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Creating Metadata for the ESRI GIS Portal 2.0.
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Table of Contents
Section Page
1.0 Introduction............................................................................... 1-1

1.1 GIS Portal Toolkit .............................................................................. 1.2 Intended Audience ............................................................................ 1.3 Other Resources ............................................................................... 1-1 1-1 1-1
2.0 GIS Portal Metadata Requirements......................................... 2-1

2.1 Metadata Requirements .................................................................... 2.2 Metadata Elements ........................................................................... 2-1 2-2
3.0 FGDC Metadata......................................................................... 3-1

3.1 Setting the ArcCatalog Synchronizers............................................... 3.1.1 Setting the Synchronizers ...................................................... 3-1 3-1
3.2 Creating Metadata in ArcCatalog ...................................................... 3-3 3.2.1 Creating Metadata.................................................................. 3-4 3.2.2 Adding Thumbnails and Graphics to Your Metadata Record ................................................................................. 3-13 3.2.3 Metadata for Live Map Services............................................. 3-15 3.3 Exporting the Metadata ..................................................................... 3-17
4.0 ISO Metadata............................................................................. 4-1

4.1 Setting the ArcCatalog Synchronizers............................................... 4.1.1 Setting the Synchronizers ...................................................... 4-1 4-1
4.2 Creating Metadata in ArcCatalog ...................................................... 4-3 4.2.1 Metadata for Live Map Services............................................. 4-19 4.3 Exporting the Metadata ..................................................................... 4-20
Creating Metadata for the ESRI GIS Portal 2.0.1
1.0 Introduction
1.1 GIS Portal Toolkit
ESRI's GIS Portal Toolkit is a technology and services solution for implementing local, regional, national, and global spatial data infrastructure (SDI) portals. GIS portals organize content and services such as directories, search tools, community information, support resources, data, and applications. They provide capabilities to query metadata records for relevant data and services, then link directly to the online sites that host content services. The content can be visualized as maps and used in geographic queries and analyses. Portals can also control commercial usage of services. Metadata is the fuel for GIS Portal Toolkit and should, therefore, be optimized for use with GIS Portal Toolkit. The objective of this document is to outline the steps for creating metadata that works with GIS Portal Toolkit and allows users of the GIS portal to get the most benefits of this metadata.
1.2 Intended Audience

This document is intended for those users of GIS Portal Toolkit that create, maintain, and manage metadata using ArcCatalog, GIS Portal Toolkit, and other XML editors.
1.3 Other Resources

Creating Metadata for the ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit is the fifth document in a series describing working with the ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit. The series is completed by the following documents: Installation Guide for the ESRI GIS Portal ToolkitGIS Portal Installation Guide for the ESRI GIS Portal ToolkitHarvesting Tool Installation Guide for the ESRI GIS Portal ToolkitChannel Editor Installation Guide for the ESRI GIS Portal ToolkitSynchronization Utility Creating Metadata for the ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit Other Resources FGDC metadata specifications: http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/standards.html ISO metadata specifications: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=26020&ICS1= 35&ICS2=240&ICS3=70
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2.1 Metadata Requirements
GIS Portal Toolkit requires several metadata elements to be present in the metadata document. These required elements (Table 2-1) are the minimum metadata standard for GPT 2.x versions. Table 2-1 GPT 2.0.1 Required Minimum Metadata ID 1 2 3 4 Name Metadata Contact Organization Contact Person Phone Number E-Mail Citation Content Developer Type Title Rating Publisher Publication Date Map Server (URL) Map Service Description Abstract Purpose Spatial Domain West Bounding Coordinate East Bounding Coordinate North Bounding Coordinate South Bounding Coordinate Data Theme Primary Theme Distribution Information Organization Contact Person Phone Number E-Mail Description Name of organization creating the metadata Name of person creating the metadata Phone number of person for metadata information E-mail address of person for metadata information Type of organization Title of the metadata document Rating of the metadata publisher Name of the publisher Date metadata document was published URL to map server hosting IMS Name of the service on hosting machine Data abstract Purpose of the dataset West Bounding Coordinate of the dataset described in the metadata document East Bounding Coordinate of the dataset described in the metadata document North Bounding Coordinate of the dataset described in the metadata document South Bounding Coordinate of the dataset described in the metadata document Category dataset belongs to Organization responsible for distributing the data Contact person for data distribution Phone number of the contact person E-mail address of the contact person
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2.2 Metadata Elements

