whether or not the features can be used for linear referencing. A route feature class in a coverage and shapefiles or geodatabase feature classes that have measures can be used for linear referencing.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: linrefer

Source: Esri

XY Rank—Indicates how much you trust the accuracy of the x,y coordinates for the features in this feature class. If the coordinates are accurate, they are less likely to change during validation.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: XYRank

Source: Esri

Z Rank—Indicates how much you trust the accuracy of the z coordinates for the features in this feature class. If the coordinates are accurate, they are less likely to change during validation.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: ZRank

Source: Esri

Topology Weight—If two feature classes in a topology share the same XY or Z rank, the weight assigned to each feature class will be used to determine which feature class’s coordinates will be modified first, if necessary.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: topoWeight

Source: Esri

Events on Validation—"TRUE" if events will occur when the topology is validated.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: validateEvents

Source: Esri

Participates in Topology Rules—The list of topology rules in which the feature class participates.

Type: compound

Short Name: partTopoRules

Source: Esri

Network Role—Identifies whether or not the features have an ancillary role in a geometric network.

Type: text

Domain: "None", "Source Sink"

Short Name: netwrole

Source: Esri

Feature Description—A description of the real-world objects that the features represent such as watersheds or fire hydrants and the behavior, if appropriate, of those features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: featdesc

Source: Esri

Raster Object Information (3.4)—The types and numbers of raster spatial objects in the dataset.

Type: compound

Short Name: rastinfo

Source: FGDC standard

Image Format—The format of the raster dataset.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: text

Domain: "ADRG Image", "CADRG or CIB Frame", "DTED Level 1&2", "ER Mapper", "ERDAS 7.5 GIS", "ERDAS 7.5 LAN", "ERDAS IMAGINE", "ERDAS Raw", "Esri BIL", "Esri BIP", "Esri BSQ", "Esri GRID", "Esri GRID Stack", "GIF", "JFIF (JPEG)", "MrSID", "NITF National Imagery Transfer Format", "PNG", "SDR", "TIFF", "Windows Bitmap", free text

NOTE: For reference, different domain values were used by ArcCatalog 8. The above values are more accurate. These values will be updated automatically the first time the metadata is synchronized with version 8.1 or later.

Short Name: rastifor

Source: Esri

Image Type—A brief description of the type of remotely sensed image represented by the raster dataset.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: text

Domain: "Multispectral", "Infrared", "Visible", "SLAR", free text

Short Name: rastityp

Source: Esri

Number of Bands—The number of raster bands in the raster dataset.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rastband

Source: Esri

Cell Size X Direction—The distance on the earth's surface covered by a raster cell in the x direction.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: rastxsz

Source: Esri

Cell Size X Units—The units used to describe the size of a raster cell in the x direction.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: text

Domain: "m", "meters", "ft", "feet", free text

Short Name: rastxu

Source: Esri

Cell Size Y Direction—The distance on the earth's surface covered by a raster cell in the y direction.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: rastysz

Source: Esri

Cell Size Y Units—The units used to describe the size of a raster cell in the y direction.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: text

Domain: "m", "meters", "ft", "feet", free text

Short Name: rastyu

Source: Esri

Bits Per Pixel—The number of bits used to store the value in a raster cell.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rastbpp

Source: Esri

Background Nodata Value—The value assigned to a raster cell to indicate that the cell does not contain any data, for example, -9999.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rastnodt

Source: Esri

Pyramid Layers—Identifies whether or not pyramids have been created for the raster dataset.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: rastplyr

Source: Esri

Image Colormap—Identifies whether or not the raster dataset includes a default colormap.

Rationale: Allows a more detailed description of a raster dataset.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: rastcmap

Source: Esri

Compression Type—The data compression technique used by the raster format.

Rationale: For some compression formats a license is required to access the data.

Type: text

Domain: "Default", "JPEG", "LZW", "PackBits", "Run-Length Encoding", "Wavelet", "None", free text

Short Name: rastcomp

Source: Esri

Raster Display Type—The type of data contained by the raster. For remotely sensed images, use the value "pixel codes". For other data, such as a terrain surface, use the value "matrix values".

Rationale: Added to emulate an early version of the ISO metadata standard.

Type: text

Domain: "pixel codes", "matrix values"

Short Name: rastdtyp

Source: Esri

Raster Origin—The corner of the raster dataset that is the origin point.

Rationale: Added to emulate an early version of the ISO metadata standard.

Type: text

Domain: "Upper Left", "Lower Left", "Upper Right", "Lower Right"

Short Name: rastorig

Source: Esri

Geometric Network Information—Describes a geometric network. Geometric networks maintain topological relationships between the features in many feature classes in a geodatabase.

Type: compound

Short Name: netinfo

Source: Esri

Network Type—The type of geometric network that has been created.

Type: text

Domain: "Utility Network", free text

Short Name: nettype

Source: Esri

Connectivity Rule—Describes the rules that define how features in a geometric network are connected.

Type: compound

Short Name: connrule

Source: Esri

Rule Type—Identifies the type of connectivity rule. Edge–Edge connectivity rules define the junctions through which edges in the network can be connected. Junction connectivity rules define which junctions can connect to which edges in the network.

Type: text

Domain: "Edge Connectivity", "Junction Connectivity"

Short Name: ruletype

Source: Esri

Rule Category—Identifies the category of the connectivity rule. Edge–Edge connectivity rules and the junction connectivity rules that are associated with them have the value one; all other rules have the value negative one.

Type: integer

Domain: 1, -1

Short Name: rulecat

Source: Esri

From Edge Feature Class—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The name of the feature class containing the from-edge features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: rulefeid

Source: Esri

From Edge Subtype—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The subtype of features in the from-edge feature class that can connect to the to-edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rulefest

Source: Esri

To Edge Feature Class—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The name of the feature class containing the to-edge features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: ruleteid

Source: Esri

To Edge Subtype—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The subtype of features in the to-edge feature class that can connect to the from-edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: ruletest

Source: Esri

Default Junction Feature Class—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The name of the feature class containing the default junction features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: ruledjid

Source: Esri

Default Junction Subtype—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The subtype of features in the default junction feature class that are used by default to connect the from-edges to the to-edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: ruledjst

Source: Esri

Available Junctions—Used to describe edge connectivity rules. The junctions that can connect the from-edges to the to-edges.

Type: compound

Short Name: rulejunc

Source: Esri

Available Junction Feature Class—The name of the feature class containing the junction features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: junctid

Source: Esri

Available Junction Subtype—The subtype of features in the junction feature class that can connect the from-edges to the to-edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: junctst

Source: Esri

Edge Feature Class—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The name of the feature class containing the edge features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: ruleeid

Source: Esri

Edge Subtype—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The subtype of features in the edge feature class that can connect to the junctions.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: ruleest

Source: Esri

Edge Minimum Cardinality—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The fewest number of edges that can connect to the junctions.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: ruleemnc

Source: Esri

Edge Maximum Cardinality—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The largest number of edges that can connect to the junctions.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: ruleemxc

Source: Esri

Junction Feature Class—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The name of the feature class containing the junction features.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: rulejid

Source: Esri

Junction Subtype—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The subtype of features in the junction feature class that can connect to the edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rulejst

Source: Esri

Junction Minimum Cardinality—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The fewest number of junctions that can connect to the edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rulejmnc

Source: Esri

Junction Maximum Cardinality—Used to describe junction connectivity rules. The largest number of junctions that can connect to the edges.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: rulejmxc

Source: Esri

Network Element—Describes the roles played by different features in the geometric network.

Type: compound

Short Name: elemcls

Source: Esri

Ancillary Role—The ancillary role of the feature class in the geometric network. Junction feature classes that have features acting as sources or sinks in the geometric network will have the value "Source Sink".

