1. SeaZone Metadata Maestro

2. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 2 Introduction >Metadata Editor >Services  Updates  Keywords – NERC Vocab Server  EDMO Database  Contacts Database  EPSG Database >Validation and Transformation >Projects

3. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 3 Introduction About Maestro >Designed and written by SeaZone >Metadata Maestro is supported via MEDIN >Desktop software for creation and validation of Metadata >There is a programme in place to ensure that bugs and updates are tracked and fixed

4. Metadata Editor

5. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 5 Metadata Editor Profile >Select a profile  MEDIN Discovery Profile (Datasets and Series)  MEDIN Discovery Profile (Services) >Builds a tree of nodes

6. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 6 Metadata Editor Nodes >Reflects ISO 19115 structure >Reflects profile names >Indicates obligation of elements  Mandatory  Conditional  Optional >Add/Remove

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

8. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 8 Templates >Create templates for re-use >*.szz file

9. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 9 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

10. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 10 UUID Creator Tools > UUID Creator

11. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 11 Exporting KML Save metadata as OGC KML >http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2 >Elements mapped:  Resource title -> Placemark name  Abstract -> Placemark description  ISO 19139 XML -> ExtendedData  Geographic bounding box -> Placemark Polygon

12. Services

13. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 13 Updates Local cache: >NERC Vocab Server – keywords (Natural Environment Research Council) >EDMO Database – contacts (European Directory of Marine Organisations) >EPSG Geodetic Parameter (European Petroleum Survey Group) Online: >GEMET Thesaurus (GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus)

14. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 14 Updates Updates can be: >Automatic at startup >Invoked manually (Tools > Refresh Cached Lists) >Folder:  [user profile]\Local Settings\ Application Data\SeaZone\ Metadata Maestro Data >Proxy details required? (Tools > Options)

15. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 15 Keywords NERC Data Grid Vocabulary Server >Different ways of selecting keywords >Search for *water* >Build list >Drag and drop into Editor >Care when manually editing

16. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 16 Contacts EDMO Database >Select organisation >Double click into ‘select organisation’ tab >Drag and drop into responsible party

17. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 17 Contacts Database Local contacts database >Build your own contacts DB >Search >Drag and drop

18. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 18 Geodetic Parameter EPSG Geodetic Parameter >Search for geodetic parameters >Search by code/name

19. Validation and Transformation

20. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 20 Metadata Validation XML validation (Metadata > Validate) >Load XML >Validate >XML Schema >Schematron

21. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 21 Stylesheet.xsl (Metadata > Transform) >More user friendly >Better presentation >Customise HTML XML Transformation

22. Project

23. © HR Wallingford 2010Page 23 Save Project Metadata Maestro Project >Saves the state of most open forms >Produces *.szmp file

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