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Technical Workshop

2013 Esri International User Conference July 8–12, 2013 | San Diego, California

Working with Metadata in ArcGIS

Aleta Vienneau

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Metadata in ArcGIS

• ArcGIS metadata goals • Editing metadata • Setting your metadata style • Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS • Upgrading 9.3.1 metadata for ArcGIS 10.x • Importing and exporting metadata • Tips and tricks • Updates in 10.1 SP1 and 10.2

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ArcGIS metadata goals

• Support metadata standards and selected profiles

• Common experience for all users • Simplify workflows • Validate metadata • Support the ArcGIS platform

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Editing metadata

• For datasets, services, tools, maps, layer files... • Description tab in any ArcGIS for Desktop application - ArcCatalog - Item Description window

• Properties dialog box - maps, globes, scenes, layer files

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Editing metadata

• In ArcCatalog

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Editing metadata

• From the Catalog window

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Editing metadata

• From the Search window

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Editing metadata

• From the Table of Contents (data behind layer)

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Editing metadata

• From Properties dialog box • Maps, scenes, globes: save if they are open

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Editing metadata

• Validate content as you type

Expected value described

Error messages in plain language

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Setting your metadata style

• Install ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop, then set your metadata style

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Setting your metadata style

• Default metadata style: Item Description - Quickly document items - Support discovery when items are published - Portion of an item’s full metadata

• Full metadata—use another style

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Setting your metadata style

• Options dialog box in any ArcGIS for Desktop application

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Setting your metadata style

• Determines how metadata is - Displayed - Edited - Exported - Validated

• Set once to meet organizational requirements

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Setting your metadata style

• Non-default styles access full metadata content

Full content

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Setting your metadata style

• Same metadata display for all non-default styles - ArcGIS metadata - FGDC-formatted content - ISO 19139-formatted content - XML structure if not a recognized format

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Setting your metadata style

Full content

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Setting your metadata style

• ArcGIS metadata includes all concepts for supported standards and profiles

• Most concepts the same - All non-default styles edit common set of pages

• A metadata style filters the full set of concepts

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Setting your metadata style

• Adds or removes pages

ISO-based styles add Locales page

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Setting your metadata style

• Adds or removes elements on a page

NAP style adds date type codelist values

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Setting your metadata style

• Changes values in some drop-down lists

INSPIRE has fewer codelist values

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Setting your metadata style

• Validation rules are appropriate

ISO 19139

INSPIRE

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Setting your metadata style

• ArcGIS metadata also includes ArcGIS-specific content

- Thumbnail - Geoprocessing history - Tool descriptions - Detailed item properties

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Editing metadata

Missing required value or invalid data type

Page status

• Table of contents and errors instantly update

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Editing metadata

• Save and reuse contact information

Check a contact to save it

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Editing metadata

• Load saved contacts as needed

Pick the saved contact from a list

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Item description content indexed for ArcGIS for Desktop search

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• New map layer or layer file, properties derived from dataset metadata

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Package brief description from item’s metadata

Populated automatically

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Package contents have full metadata • Access it from the Catalog window

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Service description derived from item’s metadata

Populated automatically

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Service full metadata from item’s metadata

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Description at REST endpoint from metadata

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• ArcGIS Server service’s REST endpoint provides access to full metadata

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Leveraging metadata in ArcGIS

• Published and packaged metadata has local content removed for security

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Upgrading 9.3.1 metadata for ArcGIS 10.x

• ArcGIS 10.x stores metadata in an internal format—ArcGIS metadata - Edits in the Description tab - Automatic metadata synchronization - ArcGIS software writes content behind the scenes

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Upgrading 9.3.1 metadata for ArcGIS 10.x

• ArcGIS platform leverages ArcGIS metadata

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Upgrading 9.3.1 metadata for ArcGIS 10.x

• Used 9.3.1 FGDC metadata editor? - View metadata, click Yes when prompted

- Runs Upgrade Metadata tool - Open and run tool manually - Use a script to upgrade many items

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Upgrading 9.3.1 metadata for ArcGIS 10.x

• Used 9.3.1 ISO metadata editor wizard? - Start editing metadata, save your changes

- Content is upgraded automatically - Open and run Upgrade Metadata tool manually - Use a script to upgrade many items

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Upgrading 9.3.1 metadata for ArcGIS 10.x

• Upgrade - Copies information to ArcGIS metadata elements - Original elements remain in metadata

