NAME

v.sdts.meta.cp - installs supplementary metadata file preparatory to creation of an SDTS export dataset.
(GRASS Vector Data Export/Processing Program)

SYNOPSIS

v.sdts.meta.cp
v.sdts.meta.cp help
v.sdts.meta.cp [-f] metafile=name map=name

DESCRIPTION

The program provides assistance for the preparation of supplemental metadata for an SDTS export dataset. The user specifies a map layer in his current mapset, and then a file of metadata information pertaining to the named map. The program copies the specified metadata file to a standard location (in the user's mapset, under the dig_misc directory). Later, when v.out.sdts is run for the same map layer, the items in the metadata file will be incorporated in various places in the export dataset.

While the metadata file can be prepared by the user, it's format and contents are strictly defined. An alternative is to use the interface program, v.sdts.meta, with which the user can prepare and install a correctly formatted metadata file.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

Flags:

-f: force overwriting of pre-exisiting metadata file.

Parameters:

map=name: name of vector map layer to which the specified metadata file applies.
metafile=name: name of file to be installed as a metadata file for the specified map.

NOTES

The format of the metadata source file is rather highly specified. Following is a list of the items that can be included in the file. Note that each item is preceded by a particular code. The code, and the following ':' must be entered intact for each included metadata item. The colon is then immediately followed by the user-supplied information:

IDEN_MPDT:(creation date of original source map; YYYY or YYMMDD format)

IDEN_TITL:(general title for contents of transfer, for TITL field in IDEN module. If not specified, vector header "map_name" will be used)

IDEN_COMT:(general comment on transfer, for IDEN module's COMT field)

XREF_HDAT:(name of geodetic datum to which export data are referenced, for HDAT fieid in XREF module.)

DDSH_ENT_NAME:(for Dictionary/Schema module; name of kind of entity that dig_att and dig_cats values represent. If not specified, map name will be used.)

DDDF_GRASS_ENT:(definition for entity in "DDSH_ENT_NAME", for Dictionary/ Definition module. if not supplied, simple default is used.)

DDDF_ATTR_NUM:(definition for dig_att values, for Dictionary/Definition module; if not specified, simple default is used.)

DDDF_ATTR_LABEL:(definition for dig_cats values, for Dictionary/Definition module; if not specified, simple default is used.)

As noted above, the metadata file can be prepared, and installed, without the user having to worry about format details, with v.sdts.meta.

AUTHORS

David Stigberg, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Tin Qian, University of Illinois