Applications and Tools

Jaci MizeNOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDCRob Dollison USGS

Applications and ToolsWhat Tools are Available Transforms

FGDC to ISO ISO to FGDC Other Dialects

Stylesheets HTML Views Rubrics

ISO Metadata Editors XML Editors GUI Editors

ISO Validation and Resolver Schemas Namespaces

Metadata Publication

Transforms

Transform aka XSLT XML-based language used for the

transformation of XML documents into other XML documents

Original document is not changed New document is created based on the

content of the existing one Crosswalks identify HOW elements map to

each other, transforms DO the mapping

XMLDoc

New XML Doc

XSLT

FGDC to ISO Transforms

http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/metadata-xml/ FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 FGDC BIO to ISO 19115-2 FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 FGDC Sect. 5 E&A to ISO 19110

MERMAid

https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/request-account

Other Transforms

Email: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov (in development)

ISO 19115-2 to FGDC CSDGM ISO 19115-2 to FGDC RSE EML to FGDC FGDC to MARC

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsl/

DIF to ISO 19115-2 ISO to FGDC

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eds/tds/ netCDF to ISO

Stylesheets

Stylesheet aka XSL XML-based language used for the

transformation of XML documents into “Human-readable” documents

Original document is not changed New document is created based on the

content of the existing one Stylesheets simply provide different

“views” of the XML

ISO XML to HTML

http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/metadata-xml/

ISO XML to Rubric View

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsl/isoRubricHTML.xsl

ISO Metadata Editors

ISO Metadata Editor Review http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-

groups-subcommittees/mwg/isoreview/index_html

Desktop vs. Web ApplicationsGUI vs. XML

CatMDEdit

CatMDEditPROS

ISO 19115, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core

Good validation Ingest and export

records Auto generation for

some file formats Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Open-source Free

CONS No ISO 19115-2,

Biological, or NAP support

No search or common catalog

No transform engine No XML attributes

http://catmdedit.sourceforge.net/

GeoNetwork

GeoNetworkPROS

ISO 19115, ISO 19115-2, ISO 19110, ISO 19119, CSDGM, Dublin Core

Good validation Ingest and export batch

records Search interface Platform independent Multilingual GUI Customizable Common repository Open-source Free

CONS Complicated start-up Validation errors are

hard to understand sometimes

No biological or NAP support

Transform engine cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC-ISO transforms)

http://geonetwork-opensource.org/

ISOMorph – in development

ISOMorph – in developmentPROS

ISO 19115-2 Good validation Linked to workbooks Platform independent GUI Customizable Supports xlinks Domain drop-downs

CONS In development

Email: jmize@radiancetech.com

ESRI Geoportal

ESRI GeoportalPROS

Partial FGDC CSDGM, BIO, RSE, ISO 19115, 19115-2, and 19110

Auto populates some fields

Provides some drop-down menus

CONS Does not support full

standards No ISO biological

support Transform engine

cannot support Xpath 2.0 (FGDC-ISO transforms)

No XML attributes Cannot edit auto

populated fields

http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoportal/

Altova XMLSpy

Altova XMLSpyPROS

More power! Support any standard if

you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Nice graphics

generated from schemas

Performs transformations

Performs validation

CONS Expensive Must know XML No GUI

http://www.altova.com/xmlspy.html

oXygen

oXygenPROS

More power! Support any standard if

you have the schemas Easy to edit Batch functions Nice graphics

generated from schemas

Performs transformations

Performs validation

CONS Expensive Must know XML No GUI

http://www.oxygenxml.com/

ISO Validation ToolsSchema Validation Uses schemas and namespace declarations Defines the rules for the structure and

content of XML documents

Schematrons Rule-based validation language for making

assertations about the presence of absence of elements or patterns in XML documents

Used in conjunction with schemas

ISO Validation Tips<gmi:MI_Metadata

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:gco= “http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco”xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:srv="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/srv" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" xmlns:gsr="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gsr" xmlns:gss="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gss" xmlns:gts="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gts" xmlns:gmx="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx" xmlns:gmi="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsd/schema.xsd">

Validation Checker and Xlink Resolver

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/MetadataTransform/XLinkResolver.jsp