Metadata Field Definitions

Dutchess County, New York

Definitions are based on the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM), Vers. 2 (FGDC-STD-001-1998) with some additional fields added for custom application by Dutchess County.

The standard FGDC "short" names are shown to the left of the field name, in italics, while customized field names are noted the same way, but with a "DC" notation DC.

If a field does not apply to your data set please enter the value "Not Applicable" so that other users will know that you correctly entered data for all the fields and just didn't miss a field. Also, if a field does apply to your data set, but the particular step or attribute test was not performed please add specific text indicating that the test was not performed or not required for this data set.

Dutchess County Custom Metadata

Exception title, these fields have no FGDC analog, but are kept in the Dutchess County metadata records database for orginizational purposes.

Identification Information idinfo

This section contains information that describes the data set.

Data Quality Information dataqual

This section contains fields that make a general assessment of the quality of the data set.

Spatial Data Information spref

Attribute Information eainfo

Distribution Information distinfo

Citation Information citeinfo

Time Period Information timeinfo

Contact Information cntinfo