Education and Training

• Draft Metadata Core Curriculum- February 2005
• Metadata Quick Guide - Formerly published as Metadata Cliffnotes, this updated document serves as a quick reference guide for writing quality metadata with special content to facilitate participation in geodata.gov and migration toward the international (ISO 19115) metadata standard.
  [ PDF 44KB ]
• NSDI/GOS Metadata Publishing Guidance
  Methods for publishing your metadata to geodata.gov and enhancing your metadata content for maximum utility within geodata.gov
• Metadata Factsheet (PDF)
• Institutionalize Metadata (PDF)
• Top Ten Metadata Errors (PDF)
• The Value of Metadata, Manager's Brochure
• Metadata Electronic Workbook (Version 2)
• Metadata Frequently Asked Questions
• Metadata PowerPoint Presentations
• Metadata Tutorials
• Metadata, XML and Stylesheets
  • Remote Sensing Extension XML
• Metadata Trainers
• Metadata Training Calendar
• Development of Metadata Education Strategies for University Curriculum in GIS/GIScience, [Univ. of Wyoming, Jan.2000]

• FGDC CAP 2001 Sponsored Metadata Training Opportunities

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