1. Metadata Working Group Charter Revision Jennifer Carlino FGDC OS 303.202.4260 jcarlino@usgs.gov January 15, 2013 Coordination Group Meeting

2. 2 Overview Existing Metadata Working Group (MWG) Charter Approved in 2006 MWG was still considered “Ad Hoc” Focused mainly on the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Update MWG Charter Reflect current environment Reference ISO standards Enhance connections with other FGDC activities

3. 3 Charter Revision Process Nov. 2 – Using 2010 Template, sent draft to MWG members Dec. 4 – Final draft approved by MWG Dec. 21 – FGDC OS review Jan. 10 – Submit to CG for review Jan. 15 – Present to CG Feb. 1 – CG approves final Charter

4. 4 Summary of Comments 12 sets of comments MWG members OS staff Editorial Spelling and grammar Organizational Follow template Add “Activities” section Expanded content Include new items

5. 5 Key Content Changes Kept reference to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) – may be applicable through Platform (Pg. 1 – Purpose) Inserted reference to support the metadata business case (Pg. 2 – Objectives) Added assigning MWG representative to the Standards Working Group (Pg. 2 – Activities) Added “promoting” to training bullet (Pg. 2 – Activities) Added link to Membership page (Pg. 3 – Membership) Noted MWG present annual summary of accomplishments and planned activities to OS & CG (Pg. 4 – Reports)

6. 6 Coordination Group Vote Discuss Charter ACTION: Coordination Group members are asked to send an "approve" or "disapprove" vote to Arista Maher (amaher@fgdc.gov)amaher@fgdc.gov by COB Thursday, January 31.

7. 7 Questions? Jennifer Carlino, FGDC OS 303.202.4260 jcarlino@usgs.gov