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EPA Geospatial Metadata Style Guide using EME 3

This document establishes guidelines for creating FGDC-compliant metadata for geospatial data using EPA's Metadata Editor (EME 3). (Contact: Ana Greene, greene.ana@epa.gov).

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EPA Geospatial Metadata Style Guide using EME 3 (PDF)(24 pp, 1 MB, 20170317)
This document establishes guidelines for creating FGDC-compliant metadata for geospatial data using EPA's Metadata Editor (EME 3). Tagged for 508 compliancy