Geoscience after IT: Part L. Adjusting the emerging information system to new technology

Coherent development depends on following widely used standards that respect our vast legacy of existing entries in the geoscience record. Middleware ensures that we see a coherent view from our desktops of diverse sources of information. Developments specific to managing the written word, map content, and structured data come together in shared metadata linking topics and information types

Content standards for digital geospatial metadata workbook : (describes the June 8, 1994 version of the metadata standard) /

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A strategy for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

"April 1997."Shipping list no.: 97-0350-P.Issued by the U.S. Geological Survey."Written with the help of many individuals and organizations in the geospatial data community."Includes bibliographical references (p. 11).Mode of access: Internet