Formal guidance on WIS metadata

Formal guidance on WIS metadata is in Part V of WMO-No. 1061 Guide to the WMO Information System.

The contents of the wiki supplement that guidance.

Pages in the wiki

Regulatory Material

Page topic	Page
Top Level	WmoCoreMetadata
Regulatory material	MDG_Reg
Part 1	MDG_Spec1
Part 2	MDG_Spec2
Schemas	MDG_Schema
Code lists	MDG_RegCodeList

Specific Guidelines referred to in the regulatory material

Page topic	Page
Specific guidance referenced in regulatory material	MDG_Guide
Optional elements	MDG_Options
Data policy	MDG_DataPolicy
Testing conformance	MDG_Test

Guidelines specific to application areas

• Satellite products

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Technical guidelines

Page topic	Page
Technical guidelines	MDG_TechGuide
Metadata management	MDG_MdMgt
Dataset identification	MDG_DI
Dataset overview	MDG_DO
Spatial representation	MDG_SR
Distribution	MDG_DIS
Access constraints	MDG_Access
Dataset maintenance	MDG_DataMaint
Dataset data quality (not part of Core Profile, but guidance may be useful)	MDG_DataQual

Example metadata records

Example metadata records (annotated examples; each contains XML file and explanatory text) are indexed from page MDG_EG

Pages outside the main structure

Page topic	Page
Commonly referenced pages outside main structure
Contact information	MDG_Contact
Specifying languages	MDG_Lang
Using code lists	MDG_CodeList

Instructions for editors of the Metadata Guideline pages

Guidance on how to edit the wiki pages is provided for those authorised to edit the Metadata Guidelines pages in the page MDG_EditorInstruct.