Alaska Region Metadata Guide
  • Alaska Region Interim Metadata Guide
    • Other Training Resources
  • Goals of Data Management
  • Project & Data Management Integration
  • Alaska Region Tools
    • Alaska Regional Data Repository
    • Metadata Standard Checklist
    • Contact Master List
    • mdEditor basics
      • Record Types
      • mdJSON vs. mdEditor files
      • Settings
      • Profiles and Schemas
      • Import Records
      • Copy Records
      • Export Records
      • I Need HELP! and Bug Reporting
    • Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
    • Data.gov
  • Creating Metadata
    • A Workflow At A Glance
  • Contact Entry Guidance
    • Organization Contacts
    • Individual Contacts
  • Project Metadata Guidance
    • Project Main Tab
      • Guide to Good Titles
    • Project Metadata Tab
    • Project Keywords Tab
    • Project Extent Tab
    • Project Taxonomy Tab
    • Project Distribution Tab
    • Project Funding Tab
    • Project Associated Tab
  • Product Metadata Guidance
    • Product Main Tab
      • Resource Types Defined
    • Product Metadata Tab
    • Product Keywords Tab
    • Product Extent Tab
    • Product Lineage Tab
    • Product Taxonomy Tab
    • Product Distribution Tab
    • Product Constraints Tab
    • Product Associated Tab
  • Product Dictionary Entry Guidance
    • Dictionary Main Tab
    • Dictionary Entities Tab
    • Dictionary Domain Tab
  • Glossary
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  • Before You Begin
  • Adjust your mdEditor Settings, as needed:
  • Select the Product Profile:
  • Update your contacts in mdEditor, as needed:
  • Complete the Project Metadata Record

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Product Metadata Guidance

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The Product Entry Guidance section covers how to create a metadata record for a product. A product can be anything from a dataset to a document or presentation to program script or model. mdEditor offers an extensive list of product options, of which "product" should never be used.

Before You Begin

Adjust your mdEditor Settings, as needed:

Select the Product Profile:

After creating your product record initially and before you begin editing metadata, select a profile. Product may be chosen from the Profile drop down in the main menu. A profile limits the available tabs and only shows tabs that contain fields that are required for product creation. Additionally, often a profile also limits the fields from view for a specific type of metadata record--in this case a product record. For example, funding is not needed for a product and this tab is hidden.

Update your contacts in mdEditor, as needed:

In mdEditor, contacts are created separately from individual records, and then stored within a contact library. Once contacts have been entered or imported into mdEditor, they can be used in any metadata records. The Alaska region maintains a master contact list for import that can be found in a file folder in the top level of the Regional Data Repository. See Contact Entry Guidance.

Complete the Project Metadata Record

  • Fill out metadata information for the following tabs:

  • Select the Product Profile: from the Main Menu (Top Navigation Bar) select "Product" from the profile drop-down menu.

  • Choose the specific Resource Type that describes your product. Do not choose the generic "product."

  • Import or create your product record (see metadata creation workflow).

  • Fill out metadata information for the following tabs:

    • Dictionaries Tab

If applicable, your products with other metadata records.

Main Tab
Metadata Tab
Keywords Tab
Extent Tab
Taxonomy Tab
Lineage Tab
Distribution Tab
Constraints Tab
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The profile selection dropdown is located in the primary horizontal navigation bar.