Each metadata standard uses it own metadata tags to define the content. GIS Portal Toolkit handles both FGDC and ISO metadata. Table 2-2 lists commonly used metadata element tags that the GIS Portal Toolkit utilizes. Table 2-2 Commonly Used Metadata Tags in GPT XML Files ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Name Metadata Contact Organization Contact Person Phone Number E-Mail Citation Title Rating Publisher Publication Date Map Server (URL) Map Service Map Service Type Description Abstract Purpose Spatial Domain West Bounding Coordinate East Bounding Coordinate North Bounding Coordinate South Bounding Coordinate Data Theme Primary Theme Key Words Distribution Information Organization Contact Person Phone Number E-Mail Other Elements Resource Description Resource Type Content Type Published Doc ID (GUID) Modification Date FGDC TAG <cntinfo> <cntorg> <cntper> <cntvoice> <eMailAdd> <citation> <title> <certification> <origin> <pubdate> <Server> <Service> <ServiceType> <descript> <abstract> <purpose> </idCitation> <westbc> <eastbc> <northbc> <southbc> <keywords> <themekey> <keyword> <distinfo> <cntorg> <cntper> <cntvoice> <eMailAdd> <resdesc> <resourceType> <KeyTypCd/> <PublishedDocID> <ModDate> ISO TAG </idCitation> <rpOrgName> <rpIndName> <voiceNum> <eMailAdd> <idCitation> <resTitle> <certification> <rpOrgName> <refDate> <Server> <Service> <ServiceType> </idCitation> <idAbs> <idPurp> </idCitation> <westBL> <eastBL> <northBL> <southBL> <TopicCatCd/> <keyword> <distInfo> <rpOrgName> <rpIndName> <voiceNum> <eMailAdd> <orDesc> <resourceType> <KeyTypCd/> <PublishedDocID> <ModDate>
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3.1 Setting the ArcCatalog Synchronizers
This section outlines how you need to set the appropriate metadata synchronizers for creating and maintaining FGDC metadata. The two synchronizers you will be utilizing are FGDC Geography Network It is not recommended to use all available metadata synchronizers. Using all synchronizers will result in having multiple metadata standards in one metadata document. The Geography Network synchronizer is used to maintain the special ESRI tags that are part of your metadata document. 3.1.1 Setting the Synchronizers Open ArcCatalog. Right-click mouse button on the toolbar section (see below).
Click Customize (the Customize toolbar window will open). Click the Commands tab. Scroll down to Metadata.
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Select the Set Working Synchronizers command (see below).
Drag and drop the Set Working Synchronizers command onto the Metadata toolbar (see below).
You have now added the tool for setting the working synchronizers to the toolbar. In the following steps, you will set the synchronizers. Click the Set Working Synchronizers button.
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In the Set Working Synchronizers window, you see that all three metadata synchronizers are set by default.
Uncheck the ISO Metadata synchronizer. Click OK. Your metadata will now be synchronized using FGDC CSDGM and Geography Network Synchronizer only.
3.2 Creating Metadata in ArcCatalog

