Metadata -- data about the content, quality, condition, and other characteristics of data.
Type: compound
Short Name: metadata
Metadata =
Identification_Information +
0{Data_Quality_Information}1 +
0{Spatial_Data_Organization_Information}1 +
0{Spatial_Reference_Information}1 +
0{Entity_and_Attribute_Information}1 +
0{Distribution_Information}n +
Metadata_Reference_Information
(Sections 1 through 7 define the terms on the right side of the production rule.)