1. Metadata Maestro Practical (and the new ‘features’ I have found)

2. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 2 Introduction Metadata Editor Services −Updates −Keywords – NERC Vocab Server −EDMO Database −Contacts Database −EPSG Database Projects

3. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 3 Features In creating this practical session I have found bugs: Metadata editor refresh Template file identifier Metadata Maestro is supported via MEDIN There is a programme in place to ensure that bugs are tracked and fixed Please alert me to any problems you have

4. Metadata Editor

5. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 5 Concepts Profile Select a profile −MEDIN Discovery Profile (Datasets and Series) −MEDIN Discovery Profile (Services) Builds a tree of nodes

6. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 6 Concepts Nodes Reflects ISO 19115 structure Reflects profile names Indicates obligation of elements

7. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 7 Red Bar / Green Bar On the fly metadata validation

8. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 8 Templates Create templates for re-use *.szz file Some idiosyncrasies (bugs) −File identifier −Identification information

9. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 9 Templates

10. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 10 File Identifier System generated UUID: Automatically changes for new metadata Can be saved to a template −CARE – if this is done the same file identifier can be used for all metadata instances based on the template −Delete the file identifier before saving the template −This forces the file identifier to be re-created when the template is loaded

11. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 11 UUID Creator Tools > UUID Creator

12. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 12 KML Save metadata as OGC KML http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2 Elements mapped: −Resource title -> Placemark name −Abstract -> Placemark description −ISO 19139 XML -> ExtendedData −Geographic bounding box -> Placemark Polygon

13. Services

14. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 14 Updates Local cache: EPSG Geodetic Parameter (?) EDMO Database – contacts NERC Vocab Server – keywords Online: GEMET Thesaurus

15. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 15 Updates Updates can be: Automatic at startup Invoked manually (Tools > Refresh Cached Lists) Folder: −[user profile]\Local Settings\Application Data\SeaZone\Metadata Maestro Data

16. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 16 Keywords NERC Data Grid Vocabulary Server Different ways of selecting keywords Search for *water*

17. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 17 Keyword – Anchor encoding abyssopelagic water column water column Care – manually editing keyword lists will not be encoded using the Anchor element

18. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 18 Contacts EDMO Database

19. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 19 Contacts Database Local contacts database

20. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 20 EPSG Database Search for geodetic parameters

21. Project

22. © HR Wallingford 2010 Page 22 Save Project Metadata Maestro Project Saves the state of most open forms Produces *.szmp file