Name/Version: "Oklahoma" Metadata Creator

Reviewer / Date: Hugh Phillips / July 1996

Date of last known release: March 28, 1996

Function: CSDGM metadata creation tool

Online implementation: telnet://www.seic.okstate.edu/ , login as metadata, hit return for password. (No connection could be made December 20, 2004)

Get binaries or source code here: ftp://ftp.seic.okstate.edu/pub/src/metacrtr.c (No ftp connection could be made December 20, 2004)

Platform: Anything the C code will compile on. This is a text based application.

Principal Contact: Kindy Chang, chang@seic.lse.okstate.edu

Status: No longer available

Metadata Storage Structure: Discrete

Description:

The Metadata Creator is a tool to create CSDGM metadata. The user is guided through the whole standard in serial fashion using a decision tree and types in data as required. In the on-line implementation, the output report can be picked up via ftp or with a Web browser.

Cost:

None, but "Original portions Copyright 1995 Michael S. Scott and the University of South Carolina. Written March 1995 by Michael Scott under the direction of Dr. Susan Cutter in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. Email: mike@lorax.geog.sc.edu"

Notable Plus: Produces an indented output report which looks to be compatible with mp

Notable Minus:

There is no means to edit a metadata document with this tool, and there is no way to back up. Free text fields (e.g. Abstract) are limited to about 260 characters.

Sample of Interface:

• Login screen (8K)
• Choice lists for elements with specific Domain items (7K)

Sample Output