topic Batch processing of metadata? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/batch-processing-of-metadata/m-p/681255#M22620 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've got many shapefiles that I've created via a model.&nbsp; I've been trying to find a way to incorporate the creation of the metadata into the model itself, and haven't found anything yet.&nbsp; Surely someone else has tried to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Barring that, can anyone suggest a good way to do bulk creation of metadata?&nbsp; At this point my plan is to create one good metadata file, and then do "find and replace" many times in a good text editor.&nbsp; I'll do it, but it doesn't seem very efficient.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:55:53 GMT MikeMcMahon 2012-10-17T17:55:53Z Batch processing of metadata? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/batch-processing-of-metadata/m-p/681255#M22620 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've got many shapefiles that I've created via a model.&nbsp; I've been trying to find a way to incorporate the creation of the metadata into the model itself, and haven't found anything yet.&nbsp; Surely someone else has tried to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Barring that, can anyone suggest a good way to do bulk creation of metadata?&nbsp; At this point my plan is to create one good metadata file, and then do "find and replace" many times in a good text editor.&nbsp; I'll do it, but it doesn't seem very efficient.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:55:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/batch-processing-of-metadata/m-p/681255#M22620 MikeMcMahon 2012-10-17T17:55:53Z Re: Batch processing of metadata? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/batch-processing-of-metadata/m-p/681256#M22621 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Mike,</P><P></P><P>This is a problem that has troubled me for a long time. I still create a single metadata file and edit the xml files using notepad ++ and I find it quite tedious and inefficient. The trouble is when you are produced the metadata files for a 1000+ data sets.</P><P></P><P>Patrick.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:17:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/batch-processing-of-metadata/m-p/681256#M22621 PatrickKabatha 2014-10-17T14:17:06Z