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    Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-001-1998 The CSDGM will continue to have a legacy for many
years. However, Federal policy (Circular A-119) directs agencies to use
voluntary consensus standards, such as the ISO 19100 series of
geospatial metadata standards, in lieu of government unique standards
such as the CSDGM. As such, federal agencies are encouraged to
transition to the ISO metadata standards ( http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/geospatial-metadata-standards#fgdcendorsedisostandards).

Document number

FGDC-STD-001-1998

Maintenance authority

FGDC Secretariat

Objectives

The objectives of the standard are to provide a common set of
terminology and definitions for the documentation of digital geospatial
data. The standard establishes the names of data elements and compound
elements (groups of data elements) to be used for these purposes, the
definitions of these compound elements and data elements, and
information about the values that are to be provided for the data
elements.

**Scope**

Executive Order 12906, "Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and
Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure," was signed on April
11, 1994, by President William Clinton. Section 3, Development of a
National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, paragraph (b) states:
"Standardized Documentation of Data, ... each agency shall document all
new geospatial data it collects or produces, either directly or
indirectly, using the standard under development by the FGDC, and make
that standardized documentation electronically accessible to the
Clearinghouse network." This standard is the data documentation
standard referenced in the executive order.

The standard was developed from the perspective of defining the
information required by a prospective user to determine the
availability of a set of geospatial data, to determine the fitness the
set of geospatial data for an intended use, to determine the means of
accessing the set of geospatial data, and to successfully transfer the
set of geospatial data. As such, the standard establishes the names of
data elements and compound elements to be used for these purposes, the
definitions of these data elements and compound elements, and
information about the values that are to be provided for the data
elements. The standard does not specify the means by which this
information is organized in a computer system or in a data transfer,
nor the means by which this information is transmitted, communicated,
or presented to the user.

In addition to use by the Federal Government, the FGDC invites and
encourages organizations and persons from State, local, and tribal
governments, the private sector, and non-profit organizations to use
the standard to document their geospatial data.

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Project history

Document
Version
Date
CustodianContent Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadata
1.0
1994Content
Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
2.0
1998
FGDC Steering CommitteeSchemas

Index of /schemas/metadata
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