Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Sections:
(1) Identification (2) Data Quality (3) Spatial
Data Organization (4) Spatial Reference (5) Entities and Attributes (6)
Distribution (7) Metadata Reference
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Distribution Information
Publication Information
Distributor Information
- Distributor Contact Information
- Distributor's Data Set Identifier
- Distribution Liability
- Transfer Format Name
- Transfer Format Version Number
- Transfer Size
- Ordering Instructions
FGDC Identifier |
Minnesota State Element Name |
Field Type |
Domain |
Description |
| 1.1-8.8.2 | Publisher | text | free text | The name of the organization or individual that made the data set publicly available. This will often be the same as the Originator (1.1 - 8.1) . |
| 1.1-8.2 | Publication Date | date | "unknown" "unpublished material" "periodically revised" date |
The date when the data set is published or otherwise made publicly available. |
| 6.1-10.1.1 | Distributor Contact Person | text | free text | A person who can receive inquiries regarding the distribution of the data set. |
| 6.1-10.1.2 | Distributor Organization | text | free text | The name of the organization that can receive inquiries regarding the distribution of the data set. |
| 6.1-10.3 | Distributor Position | text | free text | The position of the Distributor Contact Person |
| 6.1-10.4.2 | Distributor Address | text | free text | The mailing address of the Distributor. |
| 6.1-10.4.3 | Distributor City | text | free text | The city of the Distributor. |
| 6.1-10.4.4 | Distributor State or Province | text | free text | The state or province of the Distributor. |
| 6.1-10.4.5 | Distributor Postal Code | text | free text | The ZIP or other postal code of the Distributor. |
| 6.1-10.5 | Distributor Voice Phone | text | free text | The voice phone number, including area code, of the Distributor. |
| 6.1-10.7 | Distributor Fax Phone | text | free text | The facsimile telephone number, including area code, of the Distributor. |
| 6.1-10.8 | Distributor E-mail Address | text | free text | The Internet mail address of the Distributor. |
| 6.2 | Distributor's Data Set Identifier | text | free text | The identifier by which the distributor knows the data set. |
| 6.3 | Distribution Liability | text | free text | Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor. |
| 6.4.2.1.1 | Transfer Format Name | text | "Arc/INFO" "Arc Export" "Arc Generate" "Arc Grid" "Arc TIN" "ASCII" "Atlas GIS" "DLG" "DXF" "EPPL7" "GRASS" "IGDS" "INFO" "Intergraph" "MOSS" "SDTS" "SPANS" "TIGER" "Ultimap" image (specific format) free text |
The name of the format(s) in which the distributor will make the data available. The user may list as many formats as desired and may use additional formats not listed in the domain. |
| 6.4.2.1.2 | Transfer Format Version Number | text | free text | Vendor version number of the data format within which the data may be transferred. |
| 6.4.2.1.7 | Transfer Size | text | free text | An estimate of the size of a transfer file in megabytes. |
| 6.4.4 & 6.5 | Ordering Instructions | text | free text | Instructions for obtaining the data set. Include instructions for obtaining custom orders. If applicable, also include instructions for acquiring data through the "Online Linkage" element below. |
| 1.1-8.10 | Online Linkage | text | free text | The name of an Internet site or other online resource that contains the data set. Entries should follow the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) convention of the Internet. Include "http://" or "ftp://" , etc. in URLs. |
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