Type: text

Domain: "None", "Source Sink"

Short Name: roletype

Source: Esri

Ancillary Role Attribute—The name of the attribute column containing values that define a feature's ancillary role as a source or sink in the network.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: rolefld

Source: Esri

Enabled Attribute—The name of the attribute column containing values that define which features are enabled in the network.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: enabfld

Source: Esri

Spatial Reference Information

Spatial_Reference_Information =

0{Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition}1 +

0{Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition}1

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition =

0{Coordinate_System_Name}1 +

[Geographic |

1{Planar}n |

Local] +

0{Geodetic_Model}1

Coordinate_System_Name =

0{Projected_Coordinate_System_Name}1 +

Geographic_Coordinate_System_Name

Geographic =

Latitude_Resolution +

Longitude_Resolution +

Geographic_Coordinate_Units

Planar =

[Map_Projection |

Grid_Coordinate_System |

Local_Planar] +

Planar_Coordinate_Information

Map_Projection =

Map_Projection_Name +

[Albers_Conical_Equal_Area |

Azimuthal_Equidistant |

Equidistant_Conic |

Equirectangular |

General_Vertical_Near-sided_Perspective |

Gnomonic |

Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area |

Lambert_Conformal_Conic |

Mercator |

Modified_Stereographic_for_Alaska |

Miller_Cylindrical |

Oblique_Mercator |

Orthographic |

Polar_Stereographic |

Polyconic |

Robinson |

Sinusoidal |

Space_Oblique_Mercator_(Landsat) |

Stereographic |

Transverse Mercator |

van_der_Grinten |

Behrmann |

Bonne |

Cassini |

Eckert_I |

Eckert_II |

Eckert_III |

Eckert_IV |

Eckert_V|

Eckert_VI |

Gall_Stereographic |

Loximuthal |

Mollweide |

Quartic_Authalic |

Winkel_I |

Winkel_II |

Other_Esri_Projection |

Map_Projection_Parameters]

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area =

1{Standard_Parallel}2 +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Azimuthal_Equidistant =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Equidistant_Conic =

1{Standard_Parallel}2 +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Equirectangular =

Standard_Parallel +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

General_Vertical_Near-sided_Perspective =

Height_of_Perspective_Point_Above_Surface +

Longitude_of_Projection_Center +

Latitude_of_Projection_Center +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Gnomonic =

Longitude_of_Projection_Center +

Latitude_of_Projection_Center +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area =

Longitude_of_Projection_Center +

Latitude_of_Projection_Center +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Lambert_Conformal_Conic =

1{Standard_Parallel}2 +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Mercator =

[Standard_Parallel |

Scale_Factor_at_Equator] +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Modified_Stereographic_for_Alaska =

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Miller_Cylindrical =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Oblique_Mercator =

Scale_Factor_at_Center_Line +

[Oblique_Line_Azimuth |

Oblique_Line_Point] +

Longitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Oblique_Line_Azimuth =

Azimuthal_Angle +

Azimuthal_Measure_Point_Longitude

Oblique_Line_Point =

2{Oblique_Line_Latitude +

Oblique_Line_Longitude}2

Orthographic =

Longitude_of_Projection_Center +

Latitude_of_Projection_Center +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Polar_Stereographic =

Straight-Vertical_Longitude_from_Pole +

[Standard_Parallel |

Scale_Factor_at_Projection_Origin] +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Polyconic =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Robinson =

Longitude_of_Projection_Center +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Sinusoidal =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Space_Oblique_Mercator_(Landsat) =

Landsat_Number +

Path_Number +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Stereographic =

Longitude_of_Projection_Center +

Latitude_of_Projection_Center +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Transverse_Mercator =

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

van_der_Grinten =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Behrmann =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Bonne =

Standard_Parallel +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Cassini =

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Eckert_I =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Eckert_II =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Eckert_III =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Eckert_IV =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Eckert_V =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Eckert_VI =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Gall_Stereographic =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Loximuthal =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Mollweide =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Quartic_Authalic =

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Winkel_I =

Standard_Parallel +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Winkel_II =

Standard_Parallel +

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian +

False_Easting +

False_Northing

Other_Esri_Projection =

Appropriate data elements 4.1.2.1.23.1 through 4.1.2.1.23.18 to document the map projection parameters. See Appendix A for the production rules.

Map_Projection_Parameters =

Appropriate data elements 4.1.2.1.23.1 through 4.1.2.1.23.18 to document the map projection parameters. See Appendix A for more details.

Grid_Coordinate_System =

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name +

[Universal_Transverse_Mercator |

Universal_Polar_Stereographic |

State_Plane_Coordinate_System |

ARC_Coordinate_System |

Other_Grid_System's_Definition]

Universal_Transverse_Mercator =

UTM_Zone_Number +

Transverse_Mercator

Universal_Polar_Stereographic =

UPS_Zone_Identifier +

Polar_Stereographic

State_Plane_Coordinate_System =

SPCS_Zone_Identifier +

[Lambert_Conformal_Conic |

Transverse_Mercator |

Oblique_Mercator |

Polyconic]

ARC_Coordinate_System =

UPS_Zone_Identifier +

[Equirectangular |

Azimuthal_Equidistant]

Local_Planar =

Local_Planar_Description+

Local_Planar_Georeference_Information

Planar_Coordinate_Information =

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method +

[Coordinate_Representation |

Distance_and_Bearing_Representation] +

Planar_Distance_Units

Coordinate_Representation =

Abscissa_Resolution+

Ordinate_Resolution

Distance_and_Bearing_Representation =

Distance_Resolution+

Bearing_Resolution +

Bearing_Units +

Bearing_Reference_Direction +

Bearing_Reference_Meridian +

Local =

Local_Description+

Local_Georeference_Information

Geodetic_Model =

0{Horizontal_Datum_Name}1+

Ellipsoid_Name +

Semi-major_Axis +

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition =

0{Altitude_System_Definition}1 +

0{Depth_System_Definition}1

Altitude_System_Definition =

Altitude_Datum_Name +

1{Altitude_Resolution}n +

Altitude_Distance_Units +

Altitude_Encoding_Method

Depth_System_Definition =

Depth_Datum_Name +

1{Depth_Resolution}n +

Depth_Distance_Units +

Depth_Encoding_Method

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition (4.1)—The reference frame or system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies.

Type: compound

Short Name: horizsys

Source: FGDC standard

Coordinate System Name—Descriptive names for the coordinate systems used by the data.

Rationale: These elements allow the familiar, user-defined name for the coordinate system to be recorded in the metadata. This name, which appears in the Properties dialog box with the coordinate system's parameters, is different from the official projection name defined in the FGDC standard.

Type: compound

Short Name: cordsysn

Source: Esri

Projected Coordinate System Name—A descriptive name for the projected coordinate system used by the data.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: projcsn

Source: Esri

Geographic Coordinate System Name—A descriptive name for the geographic coordinate system used by the data. If the data is projected, this is the name of the ellipsoid or spheroid used by the projected coordinate system.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: geogcsn

Source: Esri

Planar (4.1.2)—The quantities of distances, 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.

Type: compound

Short Name: planar

Source: FGDC standard

Map Projection (4.1.2.1)—The systematic representation of all or part of the surface of the earth on a plane or developable surface.

Type: compound

Short Name: planar

Source: FGDC standard

Map Projection Name (4.1.2.1.1)—Name of the map projection.

Type: text

Domain: "Albers Conical Equal Area", "Azimuthal Equidistant", "Equidistant Conic", "Equirectangular", "General Vertical Near-sided Projection", "Gnomonic", "Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area", "Lambert Conformal Conic", "Mercator", "Modified Stereographic for Alaska", "Miller Cylindrical", "Oblique Mercator", "Orthographic", "Polar Stereographic", "Polyconic" "Robinson", "Sinusoidal", "Space Oblique Mercator", "Stereographic", "Transverse Mercator", "van der Grinten", free text

Extended Domain: "Aitoff", "Behrmann", "Bonne", "Cassini", "Craster_Parabolic", "Cylindrical_Equal_Area", "Double Stereographic","Eckert I","Eckert II","Eckert III","Eckert IV","Eckert V","Eckert VI", "Flat_Polar_Quartic", "Gall Stereographic", "Hammer_Aitoff", "Krovak", "Loximuthal","Mollweide", "New_Zealand_Map_Grid", "Quartic Authalic", "Times", "Two Point Equidistant","Winkel I", "Winkel II", "Winkel_Tripel"

Short Name: mapprojn

Source: FGDC standard

Behrmann—Contains parameters for the Behrmann projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: behrmann

Source: Esri

Bonne—Contains parameters for the Bonne projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: bonne