Select the dataset. Click Edit metadata to open the FGDC editor. The next steps will show you which fields you need to fill in to create GIS Portal Toolkit metadata that adheres to the minimum GIS Portal Toolkit metadata standards. The steps are outlined by tab order as they appear in the FGDC Wizard in ArcCatalog.
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3.2.1 Creating Metadata General Information
Required Fields Enter the abstract. It is a good practice to limit your abstract to 250 words or less. Enter the purpose. Describe what this dataset should be used for. Optional Fields Access Constraints: Describe who can access this data. Use Constraints: Describe any use constraints and limitations of the data.
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Contact Information Click the Contact tab.
Click the Details button to open the Contact Information window.
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Required Fields Person: Enter the full name of the person. Organization: Enter the full organization name. Contact Voice Telephone: Omit the separators, such as brackets and dashes, in the phone number. A suitable entry is 9097932853. Contact E-mail Address: Enter the e-mail address. Click the Address tab to enter the required address information.
Address Type: This could be mailing address, physical and mailing address, or physical address. City. State or Province. Postal Code. Country. Click OK to submit the contact information.
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Citation Information This will set the title for your metadata document as it will appear in the GIS portal. Click the Citation tab to open the Citation information window Click on Details.
Required Fields Title: This field is automatically filled in by ArcCatalog. If the title is cryptic, you may want to update it. Originator: This is the same field as the Publisher field in the online form of the GIS Portal tool. Publication Date: This is the date the document is published. Default values are unknown, unpublished material, or an actual date. When entering a date, use the following format: YYYYMMDD. Click OK to update the metadata document.
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Time Period Click the Time Period tab to open the Metadata Date Reference window.
Required Fields if Setting a Single Date and Time Calendar Date: Enter the date as YYYYMMDD. Required Fields if Setting Multiple Dates/Range of Dates Beginning Date: Enter the date as YYYYMMDD. Ending Date: Enter the date as YYYYMMDD. Optional Fields Currentness Reference: Select either ground condition or publication date. Status The two status fields Progress and Update Frequency can be filled out optionally.
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Spatial Domain Typically, the spatial domain is automatically entered and determined for you by ArcCatalog. To validate the settings Click the Spatial Domain tab. Click the Bounding Coordinates and G-Polygon tab. The bounding coordinates are shown in the image below.
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Keywords The keywords section handles all relevant keywords in the metadata document including the metadata categories. To enter keyword and metadata categories Click the Keywords tab.
The first keyword you want to enter is the metadata data category keyword. Table 3-1 lists the category and the associated theme keyword. Table 3-1 Metadata Theme Keyword Metadata Data Category Administrative and political boundaries Agriculture and farming Atmosphere, climatology, and meteorology Biologic and ecologic Business and economic Cadastral and land planning Cultural, society, and demographic Elevation and derived products Facilities and structures Geological and geophysical Keyword boundaries farming climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere biota economy planningCadastre society elevation structure geoscientificInformation
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Metadata Data Category Human health and disease Imagery, basemaps, and land cover Inland water resources Locations and geodetic networks Military and intelligence Oceans and estuaries Transportation networks Utility and communication networks Required Fields
Keyword health imageryBaseMapsEarthCover inlandWaters location intelligenceMilitary oceans transportation utilitiesCommunication
Keyword: Enter the appropriate metadata data category keyword followed by several other relevant keywords. Use multiple keywords with broader and more specific definitions to describe the dataset. Optional Fields Place Keyword: This describes the location relevant to the data described in the metadata records. Distribution
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Required Field Resource Description. This lists the type of data you are referencing in your metadata record. Table 3-2 lists the recognized data content types. Use only one content type when describing your data. Table 3-2 Data Content Types Resource Description Live Data and MapsArcIMS Image Service Live Data and MapsArcIMS Feature Service Live Data and MapsWMS Image Service Downloadable Data Offline Data Static Map Images Other Documents Applications Geographic Services Clearinghouses Map Files Geographic Activities Resource Type 001 001 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010
