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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><title>DGGS | Metadata README</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <meta name="author" content="Kenneth R. Papp" /> <meta name="description" content="Information regarding DGGS FGDC-compliant metadata." /> <meta name="keywords" content="Alaska, geology, geophyscis, metadata, FGDC, XML, GIS, geospatial" /> <style type="text/css"> body { color: #333; font-family: Georgia, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.25; } #wrapper { width: 450px; } .imgleft { float: left; margin: 0 10px 0px 0; border-style: none; } .note { background-color: #F5F6BE; border: 1px dashed #C33; padding: 5px; margin: 10px 0 5px 0; } acronym { cursor: help; border-bottom: 1px dotted #C33; font-style: italic; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h2>DGGS | Metadata README</h2> <p>Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys<br /> Metadata Web Accessible Folder</p> <h3>Purpose</h3> <p>This <acronym title="Web Accessible Folder">WAF</acronym> (<a href="http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/metadata">http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/metadata</a>) holds all of the <a href="http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/faq.html">metadata</a> (data about data) for the <a href="http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/digitaldata">digital data</a> published by <a href="http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/">DGGS</a>. The metadata files in this folder get indexed regularly to the geospatial one stop web site <a href="https://www.data.gov/">data.gov</a>, which provides a means for searching federal, state, and local geographic data. Any user of DGGS data may download any file in this folder and save it to his or her computer. Alternatively, the user may simply bookmark the HTML version of the metadata with a web browser, since these files will always be up to date.</p> <h3>Metadata Formats</h3> <p>There are three metadata file formats in this folder. Metadata are available as ASCII text (.txt), FAQ-style HMTL (.faq.html), and eXtensible Markup Language (.xml) files to allow maximum readability and usability for the user.</p> <div class="note">/* --- FAQ-style HTML --- */ <p>The ASCII text and XML formats contain all possible metadata information. The FAQ-style HTML format only contains metadata information that are frequently asked, hence the name.</p></div> <div class="note">/* --- ESRI ArcCatalog --- */ <p>DGGS metadata contains two extensions to the FGDC metadata standard: <em>Planar_Coordinate_Layer_Name</em> and <em>Entity_Attribute_Layer_Name</em>. These were created so that a metadata file could describe an entire dataset and not an individual layer (or entity). Unfortunately, because they are not part of the standard, these entries are not viewable in the ESRI ArcCatalog metadata editor.</p></div>  <h3>Updates</h3> <p>The contents of this folder may be updated at any time. The modification date will be displayed in your web browser and the modification and review dates are listed as the metadata elements <em>Metadata_Date</em> and <em>Metadata_Review_Date</em>, respectively.</p> <h3>Quality</h3> <p>All of the metadata in this folder comply with <a href="http://www.fgdc.gov/"><acronym title="Federal Geographic Data Committee">FGDC</acronym></a> standards and have been checked for errors using "<a href="http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/mp.html">MP</a>," the parsing/validation tool for formal metadata.</p> <h3>Use Constraints</h3> <p>Any hard copies or published data sets utilizing these metadata sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed in the supporting metadata file. User specifically agrees not to imply that changes they made were approved by the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys.</p> <h3>Contact</h3> <p>Please contact the metadata manager below with any questions, comments, or concerns you have about the metadata.</p> <p>Simone Montayne<br /> Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys<br /> Geocommunications Section<br /> <a href="mailto:simone.montayne@alaska.gov">E-mail</a> | Tel: 907.451.5036</p> </div> </body> </html>