What are the Benefits of Metadata?
There are many reasons for creating metadata. Metadata serves numerous important purposes such as data browsing, data transfer, and data documentation. Here are some additional benefits to think about: – Metadata helps users answer questions about the data. – Metadata helps publicize and support the data you or your organization have produced. – Metadata supports the creation of a data inventory. Documenting data and its availability provides agencies with the means to measure production. – Metadata that conform to the FGDC standard are the basic product of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, a distributed online catalog of digital spatial data. This clearinghouse will allow people to understand diverse data products by describing them in a way that emphasizes aspects that are common among them. – Metadata may be considered insurance. Having metadata available insures that potential data users can make an informed decision about the appropriate use of a data set. – Metadata is
