FGDC Working Group

December 10, 20092 pm Eastern

Guest Speaker: Curtis Price, USGS ESRI 9.4 review coordinator Insights

ArcGIS 9.3.1 MetadataEdit

"FGDC" Editor

"ISO 19139" Editor

Validation: ESRI Metadata

Translator tool USGS MP Metadata

Translator (mp)

Storage/Display

CSDGM XML, stylesheet

ISO 19139 XML, stylesheet

ArcGIS 9.4 MetadataEdit

One editor interface, different presentations

Integrated validation "Attach" read-only

support of 9.3.1 fmt Manage from scripting

(refresh, copy) 9.3.x custom editors

(NPS, 3-tab etc) not supported in 9.4.

Storage/Display "ArcGIS Metadata"

format (new at 9.4) Importers/Exporters

supported No CSDGM export at

release; planned post release by download from ESRI website

ArcGIS 9.4 Beta Testing USGS is participating in beta testing Current version Beta 1, Beta 2 in Jan '10 Beta program is much more open then

before, participation is encouraged

Questions from FGDC for ESRI1. Is ArcGIS 9.4 Metadata format open XML

to allow access without ESRI software?2. Are extension elements (like Biology

CSDGM metadata extensions) supported? Questions have been passed on to

Aleta Vienneau at ESRI.