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NOAA FGDC Metadata Standard ASCII Text Template for Use with Word Processing Programs

The usage and format for these fields is described in the manual for the Standard, "Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Workbook (Describes the June 8, 1994 version of the Metadata Standard) Workbook Version 1.0". In addition, there are some Usage Notes available for the following fields: 1.1.8.10 Online Linkage, 1.2.3.9 NOAAServer URLs, 1.6 Keywords, and 6.4.2.2.1.1.1.1 Network Resource Name.

1 Identification Information
1.1 Citation
1.1.8.1 Originator:
1.1.8.2 Publication Date:
1.1.8.4 Title:
1.1.8.5 Edition:
1.1.8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
1.1.8.7 Series Information
1.1.8.7.1 Series Name:
1.1.8.7.2 Issue Identification:
1.1.8.8 Publication Information
1.1.8.8.1 Publication Place:
1.1.8.8.2 Publisher:
1.1.8.10 Online Linkage:
1.2 Description
1.2.1 Abstract:
1.2.2 Purpose:
1.2.3 Supplemental Information:
1.2.4 NOAA Supplemental Information
1.2.4.1 Entry ID:
1.2.4.2 Sensor Name:
1.2.4.3 Source Name:
1.2.4.4 Campaign or Project:
1.2.4.5 Originating Center:
1.2.4.6 Storage Medium:
1.2.4.7 Reference:
1.2.4.9 NOAAServer URLs
1.2.4.9.1 More Information:
1.2.4.9.2 Preview:
1.2.4.9.3 Obtain:
1.3 Time Period of Content
1.3.1 Currentness Reference:
1.3.9.3 Range of Dates/Times
1.3.9.3.1 Beginning Date:
1.3.9.3.2 Beginning Time:
1.3.9.3.3 Ending Date:
1.3.9.3.4 Ending Time:
1.4 Status
1.4.1 Progress:
1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency:
1.5 Spatial Domain
1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate:
1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate:
1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate:
1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate:
1.6 Keywords
1.6.1 Theme:
1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
1.6.2 Place
1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus:
1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
1.6.3 Stratum
1.6.3.1 Stratum Keyword Thesaurus:
1.6.3.2 Stratum Keyword:
1.6.4 Temporal
1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus:
1.6.4.2 Temporal Keyword:
1.7 Access Constraints:
1.8 Use Constraints:
1.9 Point of Contact:
1.9.10.1 Contact Person Primary
1.9.10.1.1 Contact Person:
1.9.10.1.2 Contact Organization:
1.9.10.2 Contact Organization Primary
1.9.10.2.1 Contact Organization:
1.9.10.2.2 Contact Person:
1.9.10.3 Contact Position:
1.9.10.4 Contact Address
1.9.10.4.1 Address Type:
1.9.10.4.2 Address:
1.9.10.4.3 City:
1.9.10.4.4 State or Province:
1.9.10.4.5 Postal Code:
1.9.10.4.6 Country:
1.9.10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
1.9.10.6 Contact TDD/TTY Telephone:
1.9.10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
1.9.10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
2 Data Quality Information
2.2 Logical Consistency Report:
2.3 Completeness Report:
2.5 Lineage
2.5.2 Process Step
2.5.2.1 Process Description:
2.5.2.3 Process Date:
4 Spatial Reference Information
4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
4.1.1 Geographic
4.1.1.1 Latitude Resolution:
4.1.1.2 Longitude Resolution:
4.1.1.3 Geographic Coordinate Units:
4.2 Vertical Coordinate System Definition
4.2.1 Altitude System Definition
4.2.1.1 Altitude Datum Name:
4.2.1.2 Altitude Resolution:
4.2.1.3 Altitude Distance Units:
4.2.1.4 Altitude Encoding Method:
4.2.2 Depth System Definition
4.2.2.1 Depth Datum Name:
4.2.2.2 Depth Resolution:
4.2.2.3 Depth Distance Units:
4.2.2.4 Depth Encoding Method:
6 Distribution Information
6.1 Distributor
6.1.10.2 Contact Organization Primary
6.1.10.2.1 Contact Organization:
6.1.10.2.2 Contact Person:
6.1.10.3 Contact Position:
6.1.10.4 Contact Address
6.1.10.4.1 Address Type:
6.1.10.4.2 Address:
6.1.10.4.3 City:
6.1.10.4.4 State or Province:
6.1.10.4.5 Postal Code:
6.1.10.4.6 Country:
6.1.10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
6.1.10.6 Contact TDD/TTY Telephone:
6.1.10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
6.1.10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
6.2 Resource Description:
6.3 Distribution Liability:
6.4 Standard Order Process
6.4.1 Non-digital Form:
6.4.2 Digital Form
6.4.2.1 Digital Transfer Information
6.4.2.1.1 Format Name:
6.4.2.1.7 Transfer Size:
6.4.2.2 Digital Transfer Option
6.4.2.2.1 Online Option
6.4.2.2.1.1 Computer Contact Information
6.4.2.2.1.1.1 Network Address:
6.4.2.2.1.1.1.1 Network Resource Name:
6.4.2.2.2 Offline Option
6.4.2.2.2.1 Offline Media:
6.4.2.2.2.2 Recording Capacity
6.4.2.2.2.2.1 Recording Density:
6.4.2.2.2.2.2 Recording Density Units:
6.4.2.2.2.3 Recording Format:
6.4.2.2.2.4 Compatibility Information:
6.4.3 Fees:
7 Metadata Reference Information
7.1 Metadata Date:
7.2 Metadata Review Date:
7.3 Metadata Future Review Date:
7.4 Metadata Contact
7.4.10.2 Contact Organization Primary
7.4.10.2.1 Contact Organization:
7.4.10.2.2 Contact Person:
7.4.10.3 Contact Position:
7.4.10.4 Contact Address
7.4.10.4.1 Address Type:
7.4.10.4.2 Address:
7.4.10.4.3 City:
7.4.10.4.4 State or Province:
7.4.10.4.5 Postal Code:
7.4.10.4.6 Country:
7.4.10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
7.4.10.6 Contact TDD/TTY Telephone:
7.4.10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
7.4.10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
7.5 Metadata Standard Name:
7.6 Metadata Standard Version:


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