1 FGDC Document Number 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shoreline Metadata Profile (Public Review Draft) 11 12 Bathymetric Subcommittee 13 Federal Geographic Data Committee 14 January 18, 2000 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Federal Geographic Data Committee 37 Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Energy 38 Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of State 39 Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency 40 Federal Emergency Management Agency, Library of Congress 41 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Archives and Records Administration 42 Tennessee Valley Authority 43 44 Federal Geographic Data Committee 45 46 The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) was established by Office of Management and Budget Circular 47 A-16 to promote the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geographic data. 48 49 The FGDC is composed of representatives from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing and 50 Urban Development, the Interior, State, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal 51 Emergency Management Agency; the Library of Congress; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the 52 National Archives and Records Administration; and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Additional Federal agencies 53 participate on subcommittees and working groups. The Department of the Interior chairs the Subcommittee on 54 Cadastral Data. 55 56 Federal Geographic Data Committee subcommittees work on issues related to data categories coordinated under the 57 circular. Subcommittees establish and implement standards for data content, quality, and transfer; encourage the 58 exchange of information and the transfer of data; and organize the collection of geographic data to reduce 59 duplication of effort. Working groups are established for issues that transcend data categories. 60 61 For more information about the committee, or to be added to the committee's newsletter mailing list, please contact: 62 63 Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat 64 c/o U.S. Geological Survey 65 590 National Center 66 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive 67 Reston, Virginia 22092 68 69 Telephone: (703) 648-5514 70 Facsimile: (703) 648-5755 71 Internet (electronic mail): [email protected] 72 Anonymous FTP: www.fgdc.gov/pub/ 73 home page: www.fgdc.gov 74 75 The following is the recommended bibliographic citation for this publication: 76 77 Shoreline Metadata and Glossary in Support of a National Shoreline Data Content Standard, 78 FGDC, January 1999, Reston, Virginia. 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Federal Geographic Data Committee Shoreline Metadata Profile, Glossary and Bibliography in Support of a Shoreline Data Content Standard- Public Review Draft 95 CONTENTS 96 Page 97 Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 1 98 1. Objective ....................................................................................................................................... 1 99 2. Scope............................................................................................................................................. 2 100 3. Applicability.................................................................................................................................. 2 101 4. Related Standards.......................................................................................................................... 3 102 5. Standard Development Procedures ............................................................................................... 3 103 6. Maintenance of Standard............................................................................................................... 5 104 Elements of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata ............................................................... 6 105 Modifications to the Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata....................................................... 7 106 Conditionality Changes......................................................................................................................... 7 107 Domain Changes................................................................................................................................. 10 108 Extended Elements........................................................................................................................................ 16 109 Informative Annexes (Glossary, References and Bibliography)................................................................... 26 110 Appendix A: Glossary.......................................................................................................................... 26 111 Appendix B: References ...................................................................................................................... 52 112 Appendix C: Bibliography ................................................................................................................... 53 113 114 115 116 117 118 iii Federal Geographic Data Committee Shoreline Metadata Profile, Glossary and Bibliography in Support of a Shoreline Data Content Standard – Public Review Draft 119 Introduction 120 121 In recent times, accurate delineation of the shoreline and the development of a shoreline standard have 122 become important due to international and legal issues. With emerging technologies such as digital 123 cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD), 124 digital data products, electronic charts, and the World Wide Web, temporal and spatial accuracy is very 125 important when producing maps. The purpose of the “Shoreline Metadata Profile” is to address the 126 complexities of shoreline data while serving the community of users involved with geospatial data 127 "activities" that intersect the U.S. Shoreline. 128 129 1. Objective 130 131 This Shoreline Metadata Profile is the first in a series of standards that will define a Shoreline Data Content 132 Standard. The metadata profile is to be used as an extension or profile to the existing Content Standards 133 for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). The glossary and bibliography are informative annexes that 134 will provide a basis for understanding the shoreline and related issues. Because the CSDGM only allows 135 for the documentation of generic geospatial data, the Bathymetric Subcommittee felt it was neccessary to 136 develop a metadata profile that addressed shoreline data and data that intesects with the shoreline. The 137 objective of the metadata profile is to capture the critical processes and conditions that revolve around 138 creating and collecting shoreline data. The metadata produced using this standard will be important for 139 clearinghouse activities to locate potential data sets and to indicate the fitness for use and accuracy of a 140 given data set. This Standard is intended to serve the community of users who are involved with geospatial 141 data "activities" that intersect the U.S. Shoreline. The purpose is to clarify (standardize) some of the 142 complexities of shoreline data by developing a metadata profile, bibliography and glossary, which will be 143 an extension or profile of the FGDC CSDGM. 2 Federal Geographic Data Committee Shoreline Metadata Profile, Glossary and Bibliography in Support of a Shoreline Data Content Standard – Public Review Draft 144 2. Scope 145 146 The Shoreline Metadata Profile provides the format and content for describing data sets related to shoreline 147 and other coastal data sets. The metadata complies with the FGDC Content Standards for Digital 148 Geospatial Standard. It provides additional terms and data elements required to support metadata for 149 shoreline and coastal data sets. 150 151 The profile is primarily oriented toward providing the elements necessary for documenting shoreline data 152 and reaching a common understanding of the shoreline for national mapping purposes and other geospatial 153 and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications. Shoreline data are important for coastal zone 154 management, environmental monitoring, resource developments, legal land jurisdictional issues, ocean and 155 meteorological modeling, engineering, construction, planning, and many other uses. A published standard 156 by a responsible agency will provide the affected community with a basis from which to assess the quality 157 and utility of their shoreline data. Shoreline is an integral component of the geospatial data framework. 158 159 The shoreline glossary provides the working vocabulary for shoreline topics and thesaurus for the metadata 160 standard. Every reference in the glossary has at least one reference to the bibliography. Additional 161 explanatory material about the use of the term, common or known mis-uses of the term, and confounding 162 or clarifying descriptions are included in the glossary. The glossary is structured so that users understand 163 relationships among terms. 164 165 3. Applicability 166 167 This standard is to be used for reporting the availability of shoreline and coastal data sets in the National 168 Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) clearinghouse. It is also directly applicable to all data sets that intersect 3 Federal Geographic Data Committee Shoreline