Dear Users,
I have recently seen that a lot of shp files arrive with a xml metadata
file...
do you know if this is a sort of standard??
is grass able to manage them??
can qgis manage them???
do you know where I can find more information about this topic???
thank you for your answer...
ivan
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Ivan Marchesini
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93/a
06125
Perugia (Italy)
e-mail: marchesini@unipg.it
ivan.marchesini@gmail.com
tel: +39(0)755853760
fax: +39(0)755853756
If the data is from the US it is more than likely FGDC metadata:
http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/metadata.html
otherwise it is probably ISO metadata which I think is documented here:
http://www.isotc211.org/
ESRI ArcCatelog has a tool for creating metadata and many datasets are
now taking advantage of that. There are a few stand alone tools for
FGDC metadata but I haven't used them much.
Metadata is a good thing and GRASS should get on this bandwagon.
David
On 8/8/05, ivan marchesini <marchesini@unipg.it> wrote:
Dear Users,
I have recently seen that a lot of shp files arrive with a xml metadata
file...
do you know if this is a sort of standard??
is grass able to manage them??
can qgis manage them???
do you know where I can find more information about this topic???
thank you for your answer...
ivan
--
Ivan Marchesini
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Perugia
Via G. Duranti 93/a
06125
Perugia (Italy)
e-mail: marchesini@unipg.it
ivan.marchesini@gmail.com
tel: +39(0)755853760
fax: +39(0)755853756
--
David Finlayson
Marine Geology & Geophysics
School of Oceanography
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7940
USA
Office: Marine Sciences Building, Room 112
Phone: (206) 616-9407
Web: http://students.washington.edu/dfinlays