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ShareGeo Metadata Help
The following information should be provided with any datasets that are submitted. All of this information can be provided online however it may be beneficial if you prepare this information prior to submission and include a copy of the spreadsheet along with the data package (as part of the Zip file) for uploading.
If you would like to create more extensive metadata, please use the Go-Geo Metadata Creator Tool available here.
Some metadata is automatically created when the dataset is deposited.
| ID | Label | DC Element Mapping | Comment (Hints and other information) |
| 1 | Title | title | Hint: Enter the maintitle of the dataset.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: True |
| 2 | Depositor | contributor | Hint: Enter the name of the person contributing the dataset.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: True Automatically populated from users details. |
| 3 | Institution | contributor.other | Hint: Enter the name of the Institution/University you are a member
of. Example: University of Edinburgh
Repeatable: False Mandatory: True Automatically populated from users details. |
| 4 | Co-Author(s) | contributor.author | Hint: Please enter the names(s) of any other person responsible for
the dataset you are contributing.
Repeatable: True Mandatory: False |
| 5 | Type | type | Hint: Select the type(s) of content of the dataset. Values:
Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
| 6 | Language | language.iso | Hint: Select the language of the data files and/or documentation.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
| 7 | Spatial Coverage | coverage.spatial | Spatial extents are automatically extracted from dataset and stored
in DCMI Box Encoding form.
Additional entries can be added for country and place names. Repeatable: True (coordinates are mandatory) Mandatory: True |
| 8 | Dataset Date | coverage.temporal | Hint: Enter the date for when the dataset was created.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
| 9 | Subject Keywords | subject.classification | Hint: Select as many subject keywords/phrases as are appropriate.
Repeatable: True Mandatory: True |
| 10 | Subject Keywords (Additional) | subject | Hint: Enter as many appropriate subject keywords or phrases as ypu like. |
| 11 | Abstract | description.abstract | Hint: Enter an abstract describing the data.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: True |
| 12 | Description | description | Hint: Enter any other description or comments in this box.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
| 13 | Dataset licensing | right.uri | Only applicable to non-Digimap data.
Hint: Please indicate any non-Digimap licensing or rights information you wish to associate with the data. See the Open Data Commons website for more details of the ODC Public Domain Licence http://www.opendatacommons.org/odc-public-domain-dedication-and-licence/) Options: 1) Other 2) Open data Common Public Domain Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
14 |
Additional Licence Information | rights | Hint: If you want to specify any additional licensing or rights
information, please specify above.
Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
| 15 | Source | relation.isbasedon | Hint: Name any primary source(s) from which these data are derived.
Optionally, add a URI /URL to the source. Example: Ordnance Survey
MasterMap Topography June 2007."
Repeatable: False Mandatory: False |
