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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Landon, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that is a good idea. You are the first one writing
in english, so feel free to open a wiki page to put all those standard terms. We
will try to do the same on the spanish side to ensure the accuracy of the
translation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By the way, we had the meeting of authors here in
Spain last friday. We are still writing down the conclusions (both in spanish
and english), and they will be posted to the osgeo wiki as soon as possible, so
you all can see the current situation of the book. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I haven't been very active on the english side, but
I'll try to update a couple of things in the next few days so you all can know
what is happening here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding the exercises, I think is a good idea,
but I guess this issue should be discussed a bit more in depth with the rest of
the people involved.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>***************************************************<BR>Victor Olaya
Ferrero<BR>UNEX<BR>E-mail : <A
href="mailto:volaya@ya.com">volaya@ya.com</A><BR>
<A href="mailto:volaya@unex.es">volaya@unex.es</A><BR>My blog: <A
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>De:</B> <A
title=lblake@ksninc.com href="mailto:lblake@ksninc.com">Landon Blake</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Para:</B> <A
title=edu_discuss@lists.osgeo.org
href="mailto:edu_discuss@lists.osgeo.org">edu_discuss@lists.osgeo.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Enviado:</B> lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2007
21:26</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Asunto:</B> [OSGeo-Edu] Metadata Chapter of
the Free GIS Books</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I’ve started work on the content of the Metadata
chapter of the FreeGIS Book. I had a couple of more questions.
:]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Is there a wiki page or other forum where we can
define common terms that we will use in the book. For example, I am going to
use the term <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">geospatial
metadata</SPAN></I> instead of the more generic term <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">metadata </SPAN></I> to refer to the type of
metadata that often accompanies geospatial data.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I was also going to use the word “geospatial dataset”
to describe a set or logical grouping of data with some type of spatial
component.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At any rate, I think we should shoot for consistent
use of terminology and jargon across the book, and I thought it would be good
to have a place where authors could discuss basic definitions and usage of
technical terms.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also, would there be any objection to including sample
lab, field, and programming exercises that can be applied to the material
being discussed in the chapter. This would make the chapter more useful in a
classroom or self-study setting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks for your thoughts and
comments.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Landon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR><BR><FONT
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