• Can re-upgrade with more recent software - Will lose edits made since last upgrade

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Importing and exporting metadata

• IMPORT: Convert standard metadata XML format to ArcGIS metadata

• Use Import button in the Description tab - Runs Import Metadata tool - Set Import Type based on format of XML file

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Importing and exporting metadata

• IMPORT supported from - FGDC CSDGM XML format - ISO 19139 XML format

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Importing and exporting metadata

• EXPORT: Convert ArcGIS metadata to a standard metadata XML format

• Use Export button in the Description tab - Runs Export Metadata tool

• Conversion is determined by the metadata style

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Importing and exporting metadata

• EXPORT supported to - FGDC CSDGM XML format - ISO 19139 XML format

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Importing and exporting metadata

• Use exported XML files outside of ArcGIS - Publish to a geoportal - Validate files with an XML schema, Schematron,

or another application, e.g. mp

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Importing and exporting metadata

• ArcCatalog toolbar button exports many items • Use Python scripts to export files periodically

- Export Metadata tool synchronizes metadata first

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Importing and exporting metadata

• Help topics compare available geoprocessing tools - Importing metadata - Exporting metadata

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Tips and tricks

• Check online Help system for ArcGIS - Can’t find it? Use the TOC - Geodata > Data types > Metadata

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Tips and tricks

• If Description tab in use when setting the style, don’t see changes immediately - Click another tab then click Description tab again - Click another item then click tab again

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Tips and tricks

• Metadata display supports shortcuts - Go to bottom: Ctrl-End - Go to top: Ctrl-Home - Copy highlighted text: Ctrl-C - Find text on page: Ctrl-F

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Tips and tricks

• Copy metadata from one item to another with the Import button - Use FROM_ARCGIS Import Type

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Tips and tricks

• Import metadata template with the Import button - Template in CSDGM format, use FROM_FGDC

Import Type - Template in ArcGIS format, use FROM_ARCGIS

Import Type

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Tips and tricks

• Upgrade 9.3.1 FGDC CSDGM-format metadata templates to ArcGIS format - Open Export Metadata tool - Use FGDC2ESRI_ISO.xml translator

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Tips and tricks

• When upgrading metadata in a geodatabase, make sure user who can edit data runs the tool

• Save a copy of metadata to disk as a precaution - Database views

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Tips and tricks

• Copy an item’s metadata to an XML file - Save As XML - XSLT Transformation tool with “exact copy of.xslt”

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Tips and tricks

• Save a copy of the HTML you see in the metadata display - Save as HTML - XSLT Transformation tool with “ArcGIS.xsl” - Browser must allow javascript to run, e.g. “Allow

Blocked Conent” in IE

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Tips and tricks

• After a metadata geoprocessing tool runs, the folder containing the output is selected - Original item is no longer selected

• Reopen and rerun tools from the results window - Tool parameters already set

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Tips and tricks

• Update metadata content with XSLT processing - Available XSLTs: XSLT Transformation tool - Create your own: Editing metadata for many

ArcGIS items

Change the metadata

Save the changes

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Tips and tricks

• Update metadata content with Python processing - Export metadata to XML file - Modify contents at a specific XPath with Python - Import modified XML file to item

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Tips and tricks

• Use exported CSDGM-format XML file with USGS MP Metadata Translator tool - Create other CSDGM file formats - Validate exported CSDGM-format XML file with mp

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Tips and tricks

• Add standard-format metadata XML files to a package - Export metadata to standard format XML files - During packaging add as Additional Files - When package is unpacked, access files in Home

folder

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Updates in 10.1 SP1 & 10.2

• 10.1 SP1 - Managing saved contacts - Validation errors in editor - Edit online linkages for all citations - Keep more CSDGM content with upgrade - Processing steps ordered by date

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Updates in 10.1 SP1 & 10.2

• 10.2 - Title and content type kept in ArcGIS metadata

after FGDC upgrade - Metadata display for elements with whitespace - ESRI-ISO upgrade improvements

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Remaining metadata sessions at this UC

• Metadata Special Interest Group meeting - 5:30 - 7:00 Room 12

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Steps to evaluate UC sessions

• My UC Homepage > “Evaluate Sessions”

• Choose session from planner OR

• Search for session

www.esri.com/ucsessionsurveys

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Please fill out the session evaluation

Offering ID: 135/1281

Online – www.esri.com/ucsessionsurveys

Paper – pick up and put in drop box

Thank you…

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