Metadata Importer and Publisher and Synchronize Tools
Metadata Importer
How to use Metadata
Importer Tool in ArcToolbox ArcMap ArcGIS??Metadata Importer
Path to access the tool
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Metadata
Importer Tool, Metadata Toolset, Conversion Toolbox
Metadata Importer
Copies metadata from the
source item to the target item. Metadata is retrieved from the source item and
transferred to the target item without changing it. The source and target may
be ArcGIS items or stand-alone metadata XML files.
The source metadata should
be ArcGIS metadata. If the imported information is not stored in the ArcGIS
metadata format it must be upgraded to ArcGIS metadata before it will be
automatically updated to contain the item's intrinsic properties.
This tool is useful for
saving changes made to your metadata with an XSLT stylesheet. For example, a
model could update metadata using XSLT Transformation with a custom stylesheet,
then use this tool to import the changes to the original ArcGIS item.
Existing metadata will
be replaced by the imported metadata.
1. Source Metadata
The item whose metadata
will be imported or a stand-alone XML file that will be imported.
If the source item is a
stand-alone file, it must contain well-formed XML data.
2. Target Metadata
The item to which the metadata
will be imported or a stand-alone XML file that will be replaced.
Metadata Publisher
How to use Metadata
Publisher Tool in ArcToolbox ArcMap ArcGIS??Metadata Publisher
Path to access the tool
:
Metadata
Publisher Tool, Metadata Toolset, Conversion Toolbox
Metadata Publisher
Publishes metadata to a
metadata catalog.
The Metadata Publisher
tool retrieves the source item's metadata; then a copy of this metadata document
is passed to the Publisher specified in the tool. If the source item is a
stand-alone XML file, a copy of the file itself will be passed to the
Publisher. The Publisher uses information from the tool parameters and from the
metadata document to create a request to publish the document to the specified
metadata catalog.
The only Publisher
provided for this tool with ArcGIS Desktop published metadata to an ArcIMS
Metadata Service. ArcIMS is no longer supported. While this tool was intended
to allow publishing to metadata catalogs in general, additional publishers are
not available for this tool. For the ArcGIS platform, publishing metadata is an
integral part of publishing the item it describes; metadata is not published
independently.
1. Source Metadata
The item whose metadata
will be published or a stand-alone XML file that will be published.
2. Publisher
An XML file that defines
how the metadata will be published.
3. Service URL (optional)
The URL of a Web Service
that hosts the metadata catalog, if appropriate.
For example, the URL of
an ArcIMS Server that provides a Metadata Service.
4. Service Name (optional)
The name of the service
to which you want to publish, if appropriate.
For example, for an
ArcIMS Metadata Service this is the case-sensitive name of the Metadata
Service.
5. User Name (optional)
The name used to access
the metadata catalog when publishing documents, if appropriate.
For example, when
publishing documents to an ArcIMS Metadata Service you must log in to the
service using a name that has been granted metadata_publisher privileges or a
higher privilege.
6. Password (optional)
The password you used to
access the metadata catalog when publishing documents, if appropriate.
For example, when
publishing documents to an ArcIMS Metadata Service, this is the password
required to log in with the specified user name.
Synchronize Metadata
How to use Synchronize
Metadata Tool in ArcToolbox ArcMap ArcGIS??Synchronize Metadata
Path to access the tool
:
Synchronize
Metadata Tool, Metadata Toolset, Conversion Toolbox
Synchronize Metadata
Automatically updates an
ArcGIS item's metadata with the current properties of the item.
For example, if the
metadata describes the item as having one projection but the item's projection
has changed since the last automatic update, the old projection information in
the metadata will be replaced with the new projection information.
The item's metadata must
be stored in the ArcGIS metadata format; otherwise, the metadata will not be
synchronized.
If a property was set
using ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1 or earlier to prevent ArcGIS from automatically
updating this specific item's metadata with the item's properties, it will be
ignored in the current release. ArcGIS metadata will always be synchronized
with the item it descibes.
1. Source Metadata
The item whose metadata
will be synchronized.
2. Synchronize Type
The type of
synchronization that will take place.
- ALWAYS—Properties of the source item are always added to or updated in its metadata. Metadata will be created if it doesn't already exist. This is the deault.
- ACCESSED—Properties of the source item are added to or updated in its metadata when it is accessed. Metadata will be created if it doesn't already exist.
- CREATED—Metadata will be created and properties of the source item will be added to it if the item doesn't already have metadata.
- NOT_CREATED—Properties of the source item are added to or updated in existing metadata.
- OVERWRITE—The same as "ALWAYS" except all information that can be recorded automatically in the metadata will be recorded. Any properties typed in by a person will be replaced with the item's actual properties.
- SELECTIVE—The same as "OVERWRITE" except the title and the content type will not be overwritten with default values for the item. Used when metadata is upgraded to the ArcGIS 10.x metadata format.
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