Source: Esri

Cassini—Contains parameters for the Cassini projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: cassini

Source: Esri

Eckert I—Contains parameters for the Eckert I projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: eckert1

Source: Esri

Eckert II—Contains parameters for the Eckert II projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: eckert2

Source: Esri

Eckert III—Contains parameters for the Eckert III projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: eckert3

Source: Esri

Eckert IV—Contains parameters for the Eckert IV projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: eckert4

Source: Esri

Eckert V—Contains parameters for the Eckert V projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: eckert5

Source: Esri

Eckert VI—Contains parameters for the Eckert VI projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: eckert6

Source: Esri

Gall Stereographic—Contains parameters for the Gall Stereographic projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: gallster

Source: Esri

Loximuthal—Contains parameters for the Loximuthal projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: loximuth

Source: Esri

Mollweide—Contains parameters for the Mollweide projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: mollweid

Source: Esri

Quartic Authalic—Contains parameters for the Quartic Authalic projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: quartic

Source: Esri

Winkel I—Contains parameters for the Winkel I projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: winkel1

Source: Esri

Winkel II—Contains parameters for the Winkel II projection. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Short Name: winkel2

Source: Esri

Other Esri Projection—Contains parameters for other projections that are supported by ArcGIS software. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. See Appendix C for details.

Type: compound

Children: Appropriate data elements 4.1.2.1.23.1 through 4.1.2.1.23.18 to document the projection's parameters.

NOTE: See Appendix C for production rules.

Short Name: otherprj

Source: Esri

Map Projection Parameters (4.1.2.1.23)—A complete parameter set of the projection that was used for the dataset. The information provided shall include the names of the parameters and values used for the dataset that describe the mathematical relationship between the earth and the plane or developable surface for the projection.

Type: compound

Children: Appropriate data elements 4.1.2.1.23.1 through 4.1.2.1.23.18 to document the projection's parameters.

NOTE: See Appendix C for production rules for coordinate systems that are supported by ArcGIS software but are not explicitly defined in the FGDC standard.

Short Name: mapprojp

Source: FGDC standard

Entity and Attribute Information

Entity_and_Attribute_Information =

[1{Detailed_Description}n |

1{Overview_Description}n]

Detailed_Description =

Entity_Type +

0{Attribute}n +

0{Subtype_Information}n +

0{Relationship_Information}1

Entity_Type =

Entity_Type_Label +

0{Entity_Type_Type}1 +

0{Entity_Type_Count}1 +

Entity_Type_Definition +

Entity_Type_Definition_Source

Attribute =

Attribute_Label +

0{Attribute_Alias}1 +

Attribute_Definition +

Attribute_Definition_Source +

Attribute_Type+

Attribute_Width +

0{Attribute_Precision}1 +

0{Attribute_Scale}1 +

0{Attribute_Output_Width}1 +

0{Attribute_Number_of_Decimals}1 +

0{Attribute_Indexed}1 +

1{Attribute_Domain_Values}n +

0{Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values +

0{Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values}1}n +

(Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information) +

(Attribute_Measurement_Frequency)

Attribute_Domain_Values =

[1{Enumerated_Domain}n |

Range_Domain |

Codeset_Domain |

Unrepresentable_Domain]

Enumerated_Domain =

Enumerated_Domain_Value +

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition +

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source +

0{Attribute}n

Range_Domain =

Range_Domain_Minimum +

Range_Domain_Maximum +

(Range_Domain_Mean) +

(Range_Domain_Standard_Deviation) +

0{Attribute_Units_of_Measure}1 +

(Attribute_Measurement_Resolution) +

0{Attribute}n

Codeset_Domain =

Codeset_Name +

Codeset_Source

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information =

Attribute_Value_Accuracy +

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation

Subtype_Information =

Subtype_Name +

Subtype_Code +

0{Subtype_Attribute}n

Subtype_Attribute =

Subtype_Attribute_Name +

0{Subtype_Default_Value}1 +

0{Attribute_Defined_Domain}1

Attribute_Defined_Domain =

Domain_Name +

(Domain_Description) +

(Domain_Owner) +

Domain_Attribute_Type +

Domain_Type +

Merge_Rule +

Split_Rule

Relationship_Information =

(Description_of_Relationship) +

Relationship_Cardinality +

Attributed_Relationship +

Composite_Relationship +

Notification_Direction +

Origin_Name +

Origin_Primary_Key +

Origin_Foreign_Key +

Destination_Name +

Destination_Primary_Key +

Destination_Foreign_Key +

Relationship_Forward_Label +

Relationship_Backward_Label

Overview_Description =

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview +

1{Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation}n

Detailed Description (5.1) —Description of the entities, attributes, attribute values, and related characteristics encoded in the dataset.

Type: compound

Short Name: detailed

Source: FGDC standard

Entity Type (5.1.1)—The definition and description of a set into which similar entity instances are classified.

Type: compound

Short Name: enttyp

Source: FGDC standard

Entity Type Type—The type of entity that is being described.

Rationale: To identify the type of nonspatial entities.

Type: text

Domain: "Table", "Feature Class", "Relationship"

Short Name: enttypt

Source: Esri

Entity Type Count—The number of objects that the entity contains. For example, the number of features contained by a feature class or the number of rows contained by a table.

Rationale: To identify the number of objects contained by a nonspatial entity.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: enttypc

Source: Esri

Attribute (5.1.2)—A defined characteristic of an entity.

Type: compound

Short Name: attr

Source: FGDC standard

Attribute Alias—An alias for the attribute name. Attribute aliases are supported by some data formats such as coverages and geodatabase feature classes.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: attalias

Source: Esri

Attribute Type—The data type of the attribute. The terminology used is appropriate for the data format. For example, text data in an INFO table is referred to as Character data, while for a shapefile in ArcView^® 3 it is referred to as String data.

Type: text

Domain: "OID", "Geometry", "Small Integer", "Integer", "Single", "Double", "String", "Date", "Blob", "Number", "Boolean", "Binary", "Float", "Character"

Short Name: attrtype

Source: Esri

Attribute Width—The maximum width of an attribute. For shapefiles and coverages, the width is the maximum number of digits that values in the attribute column can have. For all other data formats the width is the maximum size of the attribute's value in bytes.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: attwidth

Source: Esri

Attribute Precision—The precision of an attribute; that is, the maximum number of digits that its values can have. This element is used to describe data formats other than shapefiles and coverages.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: atprecis

Source: Esri

Attribute Scale—The maximum number of decimal places that values in an attribute can have. This element is used to describe data formats other than shapefiles and coverages.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: attscale

Source: Esri

Attribute Output Width—The display width for the attribute. This is the width of the column used to present an attribute's values when using ArcInfo^™ Workstation. This element is only used to describe coverages and INFO tables.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: atoutwid

Source: Esri

Attribute Number of Decimals—The maximum number of decimal places that values in an attribute can have. This element is used to describe shapefiles and coverages.

Type: integer

Domain: free integer

Short Name: atnumdec

Source: Esri

Attribute Indexed—Describes the type of index that has been created for the attribute's values.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: atindex

Source: Esri

Attribute Domain Values (5.1.2.4)—The valid values that can be assigned for an attribute.

Type: compound

Short Name: attrdomv

Source: FGDC standard

Range Domain (5.1.2.4.2)—The minimum and maximum values of a continuum of valid values.

Type: compound

Short Name: rdom

Source: FGDC standard

Range Domain Mean—The mean of the attribute’s values.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: rdommean

Source: Esri

Range Domain Standard Deviation—The standard deviation of the attribute’s values.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: rdomstdv

Source: Esri

Subtype Information—Describes the subtypes that have been defined for a feature class in a geodatabase. For example, within a utility pole feature class there might be subtypes representing wood, concrete, and metal poles.

Type: compound

Short Name: subtype

Source: Esri

Subtype Attribute—An attribute for which a default value or domain has been defined for this subtype.

Type: compound

Short Name: stfield

Source: Esri

Subtype Attribute Name—The name of the attribute.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: stfldnm

Source: Esri

Subtype Default Value—The default value for this attribute for all objects of this subtype. The default value will be placed in the attribute when a new object is added to the subtype.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: stflddv

Source: Esri

Attribute Defined Domain—The domain that has been defined for this attribute for this subtype. When editing, only values that fall within the domain are permitted. For example, each type of pole might have a different domain defining the height range that is valid for the pole's material.

