SGML/XML for Geospatial Metadata

Strengths and benefits
- platform and vendor independent, separates content and structure from presentation
Terminology
- DTD, document instance, parser
ANZMETA Document Type Definition (DTD)
- extensible to cater for Page 1 and thematic metadata
Validation, presentation, generate interfaces
- reliable metadata, many views, dynamic applications
Transformation
- ANZMETA to ISO, load to database, masquerade as many docs