Finding FGDC metadata that needs to be upgraded to ArcGIS format

Question

We have a SQL / SDE 10.1 database containing about 200 feature classes.  The metadata for most of these is still in the FGDC format but there are maybe 20 to 30 with metadata upgraded to the ArcGIS internal format and updated with new information.  ArcCatalog detects when a feature class's metadata needs upgrading, but is there a way to do this in arcpy?

Will · Answer

I'm using ArcGIS Destkop 10.3 and this bug doesn't appear to be fixed in it.  Am I'm missing something? Was it really fixed at 10.2.2 ?

Thanks,

Will

RandyKreuziger · Answer

The bug is fixed at 10.2.2.  We have one test PC running 10.2.2 so I might use that.  But like most ESRI bugs it's disappointing that you have to upgrade to in order to get the fix but then something else breaks.

curtvprice · Answer

A way I can think of doing this without diving into parsing XML is to export the metadata "raw" using the XSLT Transformation tool, using the XSLT Transformation tool and the file

\Desktop10.1\Metadata\Stylesheets\gpTools\exact copy of.xslt

Once you have the XML you could run the XML through the USGS MP tool (to strip all the ArcGIS tags) and compare the file sizes. I bet you'd see a much bigger difference in file sizes for the upgraded metadata records.

Randy, do you have a NIM or other reference for that bug?