Type: compound

Short Name: stflddd

Source: Esri

Domain Name—The name of the domain.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: domname

Source: Esri

Domain Description—A description of the domain.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: domdesc

Source: Esri

Domain Owner—The owner of the domain.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: domowner

Source: Esri

Domain Attribute Type—The data type of the attribute.

Type: text

Domain: "Small Integer", "Integer", "Single", "Double", "String", "Date"

Short Name: domfldtp

Source: Esri

Domain Type—The type of domain.

Type: text

Domain: "Range", "Coded value"

Short Name: domtype

Source: Esri

Merge Rule—The rule used to determine the value to be placed in the attribute if objects are merged.

Type: text

Domain: "Default value", "Sum values", "Weighted average"

Short Name: mrgtype

Source: Esri

Split Rule—The rule used to determine the value to be placed in the attribute if objects are split.

Type: text

Domain: "Default value", "Duplicate", "Geometry ratio"

Short Name: splttype

Source: Esri

Relationship Information—Description of a relationship class that joins two items. For example, a relationship class in a geodatabase can join any two object classes. A coverage relationship class can join coverages and INFO tables.

Type: compound

Short Name: relinfo

Source: Esri

Description of Relationship—A brief description of the relationship, for example, what the relationship is between the two objects.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: reldesc

Source: Esri

Relationship Cardinality—The cardinality of the relationship, for example, how many objects of type A are related to an object of type B.

Type: text

Domain: "One to One", "One to Many", "Many to Many", "Many to One"

Short Name: relcard

Source: Esri

Attributed Relationship—Identifies whether or not the relationship class itself is attributed. For example, an attribute of a relationship between parcels and owners might be percentage of ownership.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: relattr

Source: Esri

Composite Relationship—Identifies whether or not the relationship class defines a composite relationship. In a composite relationship, objects of type A are composed of objects of type B; this means that the lifetime of B objects depends on the lifetime of A objects. Relationships that are not composite are simple relationships.

Type: text

Domain: "TRUE", "FALSE"

Short Name: relcomp

Source: Esri

Notification Direction—How messages will be propagated between the related objects.

Type: text

Domain: "Forward", "Backward", "Both", "None"

Short Name: relnodir

Source: Esri

Origin Name—The name of the origin object class.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: otfcname

Source: Esri

Origin Primary Key—The name of the primary key for the relationship. The primary key is the attribute in the origin whose values are used to join the origin to the destination.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: otfcpkey

Source: Esri

Origin Foreign Key—The name of the foreign key for the relationship. The foreign key is the attribute in the destination that contains the same values as those in the primary key. For attributed and many-to-many relationships, the foreign key occurs in the relationship class's table rather than in the destination.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: otfcfkey

Source: Esri

Destination Name—The name of the destination object class.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: dtfcname

Source: Esri

Destination Primary Key—The name of the destination's primary key. For attributed and many-to-many relationships, the destination's primary key is the attribute in the destination that contains the same values as those in the origin's primary key. For all other relationships, the primary key for the destination itself such as its object identifier attribute is recorded in this element.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: dtfcpkey

Source: Esri

Destination Foreign Key—The name of the destination's foreign key. For attributed and many-to-many relationships, the destination's foreign key occurs in the relationship class's table rather than in the destination. For all other relationships, no value will be recorded in this element.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: dtfcfkey

Source: Esri

Relationship Forward Label—The name for the relationship when it is navigated from the origin to the destination.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: relflab

Source: Esri

Relationship Backward Label—The name for the relationship when it is navigated from the destination to the origin.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: relblab

Source: Esri

Distribution Information

Distribution_Information =

Distributor +

0{Resource_Description}1 +

Distribution_Liability +

0{Standard_Order_Process}n +

0{Custom_Order_Process}1 +

(Technical_Prerequisites) +

(Available_Time_Period)

Distributor =

Contact_Information (see Contact Information for production rules)

Standard_Order_Process =

[Non-digital_Form |

1{Digital_Form}n ] +

Fees +

(Ordering_Instructions) +

(Turnaround)

Digital_Form =

Digital_Transfer_Information +

Digital_Transfer_Option

Digital_Transfer_Information =

Format_Name +

([Format_Version_Number |

Format_Version_Date] +

(Format_Specification) ) +

(Format_Information_Content) +

0{File_Decompression_Technique}1 +

(Transfer_Size) +

0{Dataset_Size}1

Digital_Transfer_Option =

1{[Online_Option |

Offline_Option]}n

Online_Option =

1{Computer_Contact_Information}n +

(Access_Instructions) +

(Online_Computer_and_Operating_System)

Computer_Contact_Information =

[Network_Address |

Dialup_Instructions |

SDE_Connection_Information]

Network_Address =

1{Network_Resource_Name}n

Dialup_Instructions =

Lowest_BPS +

0{Highest_BPS}1 +

Number_DataBits +

Number_StopBits +

Parity +

0{Compression_Support}1 +

1{Dialup_Telephone}n +

1{Dialup_File_Name}n

SDE_Connection_Information =

Server_Name +

Instance_Name +

0{Database_Name}1 +

User_Name +

Version_Name

Offline_Option =

Offline_Media +

0{Recording_Capacity}1

1{Recording_Format}n +

0{Compatibility_Information}1

Recording_Capacity =

1{Recording Density}n +

Recording_Density_Units

Available_Time_Period =

Time_Period_Information (see Time Period Information for production rules)

Standard Order Process (6.4)—The common ways in which the dataset may be obtained or received and related instructions and fee information.

Type: compound

Short Name: stdorder

Source: FGDC standard

Digital Form (6.4.2)—The description of options for obtaining the dataset on computer-compatible media.

Type: compound

Short Name: digform

Source: FGDC standard

Digital Transfer Information (6.4.2.1)—Description of the form of the data to be distributed.

Type: compound

Short Name: digtinfo

Source: FGDC standard

Dataset Size—The size, in megabytes, of the item.

Rationale: The transfer size of the dataset may be different than the actual size of the dataset, for example, if the dataset is compressed for transfer.

Type: real

Domain: free real

Short Name: dssize

Source: Esri

Digital Transfer Option (6.4.2.2)—The means and media by which a dataset is obtained from the distributor.

Type: compound

Short Name: digtopt

Source: FGDC standard

Online Option (6.4.2.2.1)—Information required to directly obtain the dataset electronically.

Type: compound

Short Name: onlinopt

Source: FGDC standard

Computer Contact Information (6.4.2.2.1.1)—Instructions for establishing communications with the distribution computer.

Type: compound

Short Name: computer

Source: FGDC standard

SDE^® Connection Information—The information required to connect to an ArcSDE^® geodatabase server. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later. This information is now recorded in the Online Linkage element within the Citation Information element.

Type: compound

Short Name: sdeconn

Source: Esri

Server Name—The name or IP number of the computer on which the ArcSDE server resides. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: server

Source: Esri

Instance Name—The name or port number of the process running on the ArcSDE server that allows access to the spatial database. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: instance

Source: Esri

Database Name—The name of the database in which the data resides. This connection parameter is only used when data is stored within either a SQL Server or Sybase relational database management system. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: database

Source: Esri

User Name—The username used to access the data in the ArcSDE geodatabase. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: user

Source: Esri

Version Name—The version of the ArcSDE geodatabase that contains the data. This element is used when metadata is synchronized with ArcCatalog 8, but not with version 8.1 or later.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: version

Source: Esri

Metadata Reference Information

Metadata_Reference_Information =

Metadata_Date +

(Metadata_Review_Date) +

(Metadata_Future_Review_Date) +

Language_of_Metadata +

Metadata_Contact +

Metadata_Standard_Name +

Metadata_Standard_Version +

0{Metadata_Time_Convention}1 +

(Metadata_Access_Constraints) +

(Metadata_Use_Constraints) +

(Metadata_Security_Information) +

0{Metadata_Extensions}n

Metadata_Contact =

Contact_Information (see Contact Information for production rules)

Metadata_Security_Information =

Metadata_Security_Classification_System +

Metadata_Security_Classification +

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description

Metadata_Extensions =

0{Online_Linkage}n +

0{Profile_Name}1

Language of Metadata—The language used to create the metadata. The language should be represented as the appropriate two-letter code as defined by ISO 639:1988, Code for the representation of names of languages.

