gis metadata Flashcards
FGDC(federal geographic data committee)
an organization that promotes and establishes standards for exchange of data
metadata standard
a set of requirements laying out the types of information and organization to be used for creating metadata
CSDGM(content standard for digital geospatial management)
a metadata standard developed by the FGDC and commonly used in the United States
profile
a formal customization of an international standard developed and maintained by a community of users
lineage
the original source and processing steps behind the production of a digital geospatial dataset
source
original information used to develop a spatial data set
process step
data assembly and geoprocessing function performed in generating a GIS data set
positional accuracy
a measure of the likelihood that features on a map are actually in the locations specifeid
attribute accuracy
a measure of the type or frequency of errors occuring in the attributes of a data set
logical consistency
a measure of how well data features represent real-world features, in particular with respect to topology
completeness
a measure of how well a data set has captured the entire area or all representatives of a feature class
temporal accuracy
a determination of the time period for which a data set is considered valid
XML
a tagged text representation format used to store metadata
spatial reference
the complete description of how the spatial data are stored for a feature class that includes the coordinate system, the X/Y Domain, and the precision
item description
brief style of metadata offering basic information about a data set
