Formal metadata information and software > CSDGM 1994 (superseded)

Alphabetical List of Compound Elements and Data Elements

This document has been superseded.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.
A
Abscissa Resolution
Abstract
Access Constraints
Access Instructions
Address Type
Address
Albers Conical Equal Area
Altitude Datum Name
Altitude Distance Units
Altitude Encoding Method
Altitude Resolution
Altitude System Definition
ARC Coordinate System
ARC System Zone Identifier
Attribute Accuracy Explanation
Attribute Accuracy Report
Attribute Accuracy Value
Attribute Accuracy
Attribute Definition Source
Attribute Definition
Attribute Domain Values
Attribute Label
Attribute Measurement Frequency
Attribute Measurement Resolution
Attribute Units of Measurement
Attribute Value Accuracy Explanation
Attribute Value Accuracy Information
Attribute Value Accuracy
Attribute
Available Time Period
Azimuth Measure Point Longitude
Azimuthal Angle
Azimuthal Equidistant
B
Bearing Reference Direction
Bearing Reference Meridian
Bearing Resolution
Bearing Units
Beginning Date of Attribute Values
Beginning Date
Beginning Time
Bounding Coordinates
Browse Graphic File Description
Browse Graphic File Name
Browse Graphic File Type
Browse Graphic
C
Calendar Date
Citation
City
Cloud Cover
Codeset Domain
Codeset Name
Codeset Source
Column Count
Compatibility Information
Completeness Report
Compression Support
Computer Contact Information
Contact Address
Contact Electronic Mail Address
Contact Facsimile Telephone
Contact Instructions
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person
Contact Position
Contact TDD/TTY Telephone
Contact Voice Telephone
Coordinate Representation
Country
Cross Reference
Currentness Reference
Custom Order Process
D
Data Set Credit
Data Set G-Polygon Exclusion G-Ring
Data Set G-Polygon Outer G-Ring
Data Set G-Polygon
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
Depth Datum Name
Depth Distance Units
Depth Encoding Method
Depth Resolution
Depth System Definition
Description
Detailed Description
Dialup File Name
Dialup Instructions
Dialup Telephone
Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information
Digital Transfer Option
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Distance and Bearing Representation
Distance Resolution
Distribution Liability
Distributor
E
East Bounding Coordinate
Edition
Ellipsoid Name
Ending Date of Attribute Values
Ending Date
Ending Time
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
Entity and Attribute Overview
Entity Type Definition Source
Entity Type Definition
Entity Type Label
Entity Type
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
Enumerated Domain Value
Enumerated Domain
Equidistant Conic
Equirectangular
F
False Easting
False Northing
Fees
File Decompression Technique
Format Information Content
Format Name
Format Specification
Format Version Date
Format Version Number
G
G-Ring Latitude
G-Ring Longitude
General Vertical Near-sided Projection
Geodetic Model
Geographic Coordinate Units
Geographic
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Gnomonic
Grid Coordinate System Name
Grid Coordinate System
H
Height of Perspective Point Above Surface
Highest BPS
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Horizontal Datum Name
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Hours of Service
I
Indirect Spatial Reference
Issue Identification
K
Keywords
L
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
Lambert Conformal Conic
Landsat Number
Larger Work Citation
Latitude of Projection Center
Latitude of Projection Origin
Latitude Resolution
Lineage
Local Description
Local Georeference Information
Local Planar Description
Local Planar Georeference Information
Local Planar
Local
Logical Consistency Report
Longitude of Central Meridian
Longitude of Projection Center
Longitude Resolution
Lowest BPS
M
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Map Projection Name
Map Projection
Mercator
Metadata Access Constraints
Metadata Contact
Metadata Date
Metadata Future Review Date
Metadata Review Date
Metadata Security Classification System
Metadata Security Classification
Metadata Security Handling Description
Metadata Security Information
Metadata Standard Name
Metadata Standard Version
Metadata Time Convention
Metadata Use Constraints
Miller Cylindrical
Modified Stereographic for Alaska
Multiple Dates/Times
N
Native Data Set Environment
Network Address
Network Resource Name
Non-digital Form
North Bounding Coordinate
Number DataBits
Number StopBits
O
Oblique Line Azimuth
Oblique Line Latitude
Oblique Line Longitude
Oblique Line Point
Oblique Mercator
Offline Media
Offline Option
Online Computer and Operating System
Online Linkage
Online Option
Ordering Instructions
Ordinate Resolution
Originator
Orthographic
Other Citation Details
Other Grid System's Definition
Other Projection's Definition
Overview Description
P
Parity
Path Number
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Place Keyword
Place
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Distance Units
Planar
Point and Vector Object Count
Point and Vector Object Information
Point of Contact
Polar Stereographic
Polyconic
Positional Accuracy
Postal Code
Process Contact
Process Date
Process Description
Process Step
Process Time
Progress
Publication Date
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publication Time
Publisher
Purpose
Q
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
Quantitative Vertical Positional Accuracy Assessment
R
Range Domain Maximum
Range Domain Minimum
Range Domain
Range of Dates/Times
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type
Recording Capacity
Recording Density Units
Recording Density
Recording Format
Resource Description
Robinson
Row Count
S
Scale Factor at Center Line
Scale Factor at Central Meridian
Scale Factor at Equator
Scale Factor at Projection Origin
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
SDTS Terms Description
Security Classification System
Security Classification
Security Handling Description
Security Information
Semi-major Axis
Series Information
Series Name
Single Date/Time
Sinusoidal
Source Citation Abbreviation
Source Citation
Source Contribution
Source Currentness Reference
Source Information
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation
Source Scale Denominator
Source Time Period of Content
Source Used Citation Abbreviation
South Bounding Coordinate
Space Oblique Mercator (Landsat)
Spatial Domain
SPCS Zone Identifier
Standard Order Process
Standard Parallel
State or Province
State Plane Coordinate System (SPSC)
Status
Stereographic
Straight Vertical Longitude from Pole
Stratum Keyword Thesaurus
Stratum Keyword
Stratum
Supplemental Information
T
Technical Prerequisites
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
Temporal
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword
Theme
Time of Day
Time Period of Content
Title
Transfer Size
Transverse Mercator
Turnaround
Type of Source Media
U
Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS)
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
Unrepresentable Domain
UPS Zone Identifier
Use Constraints
UTM Zone Number
V
van der Grinten
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Vertical Count
Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation
Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
Vertical Positional Accuracy Value
Vertical Positional Accuracy
VPF Point and Vector Object Type
VPF Terms Description
VPF Topology Level
W
West Bounding Coordinate
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