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SA Metadata Creation Guide draft
  • Introduction
  • Roles & Responsibilities (draft)
  • Goals of SA Data Management
  • SA Science Metadata Catalog
  • Projects, Products, Contacts
  • Non Duplication Policy Guidance
  • Workflow
    • Metadata From Scratch
    • Metadata From ScienceBase
    • Metadata Editing / Re-Publishing
    • PTS Considerations
  • Settings
  • mdEditor Metadata File Management
    • Import
      • mdJSON
      • sbJSON
      • FGDC
    • Export
    • Copy Records
  • Metadata Requirements Checklist
  • Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
  • Project Entry Guidance
    • Main Tab: Project
    • Metadata Tab: Project
    • Keywords Tab: Project
    • Taxonomy Tab: Project
    • Extent Tab: Project
    • Documents Tab: Project
    • Funding Tab: Project
    • Associating Records: Project
  • Product Entry Guidance
    • Main Tab: Product
    • Metadata Tab: Product
      • data.gov Guidance
    • Keywords Tab: Product
    • Taxonomy Tab: Product
    • Extent Tab: Product
    • Lineage Tab: Product
    • Distribution Tab: Product
    • Constraints Tab: Product
    • Dictionaries Tab: Product
    • Documents Tab: Product
    • Associating Records: Product
  • Co-funded Project Requirements
    • Collaboration Protocol
    • Sub-Project Protocol
      • Sub-project of FWS Region or Program Project
      • Sub-project of CASC Project
    • Co-funded Protocol
      • FWS co-funded Projects
      • FWS/CASC Projects & Products
      • CASC Responsibilities
      • LCC Examples
  • Contact Entry Guidance
    • Summary Contact Requirements
    • Individual Contacts
    • Organization Contacts
  • Publish
    • Requirements for Publishing
    • Testing Publishing
    • How to Publish
    • Re-Publishing
  • Archiving Requirements
  • Trouble-shooting Tips
    • QA/QC Fixes
      • QA/QC Resources
  • Bulk Editing Resources
    • Injector Script: Funding
    • Injector Script: Distribution Links
  • Help
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Documentation Guide
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  1. mdEditor Metadata File Management

Copy Records

The Copy button is located in the mdEditor action menu on the right-hand side of the screen. The Copy Button allows you to make a duplicate of an existing metadata record.

Copying Records

Making a copy of a record can be used to:

  • Start a new product, project, or contact record.

  • Populate multiple products faster (e.g., multiple workshop reports, a poster based on a publication).

  • Create a "template record" for a project that can be used as a starting place for each full metadata record. A template record can contain information commonly used across your projects or products (such as SA contacts).

Use the Copy button carefully:

Making a copy will generate a new Record ID for the copied record and be named “Copy of …”. All the other info will remain the same including associations. The “Metadata Identifier” is NOT copied but any identifiers in the Main Citation WILL be copied.

It is extremely important to review all copied identifiers and delete any that do not apply to the new record. Leaving in identifiers that do not belong could result in your new item being published to the wrong location

Before saving, carefully review all information in copied record to ensure all copied info is still relevant to the copied record, particularly any identifiers.

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