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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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  • Before You Begin
  • Adjust your mdEditor Settings:
  • Select the Product Profile:
  • Make sure your contacts are loaded into mdEditor:
  • Edit a Product
  • Required Fields for Products
  • Main Tab
  • Metadata Tab
  • Extent Tab
  • Keywords Tab
  • Taxonomy Tab
  • Extent Tab
  • Distribution Tab
  • Constraints

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Product Entry Guidance

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The Product Entry Guidance section will cover how to create a metadata record for a product. A product can be anything from a document or presentation or website to a dataset or programming code. mdEditor offers an extensive list of product options, of which "product" should never be used.

Before You Begin

Adjust your mdEditor :

Metadata Repositories: Make sure your default settings are correct for the SA Science Catalog and data.gov. See .

Parent Identifier: In the publishing settings, enter your SA regional ScienceBase project folder's identifier in the "Default Parent Identifier" field.

Select the Product Profile:

After creating your product record initially and before you begin adding metadata, select Product from the Profile drop down in the main menu. This will limit the number of available tabs and only show tabs that contain fields that are required for product creation.

Make sure your contacts are loaded into mdEditor:

Edit a Product

  1. Choose the specific Resource Type that describes your product. Do not choose the generic "product."

  2. Select the Product Profile: from the Main Menu (Top Navigation Bar) select "Product" from the profile drop-down menu.

  3. Fill out metadata information for the following tabs:

Required Fields for Products

Main Tab

  • Title

  • Status

  • Language

  • Resource Type

  • Point of Contact

  • Main Citation

    • Title

    • Identifier

    • Responsible Parties

    • Online Resource URI

  • Description

    • Abstract

  • Time Period

    • Start Date

    • End Date

Metadata Tab

  • Metadata Status

  • Date

  • Metadata Contacts

  • Metadata Identifier

  • Parent Metadata

    • Title

    • Identifier

    • Namespace

  • Metadata Repositories

  • Online Resource

Extent Tab

  • Geographic Extent

Keywords Tab

  • ISO Topic Category

  • SA Priority Area Category

  • SA Science Category

  • Conservation Action Open Standard

  • GCMD Keywords (Best Practice)

Taxonomy Tab

  • Taxonomic classifications

Extent Tab

  • Geographic Extent

Distribution Tab

  • Distributor

    • Contact

    • Role

    • Online Option

      • URI

Constraints

  • Legal

    • Access Constraint

In mdEditor, contacts are created separately from individual records, and then stored within a library in mdEditor. Once contacts have been entered or imported into mdEditor, they can be used in metadata records. SA maintains a 'seed' list of contacts that can be found in the.

Import or create your product record (see ).

If applicable, your products with other metadata records.

SA ScienceBase community item page
workflow
Main Tab: Product
Metadata Tab: Product
Keywords Tab: Product
Taxonomy Tab: Product
Extent Tab: Product
Lineage Tab: Product
Distribution Tab: Product
Constraints Tab: Product
Dictionaries Tab: Product
Documents Tab: Product
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Settings
Settings
Select the Product profile in the Profile dropdown in the top ribbon