Click the Distributor tab to enter the distribution contact information. This is similar to the metadata contact information. Click Details to enter the distribution contact information. Required Fields Person: Enter the full name of the person. Organization: Enter the full organization name. Contact Voice Telephone: Omit the separators, such as brackets and dashes, in the phone number. A suitable entry is 9097932853. Contact E-mail Address: Enter the e-mail address.
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Click the Address tab to enter the required address information.
Address Type: This could be mailing address, physical and mailing address, or physical address. City. State or Province. Postal Code. Country. Click OK to submit the contact information. Click Save to save the metadata document. 3.2.2 Adding Thumbnails and Graphics to Your Metadata Record Having a graphic or thumbnail embedded in the metadata document often enhances the user's understanding of the data associated with the metadata records. Embedding a Thumbnail Using ArcCatalog, you can easily embed a thumbnail in your metadata record. In the Catalog tree, click the layer for which you want to create a thumbnail. Click the Preview tab.
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Click the Preview drop-down arrow on the Preview tab and click Geography. Click the Zoom In button on the Geography toolbar and zoom to the area that best represents the layer's contents. Click the Create Thumbnail button (see figure below). The thumbnail records what you currently see in Geography view. The thumbnail is now part of the metadata record and will show up in the metadata section. When you export the metadata document or load it in GIS Portal Toolkit (not using ArcCatalog), the thumbnail will be part of the metadata record and will be displayed when the user views the search results.
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Adding a Custom Graphic To add a custom graphic as a reference file in the metadata document Edit the metadata document. Click the Browse Graphic tab.
Enter the following information: Filename: Enter the location of the file. If you are sharing this over the Internet, the file location must be accessible by the public. An example of a URL is http://www.geographynetwork.com/images/thumbs/elevation.gif. Description: Enter a short description of the file. This is used for the ALT tag value. File Type: Select the file type from the drop-down list. Click Save to exit. 3.2.3 Metadata for Live Map Services Creating metadata records for live map services involves specifying the URL, type of service, and service name for this live map. In this section, several methods are listed on how to accomplish this for ArcIMS, WMS, WFS, and WCS services.
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1. Manually Adding Metadata Tags and Values to the XML Document With this method, you will add specific information to the ESRI Metadata section in your document. Open your XML document in an XML editor. Navigate to the following metadata. TAG: <Esri>. To define an ArcIMS service, add the following information. Server: URL to the ArcIMS server. TAG = <Server> Service: Name of the map. You only need to use this when specifying an Image Service. TAG = <Service> Service Type: Image or Feature. TAG = <ServiceType> An example for an ArcIMS Image Service is shown below. <Server>http://www.geographynetwork.com</Server> <Service>ESRI_Elev</Service> <ServiceType>image</ServiceType> An example for an ArcIMS Feature Service is shown below. <Server>http://www.geographynetwork.com/wfsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap</Server> <ServiceType>wfs</ServiceType> To define an OGC IMS Service, add the following information. Server: URL to the ArcIMS server. TAG = <Server> Service Type: Image or Feature. TAG = <ServiceType> An example for an OGC WMS Service is shown below. <Server>http://datamil.delaware.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms. Esrimap</Server><ServiceType>wms</ServiceType> 2. Adding the Onlink Metadata Tag to the XML Document As a repeatable element, Online_Linkage (Citation Information) is used to provide access to a variety of data download, data clearinghouse, and Web-mapping services. Use this field to fully represent your geospatial data access and distribution capabilities by providing complete URLs and necessary information to indicate the nature of the Web link using the following style guidance. OGC Web Map Service links include a getmap request with a layer name, version, preferred image format, and preferred SRS, at a minimum. For example:
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http://server/service?REQUEST=getmap&VERSION=1.1.0&LAYERS=roads&FOR MAT=image/gif&SRS=EPSG:4326. ArcIMS Image services using a URL-like request. If you pasted this request in a browser, you will not connect to an ArcIMS server, since it does not permit this style of request; however, it contains enough information to allow geodata.gov to connect to an ArcIMS service. For example: http://<server>/image/<service_name> will be assigned as Live Map, ArcXML Image Service, where server URL is <server> and service name is ArcIMS <service_name>. The subpath /image/ must be present in the URL.
3.3 Exporting the Metadata

