According to the Rubric-Q tool, some mandatory and optional metadata fields are missing.

What follows is a listing of field names that correspond to metadata that ACADIS provides, along with a description of each field's intended purpose, whether it is considered mandatory, and its expected ISO tag:

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Field Name: Resource Date

Mandatory? Yes

Expected ISO tag: //gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date/gmd:date/gco:Date

Purpose: Date associated with the resource (publication/creation/revision). Whenever possible, include both creation date and revision date.

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Field Name: Creation Date

Mandatory? Yes

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:citation/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:date/gmd:CI_Date/gmd:date/gco:Date

Purpose: Reference date for the cited resource; reference date and event used to describe it. Whenever possible, include both creation date and revision date.

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Field Name: Resource Language

Mandatory? Yes

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:language/gmd:LanguageCode

Purpose: Languages of the resource using standard ISO three letter codes. Three letter language code followed by an optional three letter country code: <ISO639-2/T three letter language code>{<blank space><ISO3166-1 three letter country code>} Language code is given in lowercase. Country code is given in uppercase. e.g. eng fra; CAN This attribute constitutes the default languages of the dataset. see http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php for ISO639-2/T language codes; see http://userpage.chemie.fuberlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html for ISO3166-1 country codes.

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Field Name: Metadata Creation Date

Mandatory? Yes

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:dateStamp

Purpose: Date of metadata creation or the last metadata update.

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Field Name: Resource Contact

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:pointOfContact/gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty

Purpose: The person/organization directly responsible for answering questions about a resource. This could be a person at an archive rather than the originator of the resource (described in the citation).

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Field Name: Resource Distribution Format

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:distributionInfo/gmd:MD_Distribution/gmd:distributor/gmd:MD_Distributor/gmd:distributorFormat/gmd:MD_Format

Purpose: Description of distribution format.

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Field Name: Online Resource Functions

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: //gmd:onLine/gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:function/gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode

Purpose: Function code for online resources. Valids include: download, information, offlineAccess, order, search

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Field Name: Metadata Language

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:language

Purpose: Three letter language code followed by an optional three letter country code: <ISO639-2/T three letter language code>{<;><blank space><ISO3166-1 three letter country code>} Language code is given in lowercase. Country code is given in uppercase. e.g. eng fra; CAN This attribute constitutes the default languages of the dataset. see http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php for ISO639-2/T language codes; see http://userpage.chemie.fuberlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html for ISO3166-1 country codes.

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Field Name: Metadata Character Set

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:characterSet

Purpose: The character set for the metadata representation is restricted to "utf8", as used for ISO/TS19139:2007 compliant XML encoding.

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Field Name: Resource Character Set

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:characterSet

Purpose: The default value of the character set for the resource representation is "utf8." The character set should be reported for any resource that uses characters for its representation. Resources such as image and video for instance might not make use of character set. When dataset includes North American aboriginal languages, the character set will not usually be "utf8."

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Field Name: Metadata Standard

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:metadataStandardName/gco:CharacterString

Purpose: Name of the metadata standard/profile used. Suggested value: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data

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Field Name: Metadata Version

Mandatory? No

Expected ISO tag: /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:metadataStandardVersion/gco:CharacterString

Purpose: Version of the metadata standard/profile used. Suggested value: ISO 19115-2:2009(E)