discovery metadata standard
For help creating metadata contact the Metadata support helpdesk MEDIN Metadata guidance document (last updated 24Nov11): Full |
We have developed a number of tools
and documents 
(outlined below) to assist you in creating MEDIN-compliant metadata - dependent on your type and level of experience:
Beginner
1 Use the online form to create and export a metadata record in XML or upload a record directly to the MEDIN discovery portal. This is suitable if you are a non-expert user generating metadata for a small number of data sets.
2 SeaZone in collaboration with MEDIN have developed a metadata creator and editor 'Metadata Maestro' that can be used in a stand alone mode. Register and download version 1.0.3 (9th December 2011) of 'Metadata Maestro' here.
Intermediate
If you produce GIS data layers using ESRI software you can create MEDIN discovery metadata with the following tools which are based around versions of ArcGIS that they are designed to be compatible with. You should return to this website to ensure that you have the latest versions of these tools
a) |
A stylesheet that works with ArcGIS 9. Download here (last updated 26aug10). Please note that this tool is currently unsupported and produces metadata from an earlier version of the MEDIN discovery metadata standard. |
b) |
A stylesheet that works with ArcGIS 10. Download here (last updated 11nov11). |
Advanced
MEDIN are currently producing a tool to help transform populated metadata databases into MEDIN formatted XML for inclusion on the MEDIN portal. This tool is part of a two stage process and a relational database such as in Oracle needs to be set up and populated before the tool can be applied. This user managed tables document (last updated 13Jul10) will guide the user through populating this database in the correct way so that the tool can then transform the data successfully into MEDIN format XML metadata
If you have experience of metadata formats and XML, use the guidance document 
(last updated 22Jun11) to help generate large numbers of metadata records from your 
metadata. A schematron and guidance document (last updated 24Oct11) is available for you to validate your xml, which may be viewed in software such as Oxygen. An example xml file is available here (last updated 01Nov09), whilst an oXygen (ver. 11.1) user guide, which can be used to validate MEDIN xml using the schematron, is available here (last updated 26Feb10).
The MEDIN Metadata Discovery Standard must be used to record details of data sets. The fields used in the standard are compliant with other international conventions (INSPIRE, ISO19115), which means that the details can be transferred easily between organisations and queried by the MEDIN portal. The MEDIN standard is a 'marine profile' of the GEMINI2 standard and specifies the use of some controlled vocabularies and mandates some elements. Additional obligations for the MEDIN standard over and above the GEMINI2 standard are described here |
If you are unsure as to which method to use, or if you identify any problems using the files and tools above please contact enquiries@oceannet.org
