Federal Geographic Data Committee. FGDC-STD-001-1998. Content standard for digital geospatial metadata (revised June 1998). Federal Geographic Data Committee. Washington, D.C.

The pages in the Contents section below are hyperlinked directly to the FGDC site above:

Appendixes

Appendix 2 - A simple example of metadata (Dublin Core and IEEE Learning Object)

The 15 Elements in the Dublin Core are described and related to the IEEE Learning Object Metadata Set. As stated in the article at http://www.imsproject.org/metadata/mdbest01.html from IMS, "It is important to note that just because it is possible to map Dublin Core and IEEE LOM elements to each other, this does not mean the elements are semantically or structurally equivalent. The reader should carefully study and understand both the meaning and intended usage of each element before utilizing it in a meta-data record"

Dublin Core #	Dublin Core Name	Dublin Core Label	IEEE Learning Object Meta-data
1	Title	TITLE	General Title
The name given to the resource by the CREATOR or PUBLISHER.
2	Author or Creator	CREATOR	LifeCycle.Contribute when LifeCycle.Contribute.Role has a value of "Author".
The person or organization primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource. For example, authors in the case of written documents, artists, photographers, or illustrators in the case of visual resources.
3	Subject and Keywords	SUBJECT	General.Keywords. For those wishing more specificity of Subject, a category of Classification can be used with a Purpose of "Subject". Classification has elements for Description, Keywords, and Taxonpath(s) that are specific for the Purpose.
The topic of the resource. Typically, subject will be expressed as keywords or phrases that describe the subject or content of the resource. The use of controlled vocabularies and formal classification schemas is encouraged.
4	Description	DESCRIPTION	General. Description
A textual description of the content of the resource, including abstracts in the case of document-like objects and content descriptions in the case of visual resources.
5	Publisher	PUBLISHER	LifeCycle.Contribute when LifeCycle.Contribute.Role has a value of "Publisher".
The entity responsible for making the resource available in its present form, such as a publishing house, a university department, or a corporate entity.
6	Other Contributor	CONTRIBUTOR	LifeCycle.Contribute with the type of contribution specified in LifeCycle.Contribute.Role. LifeCycle.Contribute can be repeated.
A person or organization not specified in a CREATOR element who has made significant intellectual contributions to the resource but whose contribution is secondary to any person or organization specified in a CREATOR element (for example, editor, transcriber, and illustrator).
7	Date	DATE	LifeCycle.Contribute.Date when LifeCycle.Contribute.Role has a value of "Publisher".
The date the resource was made available in its present form. Recommended best practice is an 8 digit number in the form YOYO-MM-DD as defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime, a profile of ISO 8601. In this scheme, the date element 1994-11-05 corresponds to November 5, 1994. Many other schema are possible, but if used, they should be identified in an unambiguous manner.
8	Resource Type	TYPE	Educational.LearningResourceType.
The category of the resource, such as home page, novel, poem, working paper, technical report, essay, dictionary. For the sake of interoperability, TYPE should be selected from an enumerated list that is under development in the workshop series at the time of publication of this document. See http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Metadata/types.html for current thinking on the application of this element.
9	Format	FORMAT	Technical.Format
The data format of the resource, used to identify the software and possibly hardware that might be needed to display or operate the resource. For the sake of interoperability, FORMAT should be selected from an enumerated list that is under development in the workshop series at the time of publication of this document.
10	Resource Identifier	IDENTIFIER	General.CatalogEntry. General. Identifier is currently a RESERVED term, as there is no specified method for creation of a GUID.
String or number used to uniquely identify the resource. Examples for networked resources include URLs and URNs (when implemented). Other globally-unique identifiers, such as International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) or other formal names would also be candidates for this element in the case of off-line resources.
11	Source	SOURCE	Relation.Resource when the value of Relation.Kind is "IsBasedOn". This reduction is currently under consideration within the Dublin Core Community.
A string or number used to uniquely identify the work from which this resource was derived, if applicable. For example, a PDF version of a novel might have a SOURCE element containing an ISBN number for the physical book from which the PDF version was derived.
12	Language	LANGUAGE	General.Language
Language(s) of the intellectual content of the resource. Where practical, the content of this field should coincide with RFC 1766. See: http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1766.txt
13	Relation	RELATION	Relation.Kind, Relation.Resource
The relationship of this resource to other resources. The intent of this element is to provide a means to express relationships among resources that have formal relationships to others, but exist as discrete resources themselves. For example, images in a document, chapters in a book, or items in a collection. Formal specification of RELATION is currently under development. Users and developers should understand that use of this element is currently considered to be experimental.
14	Coverage	COVERAGE	General.Coverage
The spatial and/or temporal characteristics of the resource. Formal specification of COVERAGE is currently under development. Users and developers should understand that use of this element is currently considered to be experimental.
15	Rights Management	RIGHTS	Rights.Description
A link to a copyright notice, to a rights-management statement, or to a service that would provide information about terms of access to the resource. Formal specification of RIGHTS is currently under development. Users and developers should understand that use of this element is currently considered to be experimental.

