A more advanced procedure to upload a new metadata record in the GeoNetwork system is using an XML document. This procedure is particularly useful for users who already have metadata in XML format, for instance created by some GIS application. To this regard, it has to be noted that the metadata must be in one of the standards used by GeoNetwork: ISO19115, FGDC and Dublin Core.
To start the metadata uploading process through the XML Metadata Insert tool, you should log in (see Step. 1. in paragraph 7.1.1) and select the appropriate option from the Administration page (Figure 4.17, “Administration panel”).
The main part of the page Import XML Formatted
Metadata that is displayed (Figure 4.18, “XML metadata import tool”) is the
Metadata text area, where the user can paste
the XML metadata to import. Below this, there is the Type choise, which allows you select the type of record that you are
going to create (Metadata, Template and Subtemplate). Then you can apply a
stylesheet to convert your metadata input from ArcCatalog8 to ISO1915 or from
ISO19115 to ISO19139, if required. Otherwise you can just leave
none selected. The Destination
schema list provides you with four options to choose the final
standard layout for your metadata (ISO19115, ISO19139, FDGDC and Dublin Core).
Finally you should select the Group as main group
in charge of the metadata and the Category that you
want to assign to your metadata. By clicking the Insert button the metadata is imported into the system; please note that
all links to external files, for istance to thumbnails or data for download, have to
be removed from the metadata input, to avoid any conflict within the data
repository.
If your metadata is already in ISO19115 format, the main actions to be performed are the following (Figure 4.19, “XML metadata import 2”):
Paste the XML file that contains the metadata information in the Metadata text area;
Select Metadata as type of record that you are going to create
Select the metadata schema ISO19139 that will be the final destination schema;
Select the validate check box if you want your metadata to be validated according to the related schema.
Select the group in charge of the metadata from the drop down list;
Select Maps and Graphics from the list of categories;
Click the Insert button and the metadata will be imported into the system.