After you have created your metadata records, you may need to export them. This is needed especially for ArcSDE software-based data sources. The XML file is not stored in the file system. For file-based geospatial resources, you will find the XML file in the same folder as the data source. To export an XML file in ArcCatalog Select the metadata document you want to export. Click the Export Metadata button in ArcCatalog. Select the format (FGDC CSDGM XML or XML). Define the output location and file name (see figure below).
Click OK. Repeat this process for all your metadata documents.
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4.1 Setting the ArcCatalog Synchronizers
This section outlines how you need to set the appropriate metadata synchronizers for creating and maintaining ISO metadata. The two synchronizers you will be utilizing are ISO. Geography Network. It is not recommended to use all available metadata synchronizers. Using all synchronizers will result in having multiple metadata standards in one metadata document. The Geography Network synchronizer is used to maintain the special ESRI tags that are part of your metadata document. 4.1.1 Setting the Synchronizers Open ArcCatalog. Right-click the mouse button on the toolbar section (see below).
Click Customize (the Customize toolbar window will open). Click the Commands tab. Scroll down to Metadata.
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Select the Set Working Synchronizers command (see below).
Drag and drop the Set Working Synchronizers command onto the Metadata toolbar (see below).
You have now added the tool for setting the working synchronizers to the toolbar. In the following steps, you will set the synchronizers. Click the Set Working Synchronizers button.
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In the Set Working Synchronizers window, you see that all three metadata synchronizers are set by default.
Uncheck the FGDC CSDGM synchronizer. Click OK. Your metadata will now be synchronized using ISO Metadata and Geography Network Synchronizer only.
4.2 Creating Metadata in ArcCatalog

