SeaZone Metadata Maestro
Ben Spalding
Ben.Spalding@SeaZone.com
01491 822859
Introduction
> Metadata Editor
> Services
 Updates
 Keywords – NERC Vocab Server
 EDMO Database
 Contacts Database
 EPSG Database
> Validation and Transformation
> Projects
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Introduction
About Maestro
> Designed and written by SeaZone
> Metadata Maestro is supported via MEDIN
> Desktop software for creation and validation of
Metadata
> There is a programme in place to ensure that bugs and
updates are tracked and fixed
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Metadata Editor
Metadata Editor
Profile
> Select a profile
 MEDIN Discovery Profile (Datasets and Series)
 MEDIN Discovery Profile (Services)
> Builds a tree of nodes
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Metadata Editor
Nodes
> Reflects ISO 19115 structure
> Reflects profile names
> Indicates obligation of
elements
 Mandatory
 Conditional
 Optional
> Add/Remove
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Red Bar / Green Bar
On the fly metadata validation
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Templates
> Create templates for re-use
> *.szz file
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File Identifier
System generated UUID:
> Automatically changes for new metadata
> Can be saved to a template
 CARE – if this is done the same file identifier can be
used for all metadata instances based on the
template
 Delete the file identifier before saving the template
 This forces the file identifier to be re-created when
the template is loaded
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UUID Creator
Tools > UUID Creator
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Exporting KML
Save metadata as OGC KML
> http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2
> Elements mapped:
 Resource title -> Placemark name
 Abstract -> Placemark description
 ISO 19139 XML -> ExtendedData
 Geographic bounding box -> Placemark Polygon
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Services
Updates
Local cache:
> NERC Vocab Server – keywords
(Natural Environment Research Council)
> EDMO Database – contacts
(European Directory of Marine Organisations)
> EPSG Geodetic Parameter
(European Petroleum Survey Group)
Online:
> GEMET Thesaurus
(GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus)
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Updates
Updates can be:
> Automatic at startup
> Invoked manually (Tools > Refresh Cached Lists)
> Folder:
 [user profile]\Local Settings\
Application Data\SeaZone\
Metadata Maestro Data
> Proxy details required?
(Tools > Options)
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Keywords
NERC Data Grid Vocabulary Server
> Different ways of selecting keywords
> Search for *water*
> Build list
> Drag and drop into
Editor
> Care when
manually editing
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Contacts
EDMO Database
>Select organisation
>Double click into
‘select organisation’ tab
>Drag and drop into
responsible party
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Contacts Database
Local contacts database
>Build your own
contacts DB
>Search
>Drag and drop
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Geodetic Parameter
EPSG Geodetic Parameter
>Search for geodetic
parameters
>Search by code/name
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Validation and Transformation
Metadata Validation
XML validation
(Metadata > Validate)
>Load XML
>Validate
> XML Schema
> Schematron
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XML Transformation
Stylesheet .xsl
(Metadata > Transform)
>More user friendly
>Better presentation
>Customise HTML
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Project
Save Project
Metadata Maestro Project
> Saves the state of most open forms
> Produces *.szmp file
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Thank you
Ben Spalding
Ben.Spalding@SeaZone.com
01491 822859
Exercise
Open Metadata Maestro and then the file:
‘SeaZone HydroSpatial Base Project.szmp’.
>Currently the metadata will not validate. See if you can get it to validate
(make the Red bar turn Green!) (It doesn’t matter what values you use)
Access the XML Validation Window via “Metadata > View XML” or “ctrl+shift+x” 
>See if your company is listed in the EDMO database, and
add it to the ‘Metadata point of contact’ node alongside SeaZone’s contact
details
>Add some keywords using the ‘NERC Vocabulary Server’
>Create a new UUID
>Create your own .szmp metadata project and validate your XML
(when you have time!)
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