ANZLIC Metadata Profile Related Information

Background

The ANZLIC Metadata Profile version 1.1 has been endorsed by the ANZLIC Council. A PDF version of this document is available at http://www.anzlic.org.au/metadata/.

More information about the profile is available from the OSDM web site http://www.osdm.gov.au/Metadata/default.aspx including:

• ANZLIC Metadata Guidelines,
• XML tools to help validate ANZLIC Metadata Profile XML documents, and
• XML codeLists of the ANZLIC Geographic Extent Names, Search Words and Jurisdictions,

There are several files that are relevant to this profile. They are stored in this directory. They include:

1. XSLT to transform valid ANZLIC Version 2 XML into ANZLIC Metadata Profile XML
2. Codelists:
   • Copy of ISO TC 211 gmx code lists with some corrections. Note that this is not the official code list from http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml because that list is currently invalid. However, this one is valid.
   • Australian Government Security Classification Codes
   • ANZLIC Geographic Extent Names
   • ANZLIC Search Words
   • ANZLIC Jurisdictions
   • Geoscience Australia's extension to the ISO TC 211 code list for MD_ScopeCode which is used for hierarchyLevel elements.
   • OSDM Schedule names for use by Australian Government Agencies in "dataset" metadata
   • A cut down version of the EPSG Coordinate Reference Systems in an ISO 19139 CT_CrsCatalogue format (anzlic-gmxCrs.xml).
   • Note: The last six files are also used by the ANZLIC Metadata Entry Tool (ANZMET Lite).
   • The ANZMET Lite tool uses the METTips.xml file to show hints in the tool on how to use it.
3. An OASIS Catalog file that can be used to access local copies of the ISO 19139 XSDs
   • Note that you will need to edit the file locations to suit your own system.
4. XSD to validate XML document instances are available in this gzipped tar file, zip file or can be found at:
   • Geographic Information Metadata Base Schema
   • Geographic Spatial Schema
   • Geographic Temporal Schema
   • Geographic Spatial Referencing Schema
   • Geographic Common Schema
   • Geographic Metadata Schema
   • Geography Markup Language Schema
   • Xlink Schema
5. Schematron to further validate XML document instances:
   • Validates many of the ISO 19115 constraints/conditions
   • Validates codeList values against codeLists
   • Checks that there is content in the fileIdentifier
   • Validates keywords against ISO 19139 compliant Catalogue dictionaries. This was written by Rick Jelliffe and does a better job than the XSL below.
   • Validates geographic identifiers against ISO 19139 compliant Catalogue dictionary entries. This is based on Rick Jelliffe's above Schematron and does a better job than the XSL below.
   • Checks to see if the OSDM Schedule list values are used within a metadata record if it is a 'dataset' and if it has an Australian ANZLIC Jurisdiction.
6. XSLT 2.0 eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) files to further validate XML document instances:
   • Validates keywords against ISO 19139 compliant Catalogue dictionaries
   • Validates ANZLIC Geographic Extent Names
7. ANZLIC Metadata Profile XML examples:
   • shows most of the different metadata entities. Note: this XML document currently uses the gmxCodelists.xml file located at the above URL until the official XML file at ISO TC 211 is corrected.
   • same as above but with xlinked content
   • Geoscience Australia's Open Day (series)
   • shows metadata for Geoscience Australias Open Day 2007 (collectionSession)
   • shows metadata for a camera (collectionHardware)
   • shows DS_Aggregate information for a camera and it's related collection session
   • shows metadata for software
   • Note: There is no gaurantee that the content of these files is correct.
8. Other XML files that you may find useful:
   • XSL that converts DIF to standard ISO 19139 XML provided by Australian Antarctic Data Centre
   • XSL that converts DIF to ANZILC Metadata Profile XML provided by Australian Antarctic Data Centre
   • XSL that converts DIF to AODC-JF Marine Profile XML provided by Australian Antarctic Data Centre
   • Note: See http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/index.cfm#4 for more information about the above three XSLs.
   • Documentation about the Marine Community Profile
   • Marine Community Profile Schemas (XSDs)

Your feedback about the ANZLIC Profile and Guidelines can be temporarily directed to: asdi-l@lists.anzlic.org.au until dedicated lists can be created.