Appendix 5: Water Related Databases: Result of the inventory made by the Working Group on Information Management for the 14th session of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources and other identified relevant databases

Appendix 6 World Water Day 2000 - UN and Freshwater Issues - A brief Survey of Facts and Links by Gunilla Bjorkland, GeWa Consulting and the Global Water Partnership.

File	Title / Description
Biotechnology Report	The report outlines the implications of future changes in the biotechnology sector on water resources. (PDF file: 85 KB)
Bioremediation	The report outlines the tools of bioremediation for strengthening water security through environmental biotechnology. (PDF file: 30 KB)
Energy Report	The report outlines the implications of future changes in the energy sector on water resources. (PDF file: 49 KB)
Nuclear Desalination	The report addresses the economic viability of potable water production through seawater desalination by using nuclear energy, IAEA. (PDF file: 20 KB)
Competitiveness of Nuclear Desalination	The report contains an economic evaluation of nuclear and seawater desalination, IAEA. (PDF file: 46 KB)
ICT Report	The report outlines the implications of future changes in information and communications technology on water resources. (PDF file: 45 KB)
WMO Vision for ICT	World Meteorological Organization's Vision for Water Resources Information. (PDF file: 5 KB)
Institutions Report	The report outlines how future changes in institutions, society, and the economy will influence the water sector. (PDF file: 47 KB)
Scenarios for Institutions	This paper was submitted by A. Khosla and S.K. Sharma from Development Alternatives and People First, India during the Institutions Panel Meeting. (PDF file: 34 KB)
Global Water Scenarios	This paper describes three global water scenarios following, business-as-usual; economics, technology, and private-sector; and values and lifestyles. (PDF file: 115 KB)
Global Water Resources Projections	This paper is a review of global water resources projections by Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, USA. (PDF file: 91 KB)
Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management	This document outlines the need for gender mainstreaming in water resources management.(PDF file: 2.6 MB)

File	Title / Description
Commission's Terms of Reference	The Terms of Reference for the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century. (PDF file: 18 KB)

File	Title / Description
Africa	The Africa Water Vision for 2025: Equitable & Sustainable Use of Water for Socioeconomic Development, African Caucus (PDF file: 4 2 KB)
West Africa	West Africa Water Vision, WATAC (PDF file: 515 KB)
Southern Africa	Southern Africa Vision for Water, Life and the Environment in the 21st Century and Strategic Framework for Action Statement, SATAC (PDF file: 117 KB)
Nile Basin	The Vision for Water in the 21st Century for the Countries of the Nile River Basin, A. Shady, ed.(PDF file: 18 KB)
Arab Countries	Water Vision for the Arab Countries Towards the Year 2025, K.F. Saad (PDF file: 340 KB)
Mediterranean Countries (English version)	Mediterranean Vision on Water, Population and the Environment for the XXI^st Century in English, J. Margat and D. Vallee (PDF file: 1.7 MB)
Mediterranean Countries (French version)	Mediterranean Vision on Water, Population and the Environment for the XXI^st Century in French, J. Margat and D. Vallee (PDF file: 982 KB)
Rhine Basin	Visions for the Rhine, Rhine Basin Vision Project Group (PDF file: 160 KB)
Central and Eastern Europe	A Vision of the Water Resources Management in the Central and Eastern European Vision, CEETAC (PDF file: 278 KB)
Russia	Russian Water Vision: Scenarios of Russian Water Sector Development, N. Gaponenko (PDF file: 603 KB)
Aral Sea Basin	Water-related Aral Sea Basin Vision for the Year 2025, UNESCO-IHP (PDF file: 338 KB)
South Asia	South Asia Regional Water Vision 2025, SATAC (PDF file: 136 KB)
Southeast Asia	Vision to Action Report: Southeast Asia, SEATAC (PDF file: 20 KB)
China	China Vision, R. Wang, Z. Ouyang, H. Ren, Q. Min (PDF file: 207 KB)
Australia	A Vision for Australia's Water Resources 2025, J. Pigram & B. Hooper (PDF file: 33 KB)
Americas	The Vision for the World Water, Life and the Environment in the 21st Century: The Americas, SAMTAC and OAS (PDF file: 15 KB)
North America	Vision on Water, Life and the Environment For the 21st Century: Regional Consultations: North America, Mexican National Commission for Water (PDF file: 116 KB)
Central America and the Caribbean	Vision on Water, Life and the Environment for the 21st Century: Regional Visions: Central America and the Caribbean, CATHALAC (PDF file: 465 KB)
South America	South America Regional Vision and Framework for Action, SAMTAC (PDF file: 63 KB)

