World Spatial Metadata Standards: Scientific and Technical Characteristics, and Full Descriptions with Crosstable

6 ½ X 9 7/16 in Dedication. Presidential Foreword. ISO/TC211 F oreword. GIS Foreword. Editor’s preface. Part I. Introduction to Spatial Metadata Standards in th e World. An introduction to metadata for geographi c information (H.J.G.L. Aalders).
Part II. Region al Summaries of Spatial Metadata Developments and Associated Activities (H.J.G.L. Aalders). European efforts in the field of geographic metadata and related SDI activities (H.J.G.L . Aalders, F. Salge, A. Martynenko). North American metadat a standards developments in Canada and the United States of America (V.E. Hume, J.B. Maitra, K. Fadaie). Metadata stan dards development; activities in the Asia - Pacific region (C. Macauley et al.). Metadata standards development; activitie s in Central and South America and the Caribbean (T. Delgad o-Fernandez, D.I. Rey-Martinez, M.I. Chaparro-Dominguez).

Spatial metadata in Africa and the Middle East (A. Cooper, E.J.O. Gavin)