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Dublin Core+ metadata style now available across Pro, Online, and Enterprise!
The blog, Dublin Core+ Now Available in ArcGIS Pro 3.7, introduces Dublin Core+ as a simple, standards-based metadata style now available across ArcGIS. It focuses on the most important metadata elements needed for discovery, reuse, and AI readiness. Begin exploring, and let us know what questions and feedback you have!
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Set a Metadata Style Different Than Organization
My ArcGIS organization uses a different metadata style than my program/group wishes to adopt for our data products in ArcGIS (and actively uses outside the ArcGIS environment). Is there a setting, or a plan to incorporate one in the future, to upload data with metadata in a style separate from the organization?
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Cant edit Metadata for SDE feature class in ArcPro, Works in ArcCatalog
My team is attempting to edit metadata for a feature class in an enterprise geodatabase with ArcPro and it doesn't seem to save any changes. I have tried to make a simple edit to the abstract in the editor and saved edits using the metadata edit tools but when I refresh or close/open the project the changes are not…
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Updates to hosted feature layer metadata in AGOL does not seem to pull through to ArcGIS Pro
Morning, I have been updating metadata to hosted feature layers in AGOL via the overview page and edit metadata button. Once all the edits have been made I save the changes and they appear within the overview page i.e. the updated purpose, description, tags etc. However, when I then access that layer via ArcGIS Pro and…
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Import metadata from xml does not retain formatting
Morning, I have added metadata to a number of layers and exported these as xml files so that they can be imported to the same layers within future projects. However, when I import the xml it imports as continuous plain text, no paragraphs, italics or bold characters. I was wondering if there was a way to enforce the…
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Create and maintain attribute field metadata
Have you searched far and wide for data, only to realize that when you find what you need, you open the attribute table or data table and discover that you have no clue about the attribute fields and the information they contain? The data is difficult to comprehend, making it nearly impossible to use, let alone trust.…
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Metadata edit not available ?!
Hi, Has anyone else encountered this issue?: in ArcGis 3.5 desktop * edit an item's metadata* save/apply * edit another item's metadata* save/apply * return to first item and unable to edit metadata; states:* 'metadata is not available for this item, this item must support metadata and you must have write access' * without…
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Attend Metadata Management Sessions & Get Your Questions Answered at Esri UC 2025
The 2025 Esri User Conference is right around the corner, and we are excited to connect with you. UC is filled with many presentations and events, with hundreds of topics covered. To help you get the most out of your experience, we’ve created a custom agenda for Metadata Management. We hope these sessions will be enjoyable…
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The metadata editor is now available in ArcGIS Pro 3.5
The new metadata editor is now available in ArcGIS Pro 3.5! Unify your metadata editing experience across the platform. Watch the video: https://ow.ly/gq2650VYwYW Read more on the metadata editor in ArcGIS Pro: https://ow.ly/8zPa30sMGcm
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Control Required Metadata Elements at Point of Creation
Want the ability to set the required components for item detail style meta data (or any metadata style) when users publish content/add items to our Organization. Currently we are trying to retroactively control sharing ability based on item completeness score. Would be nice to make certain components or all components a…
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Overwrite your metadata with ease - Get an overview of the new enhanced metadata editor overwrite capabilities in this new ArcGIS Blog article
Having good metadata is important for making the geospatial content you share findable. Thankfully, it’s never been easier with the new metadata editor. Learn about the process of overwriting metadata, and new enhancements, in this ArcGIS Blog article! Read the full article. Dialog for overwriting metadata
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Bulk edition Metadata Raster Mosaic Dataset
Hi Community, I would like to edit the metadata of hundreds of raster mosaic dataset. I'd like to avoid doing it one by one. Is there a tool to do this :-)? ArcGIS Pro, Python and Data Interops are my main working tools Thanks very much!!!
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Full ESRI metadata schema/superset (all elements!)
Hi all, A couple of years ago someone shared with me a spreadsheet describing every metadata element in the ArcGIS schema/format (in the "superset"). The spreadsheet was from 2021. Has there been a change in the schema since, or is the schema from 2021 still current? And where does ESRI maintain the documentation for the…
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ISO 19115-3 Support on ESRI Portal and ArcGIS Pro (and do we need Geoportal server?)
Hi all! Writing this post to ask for some help from the community, as we've been finding it hard to find the information we need about ArcGIS and Portal support for ISO 19115-1(-3) metadata on the ESRI website. I was hoping someone here might be able to point me to a good source of information. Ideally, this would be some…
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Esri Metadata Editor ISO 19115-3 Security Constraints: Classification Mapping
Hi, we are using the new Esri Metadata Editor to maintain metadata records for our spatial datasets using the ISO 19115-3 style. When we create a Security Constraint the using the editor the classification can be selected using the drop down list - but after saving, if we export or view the XML (or HTML) the Classification…
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Metasat
The demo for the ArcGIS understanding metadata and catalog was so helpful. It’s an important aspect of any GIS work. And as a student who participated, I have learned a lot and will be applicable to my school work. Thank you.
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Esri UC 2024 Metadata, Catalog, & Search Focused Agenda
The Esri User Conference (Esri UC) has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the Metadata, Catalog, & Search related sessions, we have prepared this focused agenda. Looking forward to seeing you at the UC! Review the focused agenda.
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Create INSPIRE Metadata using the ArcGIS metadata editor
How do you create INSPIRE Metadata using the new ArcGIS metadata editor? This tutorial provides step-by-step guidance. The new ArcGIS metadata editor, available in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3+, makes creating metadata in compliance with the European Commission's Open Data Directive and INSPIRE Directive easier…
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Search for items with/without metadata
Hi all, I'm an admin of my organisation's ArcGIS Online and Enterprise sites. We are wanting to require users to input metadata for their items to improve data quality, using the built in metadata editor on AGOL and Enterprise. But we need some way of reporting/investigating this so we can identify gaps and make requests…
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Can you use FGDC metadata in ArcGIS Pro or not?
Could anyone provide some clarification on the following issue? I'm trying to develop metadata guidance for my colleagues in my organization, but I don't know what to tell them about FGDC format in Pro. In the ArcGIS Pro documentation online, the article "Create FGDC CSDGM metadata" describes how to edit or create FGDC…
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ArcGIS Online: The New Metadata Editor is Out of Beta!
With the Fall ArcGIS Online 2023 release, the new metadata editor is officially out of Beta. Metadata, sometimes referred to as data about data, provides useful context for data. Having good metadata makes it easier to find and use quality data, increases accessibility, and ensures effective content sharing. The new…
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Metadata Editor beta FAQ
What is the primary goal of the Metadata Editor beta?To improve the quality of metadata for authoritative content used by organizations and shared publicly while simplifying and minimizing the effort required effort by data owners, publishers, and curators. What functionality should I expect in the public beta?Our target…
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Metadata at the Esri UC 2023
Join us in San Diego for these metadata-related sessions and activities. Featured tech workshop on the new Metadata Editor beta: ArcGIS: A Practical Approach to Metadata, Catalog, and Search Open Platform Showcase Island Visit the Open Platform Showcase Island for conversation with our product teams! * Metadata, Catalogs &…
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Metadata Editor beta
With the ArcGIS Online summer release, we've introduced the Metadata Editor beta. We're at the start of our journey and will post information and updates in this community place. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas. Thanks for joining the conversation!
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Introducing the Metadata Editor beta
Metadata – the documentation that describes your data – is all around us. Good metadata support effective content sharing and is essential to quality data that are findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR), and decision-ready. But creating metadata isn’t always easy. Standards are complicated, and metadata…
