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Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

June 8, 1994

Federal Geographic Data Committee. 1994. Content standards for digital spatial metadata (June 8 draft). Federal Geographic Data Committee. Washington, D.C.

• Overview
• Organization of the Standard
• 0 Metadata
• 1 Identification Information
• 2 Data Quality Information
• 3 Spatial Data Organization Information
• 4 Spatial Reference Information
• 5 Entity and Attribute Information
• 6 Distribution Information
• 7 Metadata Reference Information
• 8 Citation Information
• 9 Time Period Information
• 10 Contact Information

Appendixes

• A. Glossary
• B. Alphabetical List of Compound Elements and Data Elements
• C. References

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