[Qgis-developer] XML Metadata editor Plugin - FYI

[John C. Tull]

This is a shortcoming that I have run into headlong this week as I am  
trying to provide some data to an organization that has strict  
metadata compliance requirements. My solution has been to hand edit  
xml files, but this is not at all ideal.

I strongly agree that this is an important tool that will improve qgis  
considerably. In fact, the ability to edit metadata would provide qgis  
with capabilities that are rare or absent in the majority of the GIS  
software that is currently available. Such a tool would automatically  
fill some fields, like geographic extents and projection information,  
dates for creation and modification, and perhaps contact and  
organization information through a set of defaults that can be  
assigned as application-level defaults that will persist across  
projects. Additionally, the ability to choose various standards would  
be nice; also, being able to load an existing xml file and having it  
serve as a template could be useful.

I look forward to seeing your success on this project.

Regards,
John

On Feb 3, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:

> Just wanted to let the devs know, for a class project my group is
> developing a new plugin to edit xml metadata files commonly included
> with shapefiles according to ISO 19115:2003 and FGDC(past and  
> upcoming)
> standards.
>
> For those who don't know these files contain the who, what, where and
> why of a dataset and is extremely useful for publishing and cataloging
> datasets online.
>
> It's currently in the planning stages and in about 5 weeks when the  
> term
> is up, however far we've gotten we'll welcome additional developers.
> Suggestions are welcome at any time.
>
>
> We made a sourceforge project to handle svn/documentation.
> http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/qgismetaedit/
>
> This raises the question of whether there should be a qgis plugin
> collective for unofficial plugins and new ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
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