[OSGeo-Edu] Metadata Chapter of the Free GIS Books

[Victor Olaya]

Landon, 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

Regards

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Victor Olaya Ferrero
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  ----- Mensaje original ----- 
  De: Landon Blake 
  Para: edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org 
  Enviado: lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2007 21:26
  Asunto: [OSGeo-Edu] Metadata Chapter of the Free GIS Books


  I've started work on the content of the Metadata chapter of the FreeGIS Book. I had a couple of more questions. :]

   

  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 geospatial metadata instead of the more generic term metadata  to refer to the type of metadata that often accompanies geospatial data.

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

  Thanks for your thoughts and comments.

   

  Landon

   



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