Spatial metadata: An international survey on clearinghouses and infrastructures

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 321-342

  Smits Jan, Jan ^a  

^a National Library of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geospatial clearinghouses; Geospatial data Infrastructure; Ggdi; Gsdi; Spatial metadata; Visual geographical interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249318263     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v27n03_05     Document Type: Article

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