Contents of the "Metadata Training 01-25-06 Slides & Tools" CD

Presentations\

• metadata_class_2006-01_USGS.ppt - Power Point presentation containing all of the slides used during the training class.
• bdp_graphical.doc - Word document containing the Graphical Representation of the BDP
• metadata_tools_software_2005-04.doc - Lynn and Terry's review of some of the software tools currently available for metadata creation
• metadata_web_resources.doc - Lynn Kutner's list of metadata resources available online. All URLs have been hyperlinked, and worked as of the last revision to the document.

MetaVist\

• Metavist.zip - Zip file containing the full installation package for the MetaVist software. Extract all 4 files from the Zip file, and run Setup.exe to install MetaVist. This can be ordered on a CD online at http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/2737
• Metavist_2005_manual.pdf - Metavist User's manual; also included in the Zip file.

ITIS\

• ITIS.ppt - Powerpoint overview of incorporating ITIS downloads in metadata created with Metavist.
• itis_download_example.txt - ITIS sgml result for taxonomy within one kingdom
• itis_download_multi_animal.txt - ITIS sgml result for a project involving multiple kingdoms
• itis_download_multi_plants.txt - ITIS sgml result for a project involving multiple kingdoms
• itis_upload_example.txt - example of an ITIS upload file; used to create the sgml in itis_download_example.txt
• itis_upload_multi_animal.txt - upload file used to create itis_download_multi_animal.txt
• itis_upload_multi_plant.txt - upload file used to create itis_download_multi_plant.txt

ArcCatalog\

• ArcCatalog_advanced.ppt - Power Point presentation with screen shots of the 2 synchronization tools.
• ArcCatalog_advanced_synch.doc - Word document describing how to use the Advanced Synchronization and Set Synchronization tools.
• ArcCatalog_MD_Attrib_Statistics.zip - Zip file containing a tool that will partially populate Attribute information in ArcCatalog. Available from ESRI's ArcObjects Online page
• ArcCatalog_MD_tools.zip - Zip file containing the Set Synchronization & Advanced Synch tools.

ArcView\

• ArcView Metadata Collector v2_0 Extension.htm - HTML page with instructions for installing the Metadata Collection extension for ArcView 3.x. This can also be found online at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/metadata/download.html
• metadata2.avx - the Metadata Collector extension file. See the html file above for instructions on loading the tool into Arc View.

NPS\

• NPS-BiologicalProfileGuide.pdf - This document provides steps for inserting NBII metadata into a metadata file created in ArcCatalog
• NPS Natural Resource GIS Program NPS Metadata Tools and Editor.htm
- HTML page with an overview of the NPS Metadat tool. This can also be found online at http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrgis/tools/editor.cfm.
• NPSMetadata_1.5.1.zip - Zip file containing the NPS metadata tools, including the BDP metadata importer/viewer
• NPSMetadataHelp.pdf - Help manual for the NPS metadata tools extension

Parsing\

• bio.cfg - A configuration file used by MP (or MP Batch) to validate against the Biological Data Profile.
• bio_smms.cfg - A configuration file used by MP (or MP Batch) to use with the Biological Data Profile. Designed to omit all of the SMMS specific tags that appear when a record is exported from SMMS version 5.1. For more information on configuration files, please see http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/config.html
• cns.exe - the CNS (chew-n-spit) program, most current version as of 6/10/05
• fgdc.cfg - MP configuration file enforcing only the core FGDC standards.
• Instructions for running MP in DOS.doc - Word document describing how to run MP in DOS
• Metadata Validation.doc - Word document describing how to use the MP Batch utility to run MP (no DOS required!)
• mp.exe - the MP (Metadata Parser) program, current as of 6/10/05. This software is updated frequently and can be obtained at the following URL: http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/
• MPBAT.ini - Initialization file used by MP Batch to locate input/output folders and the MP program.
• MPbatch.zip - Zip file containing the installation package for MP Batch. Available from Intergraph at http://imgssupport.intergraph.com/Tools.asp?Product=smms
• smms.ext - Extension file used by MP & bio_smms.cfg to ignore the SMMS tags created when exporting from SMMS version 5.1

Samples\

• This folder contains a couple of sample metadata records, including one for a non biological GIS data set and another for a non-GIS biological data set:
  • Conservation studies of long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris) in New Mexico - Mist netting data
  • January 2000 classified RADARSAT image depicting winter shorebird habitat in the Willamette Valley, OR
  • North Coast and Cascades Network consolidated amphibian database (1984-2005)
  • San Francisco Bay - 1956 Habitat

SMMS\

• SMMS05011335.exe - The latest patch for SMMS version 5.1
• URLs_in_SMMS_pics.doc - A Word document describing how to enter a URL in the 'network resource name' element in section 6.

TKME\

• This folder contains all of the files needed to run TKME. These files can also be found in the USGS folder, inside of the 'all_win.exe' self extracting file. The 'snippets' folder contains the snippets for all of the UTM zones, as well as snippets for the NAD27 and NAD83 datums. See following URL for more information on snippets. http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/tkme.html

USGS\

• all_win.exe - This self-extracting zip file contains all the files for the free metadata tools published by the USGS. These tools include CNS, MP, and TKME. The source code, written in C, is also included in this zip file. All files current as of 01/18/06. See http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/ for descriptions of the additional tools included.