File	Title / Description
Water for People	Vision 21: Water for People: A Shared Vision for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene and a Framework for Mobilisation of Action, WSSCC (PDF file: 260 KB)
Urban Water and Sanitation Systems	Urban Water and Sanitation Systems, T. Milburn (PDF file: 21 KB)
Water for Food	A Vision of Water for Food and Rural Development, P. van Hofwegen and M. Svendsen (PDF file: 266 KB)
Water and Nature	Vision for Water and Nature - A World Strategy for Conservation and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the 21^st Century (PDF file: 611 KB)
Water and Nature Discussion Paper 1	Freshwater Ecosystems, Conflict Management & Economic Security, T. Swanson and C. Doble(PDF file: 307 KB)
Water and Nature Discussion Paper 2	Freshwater Ecosystems Management & Environmental Security, M.P. McCartney, M.C. Acreman, and G. Bergkamp (PDF file: 337 KB)
Water and Nature Discussion Paper 3	Freshwater Ecosystems Management & Social Security: A Discussion Paper for IUCN, J. Soussan, N. Emmel and C. Howorth (PDF file: 489 KB)
Water in Rivers 1	Report on Sector Consultation "Water in Rivers", H. Oda (PDF file: 74 KB)
Water in Rivers 2	Water in Rivers: Flooding, R. White (PDF file: 123 KB)
Water in Rivers 3	Contribution to the World Water Vision, INBO (PDF file: 29 KB)
Water in Rivers 4	Recommendations and Guidelines on Sustainable River Basin Management: Workshop Report of "International Workshop on River Basin Management", RBA Delft (Center for Research on River Basin Administration, Analysis and Management, Delft University of Technology) (PDF file: 75 KB)
Sovereignty	National Sovereignty and International Water Courses, Green Cross International (PDF file: 224 KB)
Interbasin Water Transfer	Interbasin Water Transfer, UNESCO-IHP (PDF file: 56 KB)
Water for Tourism and Recreation	A Vision for Water and Tourism - 2025, J. Pigram (PDF file: 10 KB)
Water, Education and Training	Water, Education and Training, UNESCO-IHP (PDF file: 317 KB)
Groundwater Vision	Groundwater Vision from International Hydrogeological Association (PDF file: 71 KB)
Lake Biwa and the World's Lakes	Lake Biwa and the World's Lakes, a paper prepared by M. Nakamura, Lake Biwa Research Instiitute, Japan (PDF file: 36 KB)

File
English Flyer (PDF File: 38 KB)	Rivers Press Release in Arabic (PDF File: 929 KB)
French Flyer (PDF File: 49 KB)	Vision presentation (English) (Power Point Slides: 1 MB)
Spanish Flyer (PDF File: 42 KB)	Vision presentation (French) (Power Point Slides: 1 MB)
Arabic Flyer (PDF File: 465 KB)	Messages presentation (English) (Power Point Slides: 1.2 MB)
Russian Flyer (PDF File: 675 KB)	Messages presentation (French) (Power Point Slides: 1.3 MB)
Chinese Flyer (PDF File: 637 KB)	-
Japanese Flyer (PDF File: 476 KB)	-

File	Title / Description
Networking Guidelines in English	World Water Vision: Guidelines for Participation in English (PDF File: 117 KB)
Networking Guidelines in French	World Water Vision: Guidelines for Participation in French (PDF File: 124 KB)
Social Charter for Water	Social Charter for Water from Acad�mie de l'Eau in French (PDF File: 344 KB)

