Automating geospatial metadata generation-An integrated data management and documentation approach

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-398

  Batcheller, James K ^a  

^a Institute of Geography School of Geosciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data documentation; Data management; Geospatial metadata; Metadata authoring; Metadata generation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; METADATA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

DATA DOCUMENTATION; DATA PREPARATION; GEOSPATIAL METADATA;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; METADATA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DATABASE; GIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049051281     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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