The NASA Flavor of ISO is still in development. This is a sample landing page for the schema download.

NASA Flavor of ISO

The NASA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project collects, processes, and distributes a wide variety of environmental observations and data products. High-quality metadata and documentation is required in order for these data and products to contribute to reproducible scientific understanding. The Metadata Evolution for NASA Data Systems (MENDS) Project recently recommended that ESDIS adopt International (ISO) metadata standards and, at the same time, explore extensions to those standards that might be required for particular NASA data types and products. These extensions have come to be known as a “NASA Flavor” of ISO and there have been many discussions, and assumptions, about a NASA Flavor since the beginning of the MENDS Project.

Schema

Please download the NASA Flavor for ISO 19115 schema by clicking here

Schema Technical Notes

For a detailed examination of the schema, please click here (note: due to length, page may take longer than usual to load).

Crosswalk

The following is a comprehensive crosswalk for the ECHO attributes, as translated to the NASA Flavor of ISO. Click here to download the entire Excel Workbook.