Water Related Databases
Result of the inventory made by the Working Group on Information Management for the 14th session of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources and other identified relevant databases.
Name	Cover	Update	Electronic Form	Data Standards	Metadata Available	Access	Information
Agroecological Zone Database	Climate, ecology, land use, resource evolation	Occasionally	Yes	No	No	No	Mr. R. Brinkman, FAO
AGROSTAT-PC	Electronic version of FAO yearbook		Yes	Yes	No	Diskette	Mr. Jean-Philippe Decraene, FAO
Agrometerological data systems (AMDASS)	Weather factors relevant to agriculture in developing countries	Continuously	Yes	No	Yes, stored as part of the database	No, info. can be requested	R. Gommes, AGRT, FAO
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)	Bibliographic references to the world's literature on the science, technology and management	Monthly	Yes	Yes		On-line, Print out, Tapem CD-ROM	Chief, Fishery Information, FAO
FAO-GIS	Digitized maps, includes soil map of the world, surface hydrography and hydrological basins of Africa, measure of annual rainfall of Africa, etc.	203 Thematic maps per year	Yes	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	Diskette	P. Pelles, AGLW, FAO
FISHSTAT PC	Microcomputer programs and databases of fishery time series	Yearly	Yes	Yes	No	Diskette	C. Stamatopopolos, FAO
Global Environment Monitoring System/ Water (GEMS/WATER)	Address global issues of water quality through a network of stations at rivers, lakes, reservoirs and groundwater	Frequently	Yes	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	Restricted	UNEP/WMO, Mr. Andrew S. Fraser, UNEP GEMS Collaborating Centre http://www.cciw.ca/gems/intro.html
HAZARDS	Database on water-related natural disasters om Latin America and the Carribean	Not regularly	Yes	No	No	Diskette	Mr. Terrance Richard Lee, ECLAC
BIBLO	Publications on water resources of Latin American and Carribean Countries	Monthly	Yes	No	No	Diskette	Mr. Terrance Richard Lee, ECLAC
Sistems de Informacion sobre los Usos de Agua (SISUA)	Information on Dams and reservoirs, pulp and paper industries, etc. in Latin America and the Carribean	Not regularly	Yes	Yes	Yes, not part of the database	Diskette	Mr. Terrance Richard Lee, ECLAC
WTPLL	Water Pollution problems in Latin America and the Carribean	Not regualarly	Yes	No	No	Diskette	Mr. Terrance Richard Lee, ECLAC
Hydraulics and hydrology (HIDRO)	References to research institutes etc. in hydraulics and hydrology in Latin America and the Carribean	Annual	Yes	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	On-line, Print out, Diskette	Mr. Carlos A. Fernandez-Jauregul, UNESCO/ROSTLAC
Name	Cover	Update	Electronic Form	Data Standards	Metadata Available	Access	Information
HYD Directory	References to institutions carrying out scientific and technological research and development etc. in hydrology and water resources in Latin America and the Carribean	Monthly	Yes	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	Online, printout	Mr. Carlos A. Fernandez-Jauregul, UNESCO/ROSTLAC
Hydrologists and Hydrogeologists in LAC	Specialists in hydrology and hydrogeology following the standards of the American Institute of Hydrology	Annual	Yes	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	On-line, Print out, Diskette	Mr. Carlos A. Fernandez-Jauregul, UNESCO/ROSTLAC
Hydrogeological maps	Identify groundwater resources available in the region by establishing hydrogeological cartography appropriate for the countries, indicating water quantity and quality	Annual	No	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	Document	Mr. Carlos A. Fernandez-Jauregul, UNESCO/ROSTLAC
Surface Water Balance	Quantify the region's available water resources, establishing their distribution in time and space through the assessment of the parameters of the water balance equation	Annual	No	Yes	Yes, stored as part of the database	Document	Mr. Carlos A. Fernandez-Jauregul, UNESCO/ROSTLAC
Water Calendar (W.A.C.)	Water Related Meetings	Twice per year	Yes	Yes		Yes, not part of the database	Mrs. A. Avzeli, UNESCO
Part of the UN-ECE Environmental Statistic Database	One part for freshwater quality and on for waste-water		Yes	Yes	Yes, not part of the database	Printout, diskette	Dr. Kahment Andreas, UN-ECE
Inventory of Proven Operational Techniques and Methods in Development and Management of Water for Agriculture	Summary description of relevant techniques (guidelines,software) that are in the public domain or can be obtained at nominal cost	Once a year	Yes	No	No	Printout	Mr. Wolf Kluhn, FAO
ACCIS	Database of databases within the UN system						United Nations
GRID	GIS data, maps, digitization						UNEP
OLICOM	Management of climate data						WMO
GPCC	Global/Regional precipitation totals						WMO
EAWAS	Water purification in Africa (human health)						AMREF
GCNET	Remote sensing data and information						CCRS
AQUALINE	Bibliographic water resources management						WRC (England)
HYDAT	Water resources management						USGS
INFOTERRA	Water resources /environmental protection						UNEP
AQUAREF	Aquatic sciences & water resources management						Env. Canada
INFO HYDRO	Hydrology, rivers						WMO http://www.wmo.ch/web/homs/infohyd.html
DUNDIS	Database under ACCIS						United Nations
WASAMS	Information on water supply and sanitation coverage	Biannual reporting					WHO/UNICEF
WMO/GRDC: Global Runoff Data Centre in the Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany	Data on streamflow	Continous reporting					WMO http://www.wmo.ch/web/homs/grdchome.html
AQUASTAT	Partial Data on water availability and use by country with emphasis on irrigation	Irregular reporting (3 yrs.)				Internet	FAO http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/aquatstat/aquast1e.htm
IHP	FRIEND (Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data Sets)	Periodic					UNESCO
World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS)	River flow, water quality, climatic varibles					Internet	WMO (in association with the WB), http://www.wmo.ch/web/homs/Whycos.html

Acronyms	Organization
ECLAC	United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ROSTLAC	Regional Office for Science and Technology for Latin America and the Carribean
UN-ECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
WHO	World Health Organization
WMO	World Meterological Organization