Creating ISOGIS Portal Toolkit Software-Compliant Metadata Turn off the FGDC Metadata Editor. Set your Metadata Editor to ISO in ArcCatalog (figure 4-1). Click Tools > Options > Metadata > Editing Metadata.
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Select ISO Wizard. Figure 4-1 Options Window in ArcCatalog
Click OK.
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Creating Metadata When creating metadata for ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit with the ArcCatalog ISO Metadata Wizard, you will be required to add fields. These fields are indicated with a red star. Click the Edit Metadata button in ArcCatalog. The ISO Metadata Wizard will open (see image below).
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General Information Click Next. Enter a title for the dataset (see example below).
Click Next. Enter the date the dataset was created.
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Enter the language of the metadata. Enter what languages are used in the data.
Click Next.
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You will now enter the abstract for the dataset. Enter the abstract. Use less than 250 words to describe the dataset.
Click Next. In the next window, you will enter the contact information for the Metadata author. Fill in all required fields (see following image). Your name. The organization you represent. The position or role you have in the organization (not required for GIS Portal Toolkit). Delivery point: This is the street address. City. State or admin area: You can use the abbreviation or full state name. Postal code and county. Select country from the pick list.
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Your telephone number.
Click Next. No changes on the Point of contact form. Click Next. No changes on the Point of contact 1 form. Click Next. No changes on the Dataset history form. Click Next.
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In the Themes or categories form, you will select one data category that applies to your dataset. Select the data category.
Click Next.
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In the Additional characteristics window, select Keywords for the subjects represented by the data (see image below).
In the Keywords overview window, select Theme keywords and Place keywords.
Click Next.
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Enter several relevant theme keywords in the list. Use generic and specific keywords that apply to your dataset. More keywords are better than no keywords or a few generic keywords. Enter the ISO category description name (see section 2.0) in the list.
Click Next. Enter several place keywords relevant to the dataset. You may want to enter several place keywords including country, state, nearby city, and area name. This ensures full coverage for place-name keyword searches. Consider adding known landmarks to this list as well.
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Click Next. Select the coordinate system. This is not needed if you choose to automatically update the metadata record.
Click Next.
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Enter or verify the geographic bounding box. This is not needed if you choose to automatically update the metadata record.
Click Next. Click Next. Enter the publication data for the dataset.
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Click Next. Enter the required distributor information such as Distributor's name. Distributor's organization. Distributor's position or role in the organization (not required for ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit). Delivery point: This is the street address. City. State or admin area: You can use the abbreviation or full state name. Postal code and country: Select country from the pick list. Telephone number. Click Next.
Select Yes if the data is available online.
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This is usually applicable for Live data and maps. Downloadable data.
Click Next. Enter the publication format (not required for ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit).
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Enter software version you used (not required for ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit).
Click Next. Leave the offline distribution method set to <none>. Click Next. For the online distribution option, fill in the following information. Where is the dataset location: Enter the URL starting with HTTP:// or FTP://. If you are entering a URL pointing to an ArcIMS Image Service, enter the following information. http://<server>/image/<service_name> If you are entering a URL pointing to a ArcIMS Feature Service, enter the following information. http://www.geographynetwork.com/wfsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap. If you are entering a URL pointing to an OGC WMS Service, enter the following information. http://my.host.com/cgi-bin/wms?request=getcapabilities&service =WMS&version=1.1.1
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http://my.host.com/servlet/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?servicename=roads&request= getcapabilities If you are entering a URL pointing to an OGC WFS Service, enter the following information. http://my.host.com/cgi-bin/mswfs_gmap?version= 1.0.0&request=getcapabilities&service=wfs http://my.host.com/ogcwfs/servlet/com.esri.ogc.wfs.WFSServlet?Request= GetCapabilities Select the function performed at that location (not required for ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit). Select the Downloadable Data radio button (see image below). Enter the textual description for the content type. See Table 2-2 for a complete description of content types supported by ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit. Do not use the drop-down list. This list does not contain the differentiation between the various Live data and maps and other user-defined content types.
Click Next. Click Next. Click Finish.
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You have now created an ISO metadata document that can be used with ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit. 4.2.1 Metadata for Live Map Services Creating metadata records for live map services involves specifying the URL, type of service, and service name for this live map. In this section, several methods are listed on how to accomplish this for ArcIMS, WMS, WFS, and WCS services. 1. Manually Adding Metadata Tags and Values to the XML Document With this method, you will add specific information to the ESRI Metadata section in your document. Open your XML document in an XML editor. Navigate to the following metadata. TAG: <Esri>. To define an ArcIMS service, add the following information. Server: URL to the ArcIMS server. TAG = <Server> Service: Name of the map. You only need to use this when specifying an Image Service. TAG = <Service> Service Type: Image or Feature. TAG = <ServiceType> An example for an ArcIMS Image Service is shown below. <Server>http://www.geographynetwork.com</Server> <Service>ESRI_Elev</Service> <ServiceType>image</ServiceType> An example for an ArcIMS Feature Service is shown below. <Server>http://www.geographynetwork.com/wfsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap</Server> <ServiceType>wfs</ServiceType> To define an OGC IMS Service, add the following information. Server: URL to the ArcIMS server. TAG = <Server> Service Type: Image or Feature. TAG = <ServiceType> An example for an OGC WMS Service is shown below. <Server>http://datamil.delaware.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap</Server> <ServiceType>wms</ServiceType>
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2. Adding the Onlink Metadata Tag to the XML Document As a repeatable element, Online_Linkage (Citation Information) is used to provide access to a variety of data download, data clearinghouse, and Web-mapping services. Use this field to fully represent your geospatial data access and distribution capabilities by providing complete URLs and necessary information to indicate the nature of the Web link using the following style guidance. OGC Web Map Service links include a getmap request with a layer name, version, preferred image format, and preferred SRS, at a minimum. For example: http://server/service?REQUEST=getmap&VERSION=1.1.0&LAYERS=roads&FOR MAT=image/gif&SRS=EPSG:4326. ArcIMS Image services using a URL-like request. If you pasted this request in a browser, you will not connect to an ArcIMS server, since it does not permit this style of request; however, it contains enough information to allow geodata.gov to connect to an ArcIMS service. For example: http://<server>/image/<service_name> will be assigned as Live Map, ArcXML Image Service, where server URL is <server> and service name is ArcIMS <service_name>. The subpath /image/ must be present in the URL.
4.3 Exporting the Metadata

After you have created your metadata records you may need to export them. This is needed especially for ArcSDE software-based data sources. The XML file is not stored in the file system. For file-based geospatial resources, you will find the XML file in the same folder as the data source. To export an XML file in ArcCatalog Select the metadata document you want to export. Click the Export Metadata button in ArcCatalog. Select the format (XML). Define the output location and file name (see figure below).
Click OK. Repeat this process for all your metadata documents.
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Creating Metadata for the ESRI GIS Portal 2.0.

1.0 Introduction............................................................................... 1-1

2.0 GIS Portal Metadata Requirements......................................... 2-1

3.0 FGDC Metadata......................................................................... 3-1

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1.3 Other Resources

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Select the Set Working Synchronizers command (see below).

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3.2.1 Creating Metadata General Information

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Contact Information Click the Contact tab.

Click the Details button to open the Contact Information window.

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Keyword health imageryBaseMapsEarthCover inlandWaters location intelligenceMilitary oceans transportation utilitiesCommunication

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Click the Address tab to enter the required address information.

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