topic Arc Catalog export metadata in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/arc-catalog-export-metadata/m-p/305703#M10589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When I export metadata in Arc Catalog, using the Export Metadata tool, it won't let me export the metadata within the geodatabase file. I have to export one of the shapefiles inside. Is this because the data type accepted for exporting metadata must be a feature class? I notice that the accepted data type is a data element. Are these the same as feature classes?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:46:27 GMT LinHall 2013-10-18T16:46:27Z Arc Catalog export metadata https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/arc-catalog-export-metadata/m-p/305703#M10589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When I export metadata in Arc Catalog, using the Export Metadata tool, it won't let me export the metadata within the geodatabase file. I have to export one of the shapefiles inside. Is this because the data type accepted for exporting metadata must be a feature class? I notice that the accepted data type is a data element. Are these the same as feature classes?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:46:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/arc-catalog-export-metadata/m-p/305703#M10589 LinHall 2013-10-18T16:46:27Z