1. FGDC Metadata Working Group Update July 2008

2. Agenda NAP Status InCIT – L1: friend of the committee NAP as CSDGM vers. 3.0 Transition Resources ISO 19115 Metadata Editor Review NSDI Training Materials Guidance NSDI CAP  2008 Category 1 Awards  2009 Update Future events News from the Field

3. NAP Status The North American Metadata Profile V1.2 has been approved by INCITS L1 for processing as an American National Standard. The current round of review- ANSI sponsored review:  The NAP project proposal has been approved by the INCITS Executive Board.  Internal, INCITS, review processes, 30 days.  At this point there is no further action for L1 or the NAP Working Group.

4. FGDC will host the NAP documents and comment templates for the review. Comments received during the review will be adjudicated in coordination with the Canadian NAP Work Group. NAP Status

5. ANSI Review of Proposal – 30 Calendar Days ANSI Public Review of Standards Document - 45 calendar days.  Press Release  Mid-August to end of September.  The public review is announced in ANSI’s, public access website, Standards Action.  Review materials on FGDC Website. INCITS various actions - 11 business days + 37 calendar days. NAP Status

6. NAP Feature Catalog At stage four (enquiry) of a six stage process for ISO standards. Revision or amendment of 1SO 19110 could stopped at this stage. Recommend the editing team start developing a companion document for NAP

7. InCITS –L1 Friends of the Committee- New membership category. Possible benefits:  Draft proposed American National Standards (dpANS) to them at no charge  Notice of new work same time it is submitted to ANSI for Standards Action  Access to public information- see in notes.  http://www.incits.org/archive/2007/in071376/in071376.pdf, slide 9 http://www.incits.org/archive/2007/in071376/in071376.pdf

8. NAP as CSDGM 3.0 CSDGM is the NSDI community standard ISO 19115 NAP built upon CSDGM Updated to support new:  applications, e.g. web services  topologies, e.g. object orientation  data characteristics, e.g. vertical extent  technologies, e.g. xml

9. NAP as CSDGM 3.0 NSDI resources will be aimed at transition from CSDGM 2.0 including:  guidance documents  translation software  training  funding / CAP

10. Transition Resources Update to Graphic Representation (the “Stitt” diagram) Format based upon ISO 19139 (xml) vs. 19115 (uml) Reviewers needed

11. 5.3.1 Data Identification spatial representation type (repeatable) spatial representation type (repeatable) language (repeatable) language (repeatable) character set (repeatable) character set (repeatable) topic category (repeatable) topic category (repeatable) environment description extent (see 5.13, repeatable) supplemental information spatial resolution (repeatable) or 5.3 Identification Information 5.3.2 Service Identification equivalent scale distance denominator service type service type version (repeatable) service type version (repeatable) access properties (see 5.11.4) extent (see 5.13, repeatable) coupled resource (repeatable) Operates On (see 5.3.1, repeatable) Contains Operation (repeatable) operation name DCP (repeatable) operational description invocation name connect point (see 5.20, repeatable) depends on (see 5.3.9, repeatable) parameters direction description optionality repeatability Value Type name coupling type Resource Maintenance Information (see 5.6, repeatable) Graphic Overview (repeatable) Descriptive Keywords (repeatable) Resource Constraints (see 5.4.1and/or 5.4.2 and/or 5.4.3, repeatable) Aggregate Information (repeatable) file name file description keyword (repeatable) type thesaurus name (see 5.14) aggregate dataset name (see 5.14) (see 5.14 aggregate dataset identifier (see 5.22) (see 5.22) association type initiative type citation (see 5.14) abstract purpose credit (repeatable) status (repeatable) point of contact (see 5.16, repeatable) OR identifier operation name file type

12. Transition Resources Updated Implementation Guidance  what’s different and why  transition strategies  incorporating entities/attributes  best practices Reviewers Needed

13. ISO 19115 Editor Review Complete for  ESRI ArcCatalog  GeoNetwork  IME  M3CAT  MetaD  MetaGenie  Parc Canada Metadata Editor

14. ISO 19115 Editor Review Feature Review complete for:  terraCatalog  CATMDEdit user reviews in progress Web presentation in progress Download (xls) from: http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-groups-subcommittees/mwg/isoreview/

15. NSDI Training Materials Guidance Document Intended for those developing NSDI-related training materials  review/extension of existing NSDI training materials  use of learning objectives  content outline  material review and input available

16. NSDI CAP 2008 Category 1 George Mason University – Phil Yang Innovate! – Jessica Zichichi and Caroline Roberts Arizona State U.- Merriam Powell Research Center- Paul Heinrich Sonoma Ecological Research Center- Pat Stiefer and Deanne DiPietro (http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2008CAP/2008CAPlist, then click on link under title for each projects.ppt0http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2008CAP/2008CAPlist

17. NSDI CAP- 2009 update Metadata nominated as category again. New categories may appear. Solicitation date: Fall 2008

18. Future events ESRI IUC – San Diego NSGIC- Keystone URISA International - New Orleans

19. News from the field See summary in Notepage view.