Related Metadata Resources

General Metadata Resources

Specific Metadata Resources

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)
Directory Interchange Format(DIF)
Dublin Core
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
AACR2 / MARC

General Metadata Resources

Ariadne (Web Version)
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/back/

Digital Libraries: Cataloging and Indexing of Electronic Resources
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/catalog.htm

Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/metadata.htm

D-LIB Magazine
http://www.dlib.org

EPA Scientific Metadata Standards Project
http://www.lbl.gov/~olken/epa.html

Metadata: Mapping Between Metadata Formats
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/interoperability/

Metadata Standards Directory
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta.html

Metadata Summit
http://www.rlg.org/meta9707.html

NSDI Metadata and WWW Mapping Sites
http://www.blm.gov/gis/nsdi.html

Proceedings of the Second IEEE Metadata Conference
http://computer.org/conferen/proceed/meta97/

UKOLN Metadata
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/

Specific Metadata Resources

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/tools/metadata/standard/metadata.html

FGDC Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/standards/scdd/index.html

Metadata [FGDC Metadata Overview]
http://fgdc.er.usgs.gov/Metadata/Metadata.html

Metadata Tools
http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/wlib/sco/metatool/mtools.htm

Directory Interchange Format (DIF)

DIF Writer's Guide
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/difguide/difman.html

Global Change Master Directory Documentation
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs.html

Register Your Data Set
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/difweb

Dublin Core

Dublin Core and the Cataloging Rules
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/personal/jca/dublin/index.htm

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set: Reference Description
http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set: Resource Page
http://purl.oclc.org/metadata/dublin_core/

Miller, Paul. September 1996."Metadata for the Masses". Ariadne (Web Version), issue 5.
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue5/metadata-masses/

Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

GILS Metadata Elements
http://www.usgs.gov/gils/elements.html#table_2

GILS Showcase
http://www.usgs.gov/gils/showcase/

Global Information Locator Service
http://www.g7.fed.us/gils/

Guidelines for the Preparation of GILS Core Entries
http://www.dtic.mil/gils/documents/naradoc/

Internet Resources Related to GILS
http://www.usgs.gov/gils/gilscopy.html

Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2)/MAchine Readable Cataloging (MARC)

Bibliographic Formats and Standards
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/bib/about.htm

Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/9256cat/toc.htm

MARC Home Page (Library of Congress): MARC Standards
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/

Map Cataloging Manual: Contents
http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/map1927.htm

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