Rationale: The language of the metadata may be different from the language used in the data itself and allows for a smoother transition to the ISO metadata standard.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: langmeta

Source: Esri

Binary Enclosures

Binary_Enclosures =

(Thumbnail) +

(1{Enclosure}n)

Thumbnail =

Data

Enclosure =

Description_of_Enclosure +

Data

Thumbnail—Contains an embedded graphic file in Windows Bitmap format that illustrates what the spatial data looks like. The file is encoded as Base64 text, then stored within the metadata.

Type: compound

Short Name: Thumbnail

Source: Esri

Data—The enclosed file, encoded as Base64 text.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: Data

Source: Esri

Enclosure—Contains a copy of an external file that describes the data. The file is encoded as Base64 text, then stored within the metadata.

Type: compound

Short Name: Enclosure

Source: Esri

Description of Enclosure—A brief description of the enclosure.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: Descript

Source: Esri

Citation Information

Citation_Information =

1{Originator}n +

Publication_Date +

(Publication_Time) +

Title +

0{File_or_Table_Name}1 +

0{Edition}1 +

0{Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form}1 +

0{Series_Information}1 +

0{Publication_Information}1 +

0{Other_Citation_Details}1 +

(1{Online_Linkage}n) +

0{Larger_Work_Citation}1

Series_Information =

Series_Name +

Issue_Identification

Publication_Information =

Publication_Place +

Publisher

Larger_Work_Citation =

Citation_Information

File or Table Name—The name of the item. For example, the name of a shapefile or a feature class in a geodatabase.

Rationale: The name of the file or the geodatabase item is different from its formal, descriptive title.

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: ftname

Source: Esri

Online Linkage (8.10)—The name of an online computer resource that contains the dataset. Entries should follow the Uniform Resource Locator convention of the Internet. For items stored in an ArcSDE geodatabase, connection information shall be recorded in the form "Server=ServerName; Service=ServiceName; Database=DatabaseName; User=UserName; Version=VersionName". For data that is distributed over the Internet using ArcIMS, the service information shall be recorded in the form "Server=http://ServerLocation; Service=ServiceName; ServiceType=TypeOfDataService; FeatureClassType=TypeOfFeatures; FeatureClassName=NameOfFeatureClass".

Type: text

Domain: free text

Short Name: ftname

Source: Esri

Time Period Information

Time_Period_Information =

[Single_Date/Time |

Multiple_Dates/Times |

Range_of_Dates/Times]

Single_Date/Time =

Calendar_Date +

(Time_of_Day)

Multiple_Dates/Times =

2{Single_Date/Time}n

Range_of_Dates/Times =

Beginning_Date +

(Beginning_Time) +

Ending_Date +

(Ending_Time)

Contact Information

Contact_Information =

[Contact_Person_Primary |

Contact_Organization_Primary] +

(Contact_Position) +

1{Contact_Address}n +

1{Contact_Voice_Telephone}n +

(1{Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone}n) +

(1{Contact_Facsimile_Telephone}n) +

(1{Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address}n) +

(Hours_of_Service) +

(Contact_Instructions)

Contact_Person_Primary =

Contact_Person +

(Contact_Organization)

Contact_Organization_Primary =

Contact_Organization +

(Contact_Person)

Contact_Address =

Address_Type +

0{Address}n +

City +

State_or_Province +

Postal_Code +

(Country)

Appendix D—Summary of Elements in the Esri Profile

The following table summarizes the elements in the Esri Profile. It presents the long and short names of the elements in a hierarchical list. Additional columns indicate the elements whose values can be automatically synchronized by ArcCatalog, the elements whose values can be manually defined using editors provided with ArcCatalog, and which of the stylesheets provided with ArcCatalog can be used to examine the element's value(s). This table does not show production information such as whether or not an element is mandatory or how many times an element may be repeated. More detailed information about synchronization can be found in the technical paper Synchronization in ArcCatalog, which is available from Esri's Online Support Center.

Columns 1 and 2: Long Name and Short Name

Columns 1 and 2 contain the long and short names of each metadata element as defined in the FGDC standard and the Esri Profile. Short names are used as the XML tags to represent the element in the metadata XML document that is created and maintained by ArcCatalog. These elements are arranged hierarchically to make their organization easier to follow. The compound elements Citation Information, Time Period Information, and Contact Information are reused in several places; they appear in a separate table.

n FGDC-defined elements are black.

n FGDC-defined elements that have been modified by the Esri Profile are orange.

n Esri-defined elements are light blue.

n Compound elements are bold. Compound elements contain individual elements.

n Individual elements are not bold. Individual elements contain values.

n A green asterisk (*) in column 1 indicates that use of the element has changed between different versions of ArcCatalog.

Column 3: Synchronized[i]

Synchronization is the process by which ArcCatalog will automatically update an item's metadata with information derived from the item itself. Values in this column indicate whether or not the element's value can be synchronized.

n S: element's value can be synchronized. If these elements are removed, they will be added again the next time the metadata is synchronized.

n H: ArcCatalog adds hints to the metadata for the mandatory elements defined in the FGDC standard. The first time the metadata is synchronized, these elements are added to the metadata. They are only added if the element does not already exist in the metadata. If these elements are removed, they won't be added again. The value for these elements is a description of the information that should be added.

n Values for all other elements must be entered manually.

n See the footnotes for details about specific elements.

Column 4: Editable

Values in this column indicate whether or not the element's value can be edited manually.

n Y: element's value can be edited using the FGDC metadata editor provided by ArcCatalog.

n N: element's value is visible in the FGDC metadata editor but not editable.

n P: element's value can be edited using the Metadata Properties dialog box.

n All other elements are not visible in the FGDC metadata editor or the Metadata Properties dialog box provided with ArcCatalog.

Column 5: Visible in Stylesheet[ii]

Values in this column indicate which stylesheets can be used to look at the element's value.

n G: element's value can be viewed using the FGDC Geography Network stylesheet.

n Q: element's value can be viewed using the FGDC FAQ stylesheet.

n E: element's value can be viewed using the FGDC Esri stylesheet.

n F: element's value can be viewed using the FGDC stylesheet.

n C: element's value can be viewed using the FGDC Classic stylesheet.

n All elements can be viewed using the XML stylesheet.

n See the footnotes for details about specific elements.

Metadata Content

Esri	Esri
* Metadata ID	MetaID	S
Creation Date	CreaDate	S
Creation Time	CreaTime	S
Synchronize Once	SyncOnce	S
Synchronization Date	SyncDate	S
Synchronization Time	SyncTime	S
Modification Date	ModDate	S		E
Modification Time	ModTime	S		E
Published Document ID	PublishedDocID
Publish Status	PublishStatus
ArcIMS Server	Server	S
ArcIMS Service	Service	S
ArcIMS Service Type	ServiceType	S
ArcIMS Feature Class Type	ServiceFCType	S
ArcIMS Feature Class Name	ServiceFCName	S
Data Properties	DataProperties
Topology Information	topoinfo
Topology Properties	topoProps
Topology Name	topoName	S		F
Cluster Tolerance	clusterTol	S		E,F
Maximum Error Count	maxErrors	S		E,F
Topology Rule	topoRule
Topology Rule ID	topoRuleID	S		E,F
Topology Rule Name	topoRuleName	S		F
Topology Rule Type	topoRuleType	S		E,F
RuleHelp	ruleHelp	S		F
Topology Rule Origin	topoRuleOrigin
Feature Class Name	fcname	S		E,F
Subtype Code	stcode	S		E,F
Subtype Name	stname	S		E,F
All Origin Subtypes	allOriginSubtypes	S		E,F
Topology Rule Destination	topoRuleDest
Feature Class Name	fcname	S		E,F
Subtype Code	stcode	S		E,F
Subtype Name	stname	S		E,F
All Destination Subtypes	allDestSubtypes	S		E,F
Synchronize Automatically	Sync		P
Geocoding Information	RematchLocator
This information is unavailable at this time.

