Hello, Greg:
I'm forwarding this response from my colleague here at Stanford who is
leading the metadata efforts on the project he's describing.
Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich

Metadata Coordinator
Digital Library Systems and Services
Stanford University Libraries / Academic InfoResources
Stanford, CA  94305-8408
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Hi Greg,
At Stanford and the University of California at Santa Barbara  we are
comparing the FGDC content standard for means of preservation of GIS
datasets against other data model that have been created specifically for
preservation purposes (PREMIS 
<http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/>and the Data Model for 
Managing and Preserving Geospatial Electronic Records developed by 
CIESIN). This investigation is focused on several preservation concepts 
(environment, computing platform, semantics, terminology, provenance, 
provider, quality, and appropriate use) and looking at gaps between the 
models and the content standard.  The results of the paper will will be 
available for the preservation and geospatial community to comment on.

Stanford is also looking at what elements are contained in the FGDC 
content standard that lend themselves to preservation needs. And can 
these needs be extended to the myriad of GIS data sources (vector, 
raster, complex such as shapefiles and simple such as geotifs).

Regards,
John Banning

Metadata Specialist
Stanford University Libraries


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From: gmarch [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:10 AM
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Subject: FGDC Related Projects

Hello,

I am curious to know if any DLF partners are actively involved with FGDC 
metadata related projects?

Thank you,

Greg

Gregory March
Graduate Research Assistant
Map Library
15 Hoskins Library
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
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