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NEW BOOK IN PRESS WORLD SPATIAL METADATA STANDARDS
Being Published by Elsevier Science/Pergamon
ISBN - 0080439497
Harold Moellering, Editor-in-Chief
Henri Aalders, Associate Editor
Aaron Crane, Associate Editor
Spring, 2005

The primary goal of this ICA book is to provide a set of scientific and technical characteristics by which any national or international spatial metadata standard can be assessed. The Introduction provides an informative discussion by Prof. Henri Aalders of Delft University. The Part II Regional Metadata Activities provides a broader context with which the reader can more easily comprehend the various national and international metadata standards activities in the various continents, as well as a perspective of the ISO TC211 Committee on Geomatics/ Geographic Information. Parts III presents the scientific and technical characteristics themselves, while Part IV provides chapters on each of the national and international spatial metadata standards in the world, as well as a selected set of subject matter applications profiles. Part V provides a poster- sized cross table of the 70 critical characteristics of these spatial metadata standards.
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1. Introduction to World Spatial Metadata Standards An Introduction to Metadata for Geographic Information - Henri J.G.L. Aalders (NL)
2. Regional Summaries of Spatial Metadata Developments and Associated
Activities - Edited by Henri J.G.L. Aalders
European Efforts in the Field of Geographic Metadata and Related SDI
Activities - Henri Aalders (NL) François Salgé (FR), & Alexander
Martynenko (RUS)
North American Metadata Standards Developments in Canada and the
United States of America - Kian Fadaie (CDN), Julie Binder Maitra (USA),
Valerie E. Hume (CDN), Harold Moellering (USA) & Henri J.G.L. Aalders
(NL) Metadata Standards Development Activities in the Asia- Pacific Region
- Craig Macauley (AUS), Du Daosheng (China), Kazuhiko Akeno (Japan) &
Tae-Jung Min (Korea) Metadata Standards Development Activities in Central and South
America, and the Caribbean - Tatiana Delgado-Fernandez (CU), Dora Inéz
Rey-Martinez (PCIDEA) & Martha Ivette Chaparro-Dominguez (CO) Spatial Metadata in Africa and the Middle East - Antony Cooper (SA) &
Elizabeth J.O. Gavin (SA) Global Spatial Metadata Activities in the ISO/TC211 Geographic
Information Domain - Olaf Østensen (ISO) & David M. Danko (USA)
3. Scientific & Technical Characteristics for Assessing metadata standards
for geographic datasets - Harold Moellering and Aaron Crane Eds.
Introduction to the Scientific and Technical Characteristics for Assessing
Metadata Standards for Geographical Datasets - Harold Moellering &
Aaron Crane Scientific & Technical Characteristics of Metadata Standards for
Geographic Datasets - Edited by Harold Moellering & Aaron Crane,
Developed by the ICA Spatial Data Standards Commission 1995-99, Version
7.0, Sept, 2002
4. Scientific and Technical Assessments with Full Descriptions of the Spatial
Metadata Standards - Edited by Aaron Crane, Charles Ruhl & Harold Moellering Introduction to the Scientific and Technical Assessments of Spatial
Metadata Standards - Harold Moellering
National and International Spatial Metadata Standards
Australia/New Zealand - Craig Macauley
Canada - Kian Fadaie & Valerie Hume
China - Jiang Jing-tong & Liu Roumei
Czech Republic - Petr Rapant, Bronislava Horakova & Jan Ruzicka
Denmark - Anders Neilsen & Peter Kjeld
Finland - Paula Ahonen
Hungary - Istvan Kadar & Tamas Prajczer
Israel - Ammatzia Peled
Japan - Shoji Okuyama, Shinji Takazawa & Kazuhiko Akeno
Korea - Tae-Jung Min & Heung-Muk Cho
The Netherlands - Henri J.G.L. Aalders
Russia - Alexander Martynenko
South Africa - Nic Scheepers & Antony Cooper
Spain - Sebastian Mas
United States - Richard A. Pearsall & Richard Hogan
Dublin Core - Stuart L. Weibel
CEN/TC287 - François Salgé
ISO/TC211/WG3/Project 19115 - ISO/DIS 19115 - David Danko
Example National and International Subject Matter Spatial Metadata Standards and Profiles

EuroGeographics/LeClef - Topography; Marcus Wandinger & Claude Luzet(FR)
EUCommunity/SSSA/ES - Space Imagery; Bernd Eckhardt(D)
EuroGeoSurveys/GEIXS - Geology; Denis Bonnefoy(FR)
USA/NBII Profile - Biology; Susan Stitt(USA)

5. Crosstable of National and International Spatial Metadata Standards and
Characteristics - Harold Moellering Compiler and Editor
Introduction to the Crosstable of Spatial Metadata Standards and
Characteristics - Harold Moellering

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Spatial Database Transfer Standards 2:
Characteristics for Assessing Standards and Full Descriptions
of the National and International Standards in the World

Published by Elsevier Science/Pergamon
ISBN - 0080424333
Harold Moellering - Editor
Richard Hogan - Editor
First Edition 1997

The primary aim of this book is to provide a new set of scientific and technical characteristics by which any national or international spatial database transfer can be assessed. The beginning of the book will have an expanded introduction by Prof. Moellering. We are also providing four informational chapters that describe such standards development activities in: N. America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and a perspective of the activities of the newly formed ISO Committee on Geomatic standards, as well as a summary table at the end.

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Contents
I. Full technical introduction - Harold Moellering
II. Four summaries of standards development activities in the world
- Europe - François Salgé
- N. America - Richard Hogan & Mark Sondheim
- Asia/Pacific - Drew Clarke
- ISO Activities - Olav Østensen
III. Scientific and technical presentation of the transfer characteristics - developed and written by Commission
IV. 22 chapters describing each standard
Ch# Country Standard Lead Author
1. Australia AUS-SDTS Drew Clarke
2. Austria A 2260 Werner Kuhn
3. Canada SAIF Marc Sondheim
4. China DEFS Du Daosheng
5. Finland JHS 111-119 Antti Rainio
6. France EdíGeo(Z13-150) François Salgé
7. Germany ATKIS(EDBS) Heinz Brüggemann
8. Israel IEF91 Ammatzia Peled
9. Japan SPDFDM Akira Yaguchi
10. Netherlands NEN1878(STFGI) H.J.G.L. AAlders
11. Norway SOSI Olav Østensen
12. Russia DEMTS Alexander Martynenko
13. S. Africa NES Tony Cooper
14. Spain NICCa Sebastian Más Mayoral
15. Switzerland INTERGIS Stephen Nebiker
16. U. K. BS7567(NTF) Sam Sowton
17. U. S. A. FIPS173(SDTS) Richard Hogan
18. CERCO ETDB François Salgé
19. CENTC287 CENTC287 François Salgé
20. CENTC287/7 GDF Rob van Essen
21. DIGWG DIGEST Herman Dohmann
22. IHO S57(DX-90) Robert Sandvik
V. Cross tabulated table by 63 characteristics for each standard - Harold Moellering (Ed.)

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