Identification Information	idinfo
Citation	citation
Citation Information	citeinfo
See Citation Information below.		S	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Description	descript
Abstract	abstract	H	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Purpose	purpose	H	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Supplemental Information	supplinf		Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Language of Dataset	langdata	S	Y	F
Time Period of Content	timeperd
Time Period Information	timeinfo
See Time Period Information below.		H¹	Y	G,E,C,F
Currentness Reference	current	H	Y	Q,E,C,F
Status	status
Progress	progress	H	Y	G,E,C,F
Maintenance and Update Frequency	update	H	Y	G,E,C,F
Spatial Domain	spdom
Bounding Coordinates	bounding
West Bounding Coordinate	westbc	S²	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
East Bounding Coordinate	eastbc	S²	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
North Bounding Coordinate	northbc	S²	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
South Bounding Coordinate	southbc	S²	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Local Bounding Coordinates	lboundng
Top Bounding Coordinate	topbc	S		E,F
Bottom Bounding Coordinate	bottombc	S		E,F
Left Bounding Coordinate	leftbc	S		E,F
Right Bounding Coordinate	rightbc	S		E,F
Minimum Altitude	minalti	S	Y	E,F
Maximum Altitude	maxalti	S	Y	E,F
Altitude Units	altunits		Y	F
Dataset G-Polygon	dsgpoly
Dataset G-Polygon Outer G-Ring	dsgpolyo
G-Ring	gring			C,F
G-Ring Point	grngpoin
G-Ring Latitude	gringlat		Y	C,F
G-Ring Longitude	gringlon		Y	C,F
Dataset G-Polygon Exclusion G-Ring	dsgpolyx
G-Ring	gring			C,F
G-Ring Point	grngpoin
G-Ring Latitude	gringlat		Y	C,F
G-Ring Longitude	gringlon		Y	C,F
Data Frames	eframes
Data Frame Count	framect		Y	F
Data Frame Name	framenam		Y	F
Keywords	keywords
Theme	theme
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	themekt	H	Y	C,F
Theme Keyword	themekey	H	Y	G,E,C,F
Place	place
Place Keyword Thesaurus	placekt		Y	C,F
Place Keyword	placekey		Y	G,E,C,F
Stratum	stratum
Stratum Keyword Thesaurus	stratkt		Y	C,F
Stratum Keyword	stratkey		Y	E,C,F
Temporal	temporal
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus	tempkt		Y	C,F
Temporal Keyword	tempkey		Y	E,C,F
Access Constraints	accconst	H	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Use Constraints	useconst	H	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Point of Contact	ptcontac
Contact Information	cntinfo
See Contact Information below.			Y	Q,C,F
Browse Graphic	browse
* Browse Graphic Embedded	browseem			E,F
Browse Graphic File Name	browsen		Y	Q,E,C,F
Browse Graphic File Description	browsed		Y	Q,E,C,F
Browse Graphic File Type	browset		Y	Q,E,C,F
Dataset Credit	datacred		Y	Q,C,F
Security Information	secinfo
Security Classification System	secsys		Y	C,F
Security Classification	secclass		Y	C,F
Security Handling Description	sechandle		Y	C,F
Native Dataset Environment	native	S	Y	E,C,F
* Native Dataset Format	natvform	S	Y	G,E,F
Cross Reference	crossref
Citation Information	citeinfo
See Citation Information below.			Y	C,F
Description of Association	assndesc			F

Data Quality Information	dataqual
Attribute Accuracy	attracc
Attribute Accuracy Report	attraccr		Y	Q,C,F
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment	qattracc
Attribute Accuracy Value	attraccv		Y	C,F
Attribute Accuracy Explanation	attracce		Y	C,F
Logical Consistency Report	logic		Y	Q,C,F
Completeness Report	complete		Y	Q,C,F
Positional Accuracy	posacc
Horizontal Positional Accuracy	horizpa
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report	horizpar		Y	Q,E,C,F
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment	qhorizpa
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value	horizpav		Y	E,C,F
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation	horizpae		Y	E,C,F
Vertical Positional Accuracy	vertacc
Vertical Positional Accuracy Report	vertaccr		Y	Q,E,C,F
Quantitative Vertical Positional Accuracy Assessment	qvertpa
Vertical Positional Accuracy Value	vertaccv		Y	E,C,F
Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation	vertacce		Y	E,C,F
Lineage	lineage
Source Information	srcinfo
Source Citation	srccite
Citation Information	citeinfo
See Citation Information below.			Y	Q,C,F
Source Scale Denominator	srcscale		Y	G,Q,C,F
Type of Source Media	typesrc		Y	Q,C,F
Source Time Period of Content	srctime
Time Period Information	timeinfo
See Time Period Information below.			Y	C,F
Source Currentness Reference	srccurr		Y	C,F
Source Citation Abbreviation	srccitea		Y	C,F
Source Contribution	srccontr		Y	Q,C,F
Process Step	procstep
Process Description	procdesc		Y	Q,C,F
Process Software and Version	procsv		Y	F
Source Used Citation Abbreviation	srcused		Y	Q,C,F
Process Date	procdate		Y	Q,C,F
Process Time	proctime		Y	C,F
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation	srcprod		Y	Q,C,F
Process Contact Information	proccont
Contact Information	cntinfo
See Contact Information below.			Y	Q,C,F
Cloud Cover	cloud		Y	C,F

Spatial Data Organization Information	spdoinfo
Indirect Spatial Reference	indsprdf		Y	Q,C,F
Direct Spatial Reference Method	direct	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Point and Vector Object Information	ptvctinf
Esri Terms Description	esriterm
Esri Feature Type	efeatyp	S	N	E,F
Esri Feature Geometry	efeageom	S		E,F
Esri Topology	esritopo	S	N	E,F
Esri Feature Count	efeacnt	S	N	E,F
Spatial Index	spindex	S	N	E,F
Linear Referencing	linrefer	S	N	E,F
Network Role	netwrole	S		E,F
XY Rank	XYRank	S		E,F
Z Rank	ZRank	S		E,F
Topology Weight	topoWeight	S		E,F
Events on Validation	validateEvents	S		E,F
Participates in Topology Rules	partTopoRules
Topology Rule ID	topoRuleID	S		E,F
Feature Description	featdesc		Y	E,F
SDTS Terms Description	sdtsterm
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type	sdtstype	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Point and Vector Object Type Count	ptvctcnt	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
VPF Terms Description	vpfterm
VPF Topology Level	vpflevel	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
VPF Point and Vector Object Information	vpfinfo
VPF Point and Vector Object Type	vpftype	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Point and Vector Object Type Count	ptvctcnt	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Raster Object Information	rastinfo
* Image Format	rastifor	S	Y	E,F
Raster Object Type	rasttype	S	Y	Q,C,F
Image Type	rastityp		Y	F
Number of Bands	rastband	S	Y	E,F
Row Count	rowcount	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Column Count	colcount	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Vertical Count	vrtcount	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Cell Size X Direction	rastxsz	S	Y	E,F
Cell Size X Units	rastxu		Y	F
Cell Size Y Direction	rastysz	S	Y	E,F
Cell Size Y Units	rastyu		Y	F
Bits Per Pixel	rastbpp	S	Y	E,F
Background Nodata Value	rastnodt		Y	F
Pyramid Layers	rastplyr	S	N	E,F
Image Colormap	rastcmap	S	Y	E,F
Compression Type	rastcomp	S	Y	E,F
Raster Display Type	rastdtyp	S	Y	E,F
Raster Origin	rastorig	S	Y	E,F
Geometric Network Information	netinfo
Network Type	nettype	S		E,F
Connectivity Rule	connrule
Rule Type	ruletype	S		E,F
Rule Category	rulecat	S		E,F
Rule Help	rulehelp	S		E,F
From Edge Feature Class	rulefeid	S		E,F
From Edge Subtype	rulefest	S		E,F
To Edge Feature Class	ruleteid	S		E,F
To Edge Subtype	ruletest	S		E,F
Default Junction Feature Class	ruledjid	S		E,F
Default Junction Subtype	ruledjst	S		E,F
Available Junction	rulejunc
Available Junction Feature Class	junctid	S		E,F
Available Junction Subtype	junctst	S		E,F
Edge Feature Class	ruleeid	S		E,F
Edge Subtype	ruleest	S		E,F
Edge Minimum Cardinality	ruleemnc	S		E,F
Edge Maximum Cardinality	ruleemxc	S		E,F
Junction Feature Class	rulejid	S		E,F
Junction Subtype	rulejst	S		E,F
Junction Minimum Cardinality	rulejmnc	S		E,F
Junction Maximum Cardinality	rulejmxc	S		E,F
Network Element	elemcls
Ancillary Role	roletype	S		F
Ancillary Role Attribute	rolefld	S		F
Enabled Attribute	enabfld	S		F

