This document summarizes a geospatial metadata and spatial data workshop. The workshop included presentations on metadata standards and application profiles, demonstrations of metadata editing and portal tools, and discussions of current and future activities to support the use and sharing of geospatial data and metadata in UK academia.

1. Geospatial Metadata and Spatial Data Workshop

5. Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006 and it’s not sun and holiday

6. Represents a documented and ordered summary of information that describes something, in this case, a spatial dataset. Provides the What, Where, When and Why of a dataset, Ownership and Contact details and Access and Use conditions. Think of metadata as a recipe for making beer….. What are the ingredients? What are the brewing steps? Who sells the ingredients or W here can you buy them? Purpose of making beer? Metadata (data describing data) Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006 An incentive to encourage metadata creation?

8. What do these SOILCLASS values mean? What does this attribute mean?

12. Dataset B (Contours) Dataset A (Raster Map) Dataset C (3D Model) Revealing and sharing spatial data from different sources offers potential for creating new datasets © Crown Copyright/database right 2008 © Crown Copyright/database right 2008 © Crown Copyright/database right 2008

13. and developing GIS applications

14. Other benefits: data protection Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006

20. Other Content Providers NGDF/GIgateway Network Geo-data Gateway Geoportal portal interoperability and search capabilities across the internet. User Local Go-Geo! database

21. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) National Environment Research Council (NERC) National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI)

23. * An application profile is derived from a standard and represents a reduction of the number of entities and elements. * It should include the core element set of a standard to support interoperability across the wider geospatial community ( Discovery level metadata). * Should include elements for Descriptive level metadata? * It can be extended to include elements which are best suited for a working group’s specific applications. Example: The Biological Data Profile (BDP) An approved profile with additional elements to allow for documenting biological information such as taxonomy , m ethodology and analytical tools . http://www.flickr.com/photos/f10n4/186861991/

24. Creating application profiles from ISO 19115 ISO 19115 Metadata Standard Core Element Set Application Profiles Academia ( 43 + 33=76) Public Sector ( 43 + 62=105) Private Sector ( 43 + 12=55) 300+ elements 43 elements Health Geological Sciences Specialised APs * ANZLIC Metadata Profile * North American Application Profile (NAP), Canada and the US ** INSPIRE Directive Metadata Guidelines ** UK GEMINI 2.1 , an INSPIRE compliant geospatial metadata standard for the UK

25. Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) *European Commission (EC) *European Environment Agency (EEA) *Representatives from Member States (Mapping/GIS) INSPIRE Directive Metadata Guidelines

28. INSPIRE spatial data themes and deadlines for creating metadata

30. INSPIRE Metadata Editor and Geoportal

31. * First released in 2004 to support creation of ISO 19115 and e-GMS compliant metadata - supersedes the National Geospatial Data Framework ( NGDF) * Targeting the UK public sector * 2010: UK Location Programme (UKLP) revised UK GEMINI 2.1 to meet the requirements of the EU INSPIRE Directive. UK GEMINI UK Location Programme (UKLP) is a pan-government collaborative initiative with the responsibility to develop and implement the INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC and the UK Location Strategy.

32. UK Location Metadata Editor and Catalogue (beta) supports UK GEMINI 2.1

33. http://www.flickr.com/photos/musebrarian/3289649684 /#/

35. UK Academic Geospatial Metadata Application Profile, Version 2 (UK AGMAP 2) UK AGMAP 2 created to support the specific needs of the UK H&FE academic communities. Comprises elements from ISO 19115, UK GEMINI 2 and INSPIRE. Supports documentation of a dataset, dataset series or geo service for the purpose of discovery and description. Mapped to Dublin Core, FGDC, INSPIRE, UK GEMINI 2 and DDI.

36. UK AGMAP 2 profile for datasets and dataset series Contact details = 7 Drop down lists = 10 Red = Mandatory Green = Conditional 32 mandatory 91 elements

37. UK AGMAP 2 profile for Geo-services Contact details = 7 Drop down lists = 6 Red = Mandatory Green = Conditional 25 mandatory 40 elements

38. UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Contain descriptions and examples to assist metadata creators and Go-Geo! portal users from numerous, eclectic academic disciplines.

39. Most spatial data information is stored in our heads. We need to move it from there to electronic files. Metadata Creation Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006

40. Mind reading aliens? Solutions? Spatial data extraction device?

41. Geodoc Metadata Editor Tool

44. Geodoc coordinate extent tool Map tool captures co-ordinate values for bounding box elements used to define the extent of a dataset’s study area. Extents for Nations at the click of the mouse

45. Direct links at click of button to metadata guidelines ‘Help’ pages

46. Personal and secure directory for storing, editing and exporting metadata records.

48. Geodoc exports UK AGMAP 2 Metadata records in user-friendly *.pdf format

49. Publication on open or private (institutional) node

50. 1,2) create and validate record; 3) submit record for review; 4,5) Metadata creator is contacted and record subsequently published on the Go-Geo! portal 1 2 3 5 A few easy steps to publication of a metadata record using Geodoc 4 Photographic Images copyright: Jupiter Images 2006

51. A simple interface designed for UK academia to run queries to discover metadata for spatial datasets. The portal enables searching by the use of various options including -free text -date -resource type -geographic location www.gogeo.ac.uk Go-Geo! Portal

52. Go-Geo! simple search Place name search using Unlock middleware gazetteer

53. Search results page and extents display

54. Metadata record published on Go-Geo!

55. Links between Go-Geo! portal elements to UK AGMAP 2 guidelines

56. Advanced search - Data Type - Location - Text - Date Range *BGS JIDI Photo Collection *COPAC

57. Access to metadata records published on institutional (private) node

59. Web resource channels almost 3,000 resources

60. Bookmark resources (MyGo-Geo!)

61. Other geospatial metadata resources

64. Spatial dataset extraction

66. Spatial data submission: simple metadata record form to complete; extents extracted from dataset

67. Ordnance Survey (OS OpenData)

68. ShareGeo (closed) Addresses issues surrounding IPR and spatial data derived from licensed data.

69. Current and future activities

70. Rebuild Go-Geo! portal with GeoNetwork GeoNetwork: A standards based, free and open source catalogue application to manage spatially referenced resources through the web. Provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an embedded interactive web map viewer. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mndrix/4203609704/

71. Offer Go-Geo! resources for local spatial data management -UK AGMAP 2 -Guidelines -Geodoc metadata tool -Go-Geo! portal nodes -Workshops -eLearning objects Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Research

72. Go-Geo! University A Go-Geo! University B Go-Geo! University C Go-Geo! Open Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for UK academia Other resources and portals Spatial Data Repository Spatial data Metadata Search Data user Metadata UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc tadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc metadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc metadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! UK AGMAP 2 Guidelines Geodoc metadata tool Customised Go-Geo! Portal Nodes Training Geography Archaeology Geological Sciences Biological Sciences Go-Geo! Go-Go! University D

73. Discover Locate Access Use Publish Fit for purpose? Preserve Steps to data immortality

75. Questions?