Tab 1: Basic Data Set Information

Type

text

Short Name

abstract

Definition

A brief narrative summary of what is in the data set.

Domain

free text

Type

text

Short Name

accconst

Definition

Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set. These include any access constraints applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the data set.

Domain

free text

Edit database table 1k_Constraints to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Type

text

Short Name

title

Definition

Information about other related data sets that are likely to be of interest (for example, derived from commons sources, similar theme, etc.)

FGDC Element Name

Cross-reference Title

Domain

free text

Type

text

Short Name

cntinfo

Definition

Contact information for an individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data set.

Guidance

The contact person should be an individual who is knowledgeable about the data, and may be able to answer questions about the data set/resource, as opposed to questions regarding distributing the data and/or the metadata. Details on how to provide contact information for the distribution of the data and/or regarding the metadata specifically are provided in Tab 3.

Edit database table Contact_Information to add or modify available values for this element. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

See How do I enter and edit contact information? for more help.

Domain

free text

Type

text

Short Name

current

Definition

Describe what the date in the Time Period of Content field refers to (e.g., ground condition, date of quad map that was digitized, etc.). If multiple dates or a range of dates apply, list and explain.

Domain

free text

Type

text

Short Name

browsed

Definition

A text description of the illustration (browse graphic).

Domain

free text

Type

real

Short Name

eastbc

Definition

Eastern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude, in decimal degree units. In the Western Hemisphere, the coordinate must be preceded by a negative sign.

Guidance

See Geographic Coordinates for Minnesota Counties and Selected Areas.

Edit database table 1g_BoundingBox to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Domain

-180.0 <= East Bounding Coordinate <= 180.0

Type

text

Short Name

browsen

Definition

An example of a graphic file (browse graphic) that provides an illustration of the data set. If the graphic is available on the Internet, provide a URL, including the "http://".

Domain

• "None available."
• A url. (Note that urls beginning with "http://", "https://", or "ftp://" will be hyperlinked in the HTML version of the metadata.)
• free text

Type

text

Short Name

update

Definition

The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed.

Domain

• "Continually"
• "Daily"
• "Monthly"
• "Annually"
• "As needed"
• "Irregular"
• "None Planned"
• "Unknown"
• free text

Type:

real

Short Name:

northbc

Definition

Northern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude, in decimal degree units.

Guidance

See Geographic Coordinates for Minnesota Counties and Selected Areas.

Edit database table 1g_BoundingBox to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Domain

-90.0 <= North Bounding Coordinate <= 90.0

Type text

origin

Definition

The name of the organization or individual that developed the data set.

Domain

free text

Edit database table 1a_Citation to set a default value for this element. Check default as well.

After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Type

text

Short Name

placekey

Definition

Geographic locations characterized by the data set. Separate each keyword with a comma. Example:  Minnesota, MN, Washington County

Domain

free text

Type

text

Short Name

progress

Definition

The development status of the data set.

Domain

• Planned
• In work
• Complete
• free text

Type

text

Short Name

pubdate

Definition

The date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release.

Domain

Date information posted within the publication date field should be either free text, such as "Unpublished Material" or "Unknown", or a date in this format:

• YYYY  if just the year is known (e.g., 2015)
• YYYYMM  if the year and month are known (e.g., 201507, representing July 2015)
• YYYYMMDD  if the year, month and day are known (e.g., 20150704, representing July 4, 2015)

MME does not enforce this date formatting. If the formatting is input incorrectly (e.g., MMDDYYYY), the date shown in the HTML will likely be incorrect. If text is typed in, e.g., "July 4, 2015", it will likely be correct in the HTML but will not support date searches.

Click on the "today" button to input today's date.  

Type

text

Short Name

publish

Definition

The name of the individual or organization that published the data set.

Domain

free text

Edit database table 1b_Publisher to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Type

text

Short Name

purpose

Definition

Why the data set was developed.

Domain

free text

Type

real

Short Name

southbc

Definition

Southern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude, in decimal degree units.

Guidance

See Geographic Coordinates for Minnesota Counties and Selected Areas.

Edit database table 1g_BoundingBox to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Domain

-90.0 <= South Bounding Coordinate <= 90.0

Type

text

Short Name

supplinf

Definition:

Describe the geographic area covered by the data set.

Domain

• free text

Type

text

Short Name

themekt

Definition

Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords. Best practice is to use the ISO 19115 Topic Category thesaurus (the topic categories are listed on the theme keywords help page). Other thesauri developed for particular topic areas, industries or projects could also be appropriate.

Domain

• ISO 19115 Topic Category
• free text

Type

text

Short Name

themekey

Definition

Words or phrases summarizing an aspect of the theme of the data set. Separate each keyword with a comma.
Example: utilitiesCommunication, transmission line, power line, electric, substation

Guidance

ISO 19115 Topic Categories: Best practice is to begin the list of theme keywords with one or more of the following international topic categories that best describe the data theme. Spell the name exactly as listed, with no spaces, and in camel case (first word starts with lower case, and each subsequent word starts with a capital letter). The list below shows the category name in bold, followed by a definition and examples.

• farming: rearing of animals and/or cultivation of plants, e.g., agriculture, crops, livestock
• biota: flora and/or fauna in natural environments, e.g., flora and fauna, ecology, wetlands, habitat
• boundaries: legal land descriptions, e.g., political and administrative boundaries
• climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere: processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, e.g., processes and phenomena of the atmosphere
• economy: economic activities, conditions, and employment, e.g., business and economics
• elevation: height above or below the Earths' surface, e.g., altitude, bathymetry, DEMs, slope, derived products
• environment: environmental resources, protection, and conservation, e.g., natural resources, pollution, impact assessment, monitoring, land analysis
• geoscientificInformation: information pertaining to the earth sciences, e.g., geology, minerals, earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, soils, gravity, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion
• health: health, health services, human ecology, and safety, e.g., disease, illness, factors affecting health, hygiene, substance abuse
• imageryBaseMapsEarthCover: base maps, e.g., land cover, topographic maps, imagery, annotations
• intelligenceMilitary: military bases, structures, activities, e.g., military bases, structures, activities
• inlandWaters: inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, e.g., rivers, glaciers, lakes, water use plans, dams, currents, floods, water quality, hydrographic charts
• location: positional information and services, e.g., addresses, geodetic networks, control points, postal zones, place names
• oceans: features and characteristics of salt water bodies, e.g., tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs
• planningCadastre: information used for appropriate actions for future use of the land, e.g., land use maps, zoning maps, cadastral surveys, land ownership
• society: characteristics of society and culture, e.g., anthropology, archaeology, religion, demographics, crime and justice
• structure: man-made construction, e.g., architecture, buildings, museums, churches, factories, housing, monuments, shops, towers
• transportation: means and aids for conveying persons and/or goods, e.g., roads, airports, airstrips, shipping routes, tunnels, nautical charts, vehicle and vessel locations, aeronautical charts, railways, trails
• utilitiesCommunication: energy, water and waste systems, and communications infrastructure, e.g., hydroelectricity, geothermal, solar, and nuclear sources of energy, water purification and distribution, sewage collection and disposal, electrical and gas distribution, data communication, telecommunication, radio, communication networks

Domain

free text

Type

Date

Short Name

timeinfo

Definition

A single date (a year, a year and month, or a year, month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground or for which the user can be confident of accuracy and completeness.

Guidance

If multiple dates or a range of dates apply to the data set, use the "Currentness Reference" field instead to list them and to explain further.

This field was intended to support user searches for data that was either older than or more recent than a particular date.

Domain

Date in this format:

• YYYY  if just the year is known (e.g., 2015)
• YYYYMM  if the year and month are known (e.g., 201507, representing July 2015)
• YYYYMMDD  if the year, month and day are known (e.g., 20150704, representing July 4, 2015)

MME does not enforce this formatting. If the formatting is input incorrectly (e.g., MMDDYYYY), the date shown in the HTML will likely be incorrect. If text is typed in, e.g., "July 4, 2015", it will likely be correct in the HTML but will not support date searches.

Click on the "today" button to input today's date.  

Type

text

Short Name

title

Definition

The name by which the data set is known.

Guidance

Best practice is to start with the topic, followed by the geography covered, followed by the date, as appropriate to the dataset.

Domain

free text

Type

text

Short Name

useconst

Definition

Restrictions and legal prerequisites for using the data set after access is granted, e.g., restrictions on transferring the data to others.

Domain

free text

Edit database table 1k_Constraints to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Type

text

Short Name

westbc

Definition

Western-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude, in decimal degree units. In the Western Hemisphere, the coordinate must be preceded by a negative sign.

Guidance

See Geographic Coordinates for Minnesota Counties and Selected Areas.

Edit database table 1g_BoundingBox to add or modify available values for this element. Check default to have one value load when the D is pressed. After editing elements, select Tools > Refresh from database to see the new or modified values.

Domain

-180.0 <= West Bounding Coordinate <= 180.0