Spatial Reference Information	spref
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition	horizsys
Coordinate System Name	cordsysn
Projected Coordinate System Name	projcsn	S	Y	E,F
Geographic Coordinate System Name	geogcsn	S	Y	E,F
Geographic	geograph			G
Latitude Resolution	latres	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude Resolution	longres	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Geographic Coordinate Units	geogunit	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Planar	planar
Map Projection	mapproj
Map Projection Name	mapprojn	S	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Albers Conical Equal Area	albers	S		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Azimuthal Equidistant	azimequi	S		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Equidistant Conic	equicon	S		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Equirectangular	equirect	S		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
General Vertical Near-Sided Perspective	gvnsp			F
Height of Perspective Point Above Surface	heightpt		Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Projection Center	longpc	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Center	latprjc	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Gnomonic	gnomonic			F
Longitude of Projection Center	longpc	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Center	latprjc	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area	lamberta	S		F
Longitude of Projection Center	longpc	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Center	latprjc	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Lambert Conformal Conic	lambertc	S		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Mercator	mercator	S		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Scale Factor at Equator	sfequat		Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Modified Stereographic for Alaska	modsak			F
False Easting	feast		Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth		Y	Q,E,C,F
Miller Cylindrical	miller	S		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Mercator	obqmerc	S		F
Scale Factor at Center Line	sfctrlin	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Line Azimuth	obqlazim
Azimuthal Angle	azimangl	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Azimuth Measure Point Longitude	azimptl	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Line Point	obqlpt
Oblique Line Latitude	obqllat	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Line Longitude	obqllong	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Line Latitude	obqllat	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Line Longitude	obqllong	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Orthographic	orthogr			F
Longitude of Projection Center	longpc	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Center	latprjc	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Polar Stereographic	polarst			F
Straight Vertical Longitude from Pole	svlong		Y	Q,E,C,F
Standard Parallel	stdparll		Y	Q,E,C,F
Scale Factor at Projection Origin	sfprjorg		Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast		Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth		Y	Q,E,C,F
Polyconic	polycon	S		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Robinson	robinson	S		F
Longitude of Projection Center	longpc	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Sinusoidal	sinusoid	S		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Space Oblique Mercator (Landsat)	spaceobq			F
Landsat Number	landsat		Y	Q,E,C,F
Path Number	pathnum		Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast		Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth		Y	Q,E,C,F
Stereographic	stereo	S		F
Longitude of Projection Center	longpc	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Center	latprjc	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Transverse Mercator	transmer	S		F
Scale Factor at Central Meridian	sfctrmer	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
van der Grinten	vdgrin	S		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
* Behrmann	behrmann	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Bonne	bonne	S³		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	E,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Cassini	cassini	S³		F
Scale Factor at Central Meridian	sfctrmer	S	Y	E,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	E
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Eckert I	eckert1	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Eckert II	eckert2	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Eckert III	eckert3	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Eckert IV	eckert4	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Eckert V	eckert5	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Eckert VI	eckert6	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Gall Stereographic	gallster	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Loximuthal	loxmuth	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
Latitude of Projection Origin	latprjo	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Mollweide	mollweid	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Quartic Authalic	quartic	S³		F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Winkel I	winkel1	S³		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	E,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Winkel II	winkel	S³		F
Standard Parallel	stdparll	S	Y	E,F
Longitude of Central Meridian	longcm	S	Y	E,F
False Easting	feast	S	Y	E,F
False Northing	fnorth	S	Y	E,F
* Other Projection Definition	otherprj	S³		F
Individual map projection parameters. See Appendix C for production rules.		S	Y	Q,E,F
Map Projection Parameters	mapprojp	S⁴		F
Individual map projection parameters. See Appendix C for production rules.		S⁴		E,F
Grid Coordinate System	gridsys
Grid Coordinate System Name	gridsysn	S	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)	utm
UTM Zone Number	utmzone	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Transverse Mercator	transmerc
See Transverse Mercator above		S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS)	ups
UPS Zone Identifier	upszone		Y	Q,E,C,F
Polar Stereographic	polarst
See Polar Stereographic above.			Y	Q,E,C,F
State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS)	spcs
SPCS Zone Identifier	spcszone	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Lambert Conformal Conic	lambertc
See Lambert Conformal Conic above.		S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Transverse Mercator	transmer
See Transverse Mercator above.		S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Oblique Mercator	obqmerc
See Oblique Mercator above.		S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Polyconic	polycon
See Polyconic above.		S	Y	Q,E,C,F
ARC Coordinate System	arcsys
ARC System Zone Identifier	arczone		Y	Q,E,C,F
Equirectangular	equirect
See Equirectangular above.			Y	Q,E,C,F
Azimuthal Equidistant	azimequi
See Azimuthal Equidistant above.			Y	Q,E,C,F
Other Grid System Definition	othergrd		Y	Q,E,C,F
Local Planar	localp			G
Local Planar Description	localpd		Y	Q,E,C,F
Local Planar Georeference Information	localpgi		Y	Q,E,C,F
Planar Coordinate Information	planci
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method	plance	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Coordinate Representation	coordrep
Abscissa Resolution	absres	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Ordinate Resolution	orders	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Distance and Bearing Representation	distbear
Distance Resolution	distress		Y	Q,E,C,F
Bearing Resolution	bearers		Y	Q,E,C,F
Bearing Units	bearunit		Y	Q,E,C,F
Bearing Reference Direction	bearrefd		Y	Q,E,C,F
Bearing Reference Meridian	bearrefm		Y	Q,E,C,F
Planar Distance Units	plandu	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Local	local			G
Local Description	localdes		Y	Q,E,C,F
Local Georeference Information	localgeo		Y	Q,E,C,F
Geodetic Model	geodetic
Horizontal Datum Name	horizdn	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Ellipsoid Name	ellips	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Semi-Major Axis	semiaxis	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Denominator of Flattening Ratio	denflat	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Vertical Coordinate System Definition	vertdef
Altitude System Definition	altsys
Altitude Datum Name	altdatum		Y	Q,E,C,F
Altitude Resolution	alters	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Altitude Distance Units	altunits		Y	Q,E,C,F
Altitude Encoding Method	altenc	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Depth System Definition	depthsys
Depth Datum Name	depthdn		Y	Q,E,C,F
Depth Resolution	depthres		Y	Q,E,C,F
Depth Distance Units	depthdu		Y	Q,E,C,F
Depth Encoding Method	depthen		Y	Q,E,C,F

