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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’ve completed the text content for the Metadata Chapter of the
Free GIS Book. You can read the latest section I added, which deals with
automated metadata management. (Thanks to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tyler</st1:place></st1:City>
for introducing me to this topic with his example.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Next week I will try to complete the following tasks:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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of a simple metadata file example.<o:p></o:p></p>
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of the metadata chapter content on the Free GIS Book section of the OSGeo wiki.<o:p></o:p></p>
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of the chapter in Scribus for a sample PDF layout.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thank you for everyone’s help. If you have a few minutes, please read
the article now that it is completed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’m not a professional writer, or even a GIS professional. As a
result, I warmly welcome correction of writing errors, or comments on how I can
improve the style and content of the chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Landon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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