Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines


FGDC Identifier	Minnesota State Element Name	Field Type	Domain	Description
1.13	Native Data Set Environment	text	free text	A description of the data set in the producer's processing environment including the software name and version number. The user may also enter the computer operating system, file name and data set size if desired. (Note: Transfer formats will be listed in Section 6.)
3.1	Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	text	free text	Description of the types of geographic features, addressing schemes, geocodes or other means through which locations are referenced in the data set.
3.2	Spatial Object Type	text	"point" "vector" "raster"	The system of objects used to represent space in the data set.
(Replacement of FGDC 3.3)	Vendor Specific Object Types	text	"arc" "area" "cell" "column" "network" "node" "label" "line" "point" "polygon" "region" "row" "route-section" "TIN" free text	The spatial objects used in terms used by the software. Counts of these objects may also be entered (e.g. columns = 100, rows = 200, lines = 300, points = 400, etc.) Additional values may be used if the domain choices are not complete for a data set.
No FGDC Equivalent	Tiling Scheme	text	free text	Description of the physical partitioning of the data set (e.g. counties, USGS 7.5 minute quad sheets, etc.).