I've been deluged (well, a few messages) about TableManager.mbx - I stand suitably chastened and should have dug in the docs a bit more - except not quite chastened. I suppose the point I was making is that metadata seems pretty seamless to the ESRI interface - which may or may not be a recommedation - and asked the question whether this is actually adding value now or whether its a future thing. If it IS adding value then maybe MI should play it up more.
And now I'm going to go and hide somewhere. Paul Crisp Syntegra Direct: 0191 461 4522 Mobile: 0776 414 3762 Fax: (0191) 461 1959 Innovation Place Metro Riverside Park Delta Bank Road Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE11 9DJ -----Original Message----- From: George M Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 November 2001 16:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo Metadata Tools>Table Manager allows you to read and write Metadata as well as create or use existing templates. At 03:48 PM 11/28/2001 -0000, you wrote: >This is a gap in MI products but I'm not sure how important it is - perhaps >the list could comment? Do people use metadata now or is it one for future >'interoperability'? Certainly SEEMS like a good and simple idea. > >MapBasic has some routines to allow storing of metadata in the ASCII text >TAB files - the data is stored against defined keys, as many or few as you >want. So in a MapBasic app (or integrated mapping app) you can use these >functions to store or retrieve as much info as you want. Eg source, comment, >copyright, last edited date/user, version etc. In MapX theres nothing but >its easy enough to code some text editing routines to work with the TAB >file. BUT - nothing from the standard MI Pro interface, which seems odd. >Also, no conformance to international metadata standards (eg a standard set >of built-in keys and a tool to read/write them). > >I've no idea what these standards are, but ESRI make a big song and dance >about them. This usually means they wrote them :-) > >Paul Crisp >Syntegra > >Direct: 0191 461 4522 >Mobile: 0776 414 3762 >Fax: (0191) 461 1959 > >Innovation Place Metro Riverside Park >Delta Bank Road Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE11 9DJ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 28 November 2001 15:24 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: MI-L MapInfo Metadata > > >Hello > >Is there a way to create metadata for MapInfo files? Some newer versions of >ESRI's products and Adobe allow users to input attribute metadata like >author,time,origin etc.. of the data. It basically attaches a small file to >the main file. >Does MapInfo have that ability? > >Thank you > > >Ethan M. Gomberg >City GIS, City of Orlando -Engineering Bureau >400 S. Orange Ave. >Orlando, FL 32802 USA >TEL 407.246.3064 >FAX 407.246.2892 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Check out our website at http://www.cityoforlando.net/public_works/esd/gis > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | >To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and >put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. > > >******************************************************************** > >This email may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please notify the sender immediately and delete it without reading, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person >Thank you > >Check us out at http://www.syntegra.com > >******************************************************************** > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | >To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and >put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. > GeoMax Information www.geomax.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 303.4404539 303.4404539 Fax GIS analysis, software and training , data capture and manipulation Specialists in Geology and Minerals Exploration _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ******************************************************************** This email may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please notify the sender immediately and delete it without reading, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person Thank you Check us out at http://www.syntegra.com ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
