This (very dense) ESRI document describes their metadata conventions... http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Michael On 29 January 2011 05:08, G.L. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jody, > > Thank you. I'll have to talk about this to my supervisor. The metadata > support might not be important enough to justify the effort. But if I have > to program it, I'd be happy to share my work with everyone. > I can read the DeveloperGuide, don't worry. > I still have a question, though. Is there any standard for the .shp.xml > format? If so, could you help me get information about it, please? I can't > find any. > > G.L > > > > Jody Garnett-2 wrote: >> >> Three is an official shapefile.shp.xml file format to hold this kind of >> information; but nobody ever uses it. GeoTools has limited support for >> reading these files currently; if you would like to review the code and >> extend the facility it would be appreciated. I see you already found the >> "info" data structure we fill in with what information we can find. >> >> Jody >> >> On 28/01/2011, at 2:54 AM, G.L. wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use Geotools 2.7 and I managed to build the shapefiles I wanted to >>> build. >>> I would like to add some metadata to my files. I'd like to be abble to >>> open >>> an existing shapefile and attach information such as: >>> >>> name - type >>> >>> forecastDateTime - String >>> generatedDate - String >>> notes - String >>> productName - String >>> organisation - String >>> latitudeMin - Int >>> latitudeMax - Int >>> longitudeMin - Int >>> longitudeMax - Int >>> >>> etc. >>> >>> I have found some objects that might be abble to hold some form of >>> information but no way to write it to a file or read it. I haven't found >>> any >>> example about it. Is there any way to do so? Can anyone please help me? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> G.L >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Reading-Writing-metadata-from-to-a-shapefile-tp5966999p5966999.html >>> Sent from the geotools-gt2-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! >>> Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better >>> price-free! >>> Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires >>> February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Geotools-gt2-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! >> Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better >> price-free! >> Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires >> February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Geotools-gt2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Reading-Writing-metadata-from-to-a-shapefile-tp5966999p5970728.html > Sent from the geotools-gt2-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-gt2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
