This document has been superseded. Everyone should refer instead to the
Content Standard for
Digital Geospatial Metadata, officially known as FGDC-STD-001-1998,
dated June 1998, at the web site of the Federal Geographic Data Committee.
This section provides a means of identifying individuals and
organizations, and is used by other sections of the metadata standard.
This section is never used alone.
the person, and the affiliation of the person, associated with the data set. Used in cases where the association of the person to the data set is more significant than the association of the organization to the data set.
Compound.
the organization, and the member of the organization, associated with the data set. Used in cases where the association of the organization to the data set is more significant than the association of the person to the data set.
Compound.