'Colorized' Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-001-1998

The basic coding scheme:

• Mandatory elements, e.g. Element_A or 1{Element_A}n, are rendered in a black bold font.
• Mandatory if applicable elements, e.g. 0{Element_A}n, are rendered in a blue normal font.
• Elements from which one must be selected, e.g. [Element_A | Element_B] are rendered in a fuchsia non-proportional font.
• Elements which are optional, e.g. (Element_A) are rendered in a green italic font.

This presentation also encodes the hierarchical depth of the element in the form of a colored square that preceeds the element if it is among the first six highest levels. The intention of this encoding is to enable recognition of sibling elements mutually affected by a production rule even when they are widely separated in this document.

1

1.1

1.1.1

1.1.1.1

1.1.1.1.1

1.1.1.1.1.1

Metadata:

Identification_Information ..... go there

0{Data_Quality_Information}1 ..... go there

0{Spatial_Data_Organization_Information}1 ..... go there

0{Spatial_Reference_Information}1 ..... go there

0{Entity_and_Attribute_Information}1 ..... go there

0{Distribution_Information}n ..... go there

Metadata_Reference_Information ..... go there