1. Applications and Tools Jaci Mize NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Rob Dollison USGS

2. Applications and Tools What Tools are Available Transforms  FGDC to ISO  ISO to FGDC  Other Dialects Stylesheets  HTML Views  Rubrics ISO Metadata Editors  XML Editors  GUI Editors ISO Validation and Resolver  Schemas  Namespaces Metadata Publication

3. Transforms Transform aka XSLT XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents into other XML documents Original document is not changed  New document is created based on the content of the existing one Crosswalks identify HOW elements map to each other, transforms DO the mapping XML Doc New XML Doc XSLT

4. FGDC to ISO Transforms http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata- standards/metadata-xml/ FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 FGDC BIO to ISO 19115-2 FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 FGDC Sect. 5 E&A to ISO 19110

5. MERMAid https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/request-account

6. Other Transforms Email: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov (in development)ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov ISO 19115-2 to FGDC CSDGM ISO 19115-2 to FGDC RSE EML to FGDC FGDC to MARC http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/publis hed/xsl/ DIF to ISO 19115-2 ISO to FGDC http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eds/tds/ netCDF to ISO

7. Stylesheets Stylesheet aka XSL XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents into “Human-readable” documents Original document is not changed  New document is created based on the content of the existing one Stylesheets simply provide different “views” of the XML

8. ISO XML to HTML http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/metadata-xml/

9. ISO XML to Rubric View http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsl/isoRubricHTML.xsl

10. ISO Metadata Editors ISO Metadata Editor Review http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working- groups- subcommittees/mwg/isoreview/index_html Desktop vs. Web Applications GUI vs. XML

11. CatMDEdit

12. PROS ISO 19115, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core Good validation Ingest and export records Auto generation for some file formats Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Open-source Free CONS No ISO 19115-2, Biological, or NAP support No search or common catalog No transform engine No XML attributes http://catmdedit.sourceforge.net/

13. GeoNetwork

14. PROS ISO 19115, ISO 19115-2, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core Good validation Ingest and export batch records Search interface Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Common repository Open-source Free CONS Complicated start-up Validation errors are hard to understand sometimes No biological or NAP support Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC- ISO transforms) http://geonetwork-opensource.org/

15. ISOMorph – in development

16. PROS ISO 19115-2 Good validation Linked to workbooks Platform independent GUI Customizable Supports xlinks Domain drop-downs CONS In development Email: jmize@radiancetech.com

17. ESRI Geoportal

18. PROS Partial FGDC CSDGM, BIO, RSE, ISO 19115, 19115-2, and 19110 Auto populates some fields Provides some drop-down menus CONS Does not support full standards No ISO biological support Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC- ISO transforms) No XML attributes Cannot edit auto populated fields http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoportal/

19. Altova XMLSpy

20. PROS More power! Support any standard if you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Nice graphics generated from schemas Performs transformations Performs validation CONS Expensive Must know XML No GUI http://www.altova.com/xmlspy.html

21. oXygen

22. PROS More power! Support any standard if you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Nice graphics generated from schemas Performs transformations Performs validation CONS Expensive Must know XML No GUI http://www.oxygenxml.com/

23. ISO Validation Tools Schema Validation Uses schemas and namespace declarations Defines the rules for the structure and content of XML documents Schematrons Rule-based validation language for making assertations about the presence of absence of elements or patterns in XML documents Used in conjunction with schemas

24. ISO Validation Tips <gmi:MI_Metadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:gco= “http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco” xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:srv="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/srv" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" xmlns:gsr="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gsr" xmlns:gss="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gss" xmlns:gts="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gts" xmlns:gmx="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx" xmlns:gmi="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsd/schema.xsd ">

25. Validation Checker and Xlink Resolver http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/MetadataTransform/XLink Resolver.jsp