[Qgis-user] QGIS metadata options ? (Thanks; re-post)

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Falk,
I may miss some of your points, but AFAICT:
* you can save metadata in XML already
* adding support to further standard (MORPHO-NCEAS, FGDC, USGS, etc) is
certainly feasible, it just need someone to work on it.
QGIS is quite open, there is always the choice between implementing
directly what is missing and sponsor one developer work.
All the best.

On 21/09/19 20:55, Falk Huettmann wrote:
> Dear Paolo et al,,
> 
> yeah, I see it (thanks, QMD format in Layer Properties with attributes)
> but it's best to stay with the
> standard, which is something like I mentioned earlier; the precise XML
> details matter for parsing and compliance
> across platforms and tools (instead of :inventing own metadata formats).
> 
> I am still catching up with this one
> http://archaeogeek.github.io/qgis-uk-glasgow-2016-metadata/#/  
> But FAIR and INSPIRE are only covering the (small) EU market for name
> sake, if even that;
> whereas the U.S. (MORPHO-NCEAS, FGDC, USGS tools) and China/Asian
> matters MUCH MORE.
> e.g. https://github.com/NCEAS/morpho  and its repository used for U.S.
> NSF and governments + libraries. 
> 
> And the ocean applications are hardly there yet, or in climate change
> mapping and modeling (just see IPCC for lack of ISO metadata).
> 
> Metadata is essential, also for, and with,  R code, phython workflows etc.
> 
> Sure, if there is interest, I would be delighted to talk to somebody in
> more detail
> and how to make it happen. Thanks.
> 
> Again, I am thinking here of geology, geography, climate, social
> sciences, biological, remote sensing and model prediction data and work etc.
> For starters, here is  https://www.itis.gov/  (which we use a lot for
> our GIS work with biological species, and with metadata); Those things
> are to be catered
> in open source GIS works. I have not looked into the Google Cloud and
> Amazon Cloud, yet.
> 
> Sorry to beat here a dead horse, but for governmental, contractor and
> science projects and software, without metadata any GIS work is not
> acceptable, nor serious.
> So it really matters; I am specifically thinking here of publication
> standards for high-impact journals, peer-review and reviewing.
> 
> Thanks, happy to provide input and expertise as you require for QGIS.
> To me, metadata are an anti-corruption and transparency measure. I
> assume the world needs those things these days...
> 
> Keep me posted please
>    Falk Huettmann PhD, Professor
>     University of Alaska Fairbanks
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:55 PM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it
> <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Falk,
>     metadata are now in standard qgis, you'll find it in Layer>Properties.
>     Please check and let us know. There is room for improvement, please
>     consider supporting it.
>     Cheers.
> 
>     On 17/09/19 09:14, Falk Huettmann wrote:
>     > Hi there, QGIS community,
>     >
>     > very sorry,
>     > but I am still struggling with xml ISO compliant FGDC metadata in
>     > QGIS.
>     >
>     > I only see the great webpage on MetaEdit; 
>     > well, except, I cannot find it in the PlugIns and the
>     >  website seems to be not supported anymore; no reply upon request.
>     >  http://gis-lab.info/qa/metatools-eng.html
>     >
>     > I would welcome any suggestions here on what to do; big thanks.
>     >
>     > QGIS, like any GIS and software and data, cannot live without metadata
>     > and such an editor.
>     > Even more so, that's where Open Source can entirely outcompete
>     > and win....I am thinking here for instance of (biological species
>     > taxonomy) survey data with GIS data sources all read-in automatically 
>     > for modeling and predictions; with automated workflows...and then
>     > readily documented with XML metadata and parsed and presented in html,
>     > for instance.
>     >
>     > See here a monopoly piece in gitub; how can that be linked with QGIS
>     > effectively ?.
>     > https://github.com/usgs/fort-pymdwizard/  
>     >
>     > For projects - commercial and science-, compliant ISO metadata can be
>     > the deal breaker
>     >
>     > And I think we should probably not work with 'homebrew' code and
>     rely on it.
>     >
>     > Thanks so much again for any pointers; very best
>     >       Falk Huettmann
>     >
>     >
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