1. Harold Moellering Geography Department Ohio State University
Developing a North American Profile for the World Spatial Metadata Standard
Harold Moellering
Geography Department
Ohio State University

3. Regional, National, & Organizational Profiles
Communities with a common need for metadata
ISO19115:2003
Geographic Information - Metadata
EO Profile
Navigation Profile
ANZLIC Profile
European Profile
Metadata Profiles Diagram
NATO Profile
North American Profile
Perfil Latinoamericano de Metadatos
Profiles Enable Interoperability Between Communities
Courtesy of David Danko

5. Basic Metadata Functions
Locate particular Data in SDI
Evaluate characteristics of Data at site
Extract Database from site
Employ/Use Data to analyze problem

6. North American Profile
The goal for NAP
CAN/CGSB
North American Profile
Geospatial Metadata
Based on ISO 19115/19139
USA CSDGM

7. Development Approach Requirements analysis
Past experience with metadata standards implementation
Cross-table development (FGDC-ISO 19115)
Modified UML
Promote options to obligations
Extended codelists
Added codelists

8. North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 Metadata (NAP-Metadata)
Selection of items from ISO19115:2003
Promotion of optional fields to mandatory
Extension of code lists
Addition of values to existing code lists
Addition of code lists
Introduction of a multilingual register
Compliant to ISO19135:2005 on registers
English and/et Français (and potentially Spanish)
Metadata items
Code lists
Register will be accessible on the Web
XML document
Web Services
Web Browser

9. Modified UML

10. Example Modifications to ISO 19115 Reflected in NAP
Extension of Code Lists
Language (M,1)
Language of metadata using standard ISO 3 letter codes
Language Country Code: e.g. ENG, FRA…..
Locale (C, Repeatable)
Locale
Other languages used in metadata

11. Current Status of NAP Project
Version 1.0 Circulated in February, 2007
Currently reviewing comments & updating
Will circulate Version 2.0 shortly
Hope to have Profile competed by the end of the year

12. Summary & Conclusions Much Progress since 2005
Cultural & Linguistic Adaptability
User-friendly Specifications
Promotes Wider Use of Profile
Continue to Circulate NAP Documents
Develop Application Tools for Future
Notes:
There are many more detailed map projections that have been invented over the centuries.
Eras:
> Classical Greek;
Age of Discovery <Golden Age of Cartography>
18th & 19th Centuries – more precise coordinate projections;
20 century – more specialized projections

13. Future Cooperation North Perfil American Latino- Profile Americano
- Metadata
Perfil
Latino-
Americano
de Metadata

14. Acknowledgements The following colleagues have contributed to the development of these materials:
David Danko
ESRI, Washington, DC
Jean Brodeur
Natural Resources Canada,
Centre for Topographic Information, Sherbrooke
Sharon Shinn
U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee, Denver

15. THANK YOU

16. URL: ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu