U.S. Geological Survey

USGS NSDI Tools for creation of formal metadata
Metadata Tips and Tricks

  1. Metadata Editors
  2. New utilities
  3. Recent improvements in my software
  4. Advice
    1. Ask for help
    2. Don't use DOCUMENT
    3. Don't make too many files
    4. Don't make too few files
    5. Don't document ARC/INFO attributes
    6. Errors are not equally important
    7. Leave some specific elements out if they cause trouble
    8. Review using FAQ-style output
    9. Use controlled keywords


This page is <http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/DMT2000/>
Maintained by Peter Schweitzer
Last updated 11-May-2000