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Automating geospatial metadata generation-An integrated data management and documentation approach

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James K. BatchellerAuthors Info & Claims

Computers & Geosciences, Volume 34, Issue 4

Pages 387 - 398

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2007.04.001

Published: 01 April 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Geospatial metadata have long played an important role in the management of geospatial datasets. Often employed by institutions to organise, maintain and document their geographic resources internally, metadata may also provide a vehicle for exposing marketable data assets externally when contributed to on-line geospatial exchange initiatives. In spite of the numerous benefits it affords, obstacles to the production of such geospatial surrogates are numerous. The current work proposes an approach aimed at reducing the effort associated with geospatial metadata generation through the customisation of a proprietary Geographical Information System (GIS). By coupling data preparation, management and documentation approaches with such a bespoke application, it is intended to mitigate impediments to geospatial metadata generation whilst promoting a system of data administration that safeguards the data it supports. The current prototype, implementing an extended Dublin Core geospatial profile of 23 elements, was capable of generating a total of 20 basic metadata entries. While the findings do not suggest a dispensability of human mediation in the authoring process, they do support the view that a dataset's ambient computing infrastructure has the potential to play a significant role in automating the creation of geospatial metadata.

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Computers & Geosciences Volume 34, Issue 4

April, 2008

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Rajaram GKarnatak HVenkatraman SManjula KKrithivasan K(2018)A novel computational knowledge-base framework for visualization and quantification of geospatial metadata in spatial data infrastructuresGeoinformatica10.1007/s10707-018-0317-622:2(269-305)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10707-018-0317-6
Megler VMaier DSellis TDavidson SIves Z(2015)Demonstrating "Data Near Here"Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data10.1145/2723372.2735360(1075-1080)Online publication date: 27-May-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2723372.2735360
Yue PGong JDi LHe L(2012)Automatic geospatial metadata generation for earth science virtual data productsGeoinformatica10.1007/s10707-011-0123-x16:1(1-29)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10707-011-0123-x

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