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EPA Non Geospatial Metadata Style Guide

This document establishes guidelines for creating ISO/POD-compliant metadata for Non-Geospatial datasets when using the Excel template created by the Enviromental Dataset Gateway. (Contact: Ana Greene, greene.ana@epa.gov).

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EPA Non Geospatial Metadata Style Guide (PDF)(8 pp, 820 K, 20170317)
This document establishes guidelines for creating ISO/POD-compliant metadata for Non-Geospatial datasets when using the Excel template created by the Enviromental Dataset Gateway.