Entity and Attribute Information	eainfo
Detailed Description	detail
Entity Type	enttyp
Entity Type Label	enttypl	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Entity Type Type	enttypt	S	N	E,F
Entity Type Count	enttypc	S	N	E,F
Entity Type Definition	enttypd		Y	Q,E,C,F
Entity Type Definition Source	enttypds		Y	Q,E,C,F
Attribute	attr
Attribute Label	attrlabl	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Attribute Alias	attalias	S		E,F
Attribute Definition	attrdef	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Attribute Definition Source	attrdefs	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Attribute Type	attrtype	S	N	E,F
Attribute Width	attwidth	S	N	E,F
Attribute Precision	atprecis	S	N	E,F
Attribute Scale	attscale	S		E,F
Attribute Output Width	atoutwid	S		E,F
Attribute Number of Decimals	atnumdec	S		E,F
Attribute Indexed	atindex		N	F
Attribute Domain Values	attrdomv
Enumerated Domain	edom
Enumerated Domain Value	edomv		Y	Q,C,F
Enumerated Domain Value Definition	edomvd		Y	Q,C,F
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source	edomvds		Y	C,F
Range Domain	rdom
Range Domain Minimum	rdommin		Y	Q,C,F
Range Domain Maximum	rdommax		Y	Q,C,F
Range Domain Mean	rdommean		Y	F
Range Domain Standard Deviation	rdomstdv		Y	F
Attribute Units of Measure	attrunit		Y	Q,C,F
Attribute Measurement Resolution	attrmres		Y	Q,C,F
Codeset Domain	codesetd
Codeset Domain Name	codesetn		Y	Q,C,F
Codeset Domain Source	codesets		Y	Q,C,F
Unrepresentable Domain	udom	S⁴	Y	Q,C,F
Beginning Date of Attribute Values	begdatea		Y	C,F
Ending Date of Attribute Values	enddatea		Y	C,F
Attribute Value Accuracy Information	attrvai
Attribute Value Accuracy	attrva		Y	C,F
Attribute Value Accuracy Explanation	attrvae		Y	C,F
Attribute Value Measurement Frequency	attrmfrq		Y	Q,C,F
Subtype Information	subtype
Subtype Name	stname	S		E,F
Subtype Code	stcode	S		E,F
Subtype Attribute	stfield	S
Subtype Attribute Name	stfldnm	S		E,F
Subtype Default Value	stflddv	S		E,F
Attribute Defined Domain	stflddd
Domain Name	domname	S		E,F
Domain Description	domdesc	S		E,F
Domain Owner	domowner	S		E,F
Domain Attribute Type	domfldtp	S		E,F
Domain Type	domtype	S		E,F
Merge Rule	mfgtype	S		E,F
Split Rule	splttype	S		E,F
Relationship Information	relinfo
Description of Relationship	reldesc	S		F
Relationship Cardinality	relcard	S		E,F
Attributed Relationship	relattr	S		E,F
Composite Relationship	relcomp	S		E,F
Notification Direction	relnodir	S		E,F
Origin Name	otfcname	S		E,F
Origin Primary Key	otfcpkey	S		E,F
Origin Foreign Key	otfcfkey	S		E,F
Destination Name	dtfcname	S		E,F
Destination Primary Key	dtfcpkey	S		E,F
Destination Foreign Key	dtfcfkey	S		E,F
Relationship Forward Label	relflab	S		E,F
Relationship Backward Label	relblab	S		E,F
Overview Description	overview
Entity and Attribute Overview	eaover		Y	Q,E,C,F
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation	eadetcit		Y	Q,E,C,F

Distribution Information	distinfo
Distributor	distrib
Contact Information	cntinfo
See Contact Information below.			Y	Q,C,F
Resource Description	resdesc		Y	Q,C,F
Distribution Liability	distliab		Y	Q,C,F
Standard Order Process	stdorder
Non-Digital Form	nondig		Y	Q,C,F
Digital Form	digform
Digital Transfer Information	digtinfo
Format Name	formname	S³	Y	Q,E,C,F
Format Version Number	formvern		Y	Q,C,F
Format Version Date	formverd		Y	C,F
Format Specification	formspec		Y	Q,C,F
Format Information Content	formcont		Y	Q,C,F
File Decompression Technique	filedec	S³	Y	E,C,F
Transfer Size	transize	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Dataset Size	dssize	S	Y	E,F
Digital Transfer Option	digtopt
Online Option	onlinopt
Computer Contact Information	computer
Network Address	networka
Network Resource Name	networkr	S³	Y	Q,E,C,F
Dialup Instructions	dialinst
Lowest BPS	lowbps		Y	C,F
Highest BPS	highbps		Y	C,F
Number DataBits	numdata		Y	C,F
Number StopBits	numstop		Y	C,F
Parity	parity		Y	C,F
Compression Support	compress		Y	C,F
Dialup Telephone	dialtel		Y	E,C,F
Dialup Filename	dialfile		Y	E,C,F
SDE Connection Information	sdeconn
* Server Name	server	S³		E,F
* Instance Name	instance	S³		E,F
* Database Name	database	S³		E,F
* User Name	user	S³		E,F
* Version Name	version	S³		E,F
Access Instructions	accinstr	S³	Y	E,C,F
Online Computer and Operating System	oncomp		Y	C,F
Offline Option	offoptn
Offline Media	offmedia		Y	Q,E,C,F
Recording Capacity	recap
Recording Density	recden		Y	Q,C,F
Recording Density Units	recdenu		Y	Q,C,F
Recording Format	recfmt		Y	Q,C,F
Compatibility Information	compat		Y	Q,C,F
Fees	fees		Y	Q,C,F
Ordering Instructions	ordering		Y	Q,C,F
Turnaround	turnarnd		Y	Q,C,F
Custom Order Process	custom		Y	Q,C,F
Technical Prerequisites	techpreq		Y	Q,C,F
Available Time Period	availabl
Time Period Information	timeinfo
See Time Period Information below.			Y	C,F

Metadata Reference Information	metainfo
Metadata Date	metd	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Metadata Review Date	metrd		Y	Q,E,C,F
Metadata Future Review Date	metfrd		Y	Q,E,C,F
Language of Metadata	langmeta	S	Y	F
Metadata Contact	metc
Contact Information	cntinfo
See Contact Information below.		H¹	Y	Q,E,C,F
Metadata Standard Name	metstdn	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Metadata Standard Version	metstdv	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Metadata Time Convention	mettc	S	Y	E,C,F
Metadata Access Constraints	metac		Y	C,F
Metadata Use Constraints	metuc		Y	C,F
Metadata Security Information	metsi
Metadata Security Classification System	metscs		Y	C,F
Metadata Security Classification	metsc		Y	C,F
Metadata Security Handling Description	metshd		Y	C,F
Metadata Extensions	metextns
Online Linkage	onlink	S	Y	Q,E,C,F
Profile Name	metprof	S	Y	E,C,F

Binary Enclosures	Binary
Thumbnail	Thumbnail
Data	Data			E,F
Enclosure	Enclosure
Description	Descript		P	E,F
Data	Data		P	E^a,F

Reusable Metadata Sections

Citation Information	citeinfo
Originator	origin	H	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Publication Date	pubdate	H	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Publication Time	pubtime		Y	E,C,F
Title	title	S	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
File or Table Name	ftname	S		E,F
Edition	edition		Y	C,F
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	geoform	S	Y	G,Q^b,E,C,F
Series Information	serinfo
Series Name	sername		Y	Q,E,C,F
Issue Identification	issue		Y	Q,E,C,F
Publication Information	pubinfo
Publication Place	pubplace		Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Publisher	publish		Y	Q,E,C,F
Other Citation Details	othercit		Y	Q,C,F
* Online Linkage	onlink	S⁴	Y	Q,E,C,F
Larger Work Citation	lworkcit
Citation Information	citeinfo
See Citation Information.			Y	Q^c,C,F

Time Period Information	timeinfo
Single Date/Time	sngdate
Calendar Date	caldate	H¹	Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Time of Day	time		Y	E,C,F
Multiple Dates/Times	mdattim
Single Date/Time	sngdate
Calendar Date	caldate		Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Time of Day	time		Y	E,C,F
Single Date/Time	sngdate
Calendar Date	caldate		Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Time of Day	time		Y	E,C,F
Range of Dates/Times	rngdates
Beginning Date	begdate		Y	G,Q,E,C,F
Beginning Time	begtime		Y	Q,E,C,F
End Date	enddate		Y	G,Q,E,C,F
End Time	endtime		Y	Q,E,C,F

Contact Information	cntinfo
Contact Person Primary	cntperp
Contact Person	cntper		Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Organization	cntorg		Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Organization Primary	cntorgp
Contact Organization	cntper	H¹	Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Person	cntorg	H¹	Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Position	cntpos		Y	Q,C,F
Contact Address	cntaddr
Address Type	addrtype	H	Y	E,C,F
Address	address		Y	Q,E,C,F
City	city	H	Y	Q,E,C,F
State or Province	state	H	Y	Q,E,C,F
Postal Code	postal	H	Y	Q,E,C,F
Country	country		Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Voice Telephone	cntvoice	H	Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact TDD/TTY Telephone	cnttdd		Y	C,F
Contact Facsimile Telephone	cntfax		Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Electronic Mail Address	cntemail		Y	Q,E,C,F
Hours of Service	hours		Y	Q,E,C,F
Contact Instructions	cntinst		Y	Q,E,C,F