EDI - A Template-Driven Metadata Editor for Research Data

EDI is a general purpose, template-driven metadata editor for creating XML-based descriptions. Originally aimed at defining rich and standard metadata for geospatial resources, It can be easily customised in order to comply with a broad range of schemata and domains. EDI creates HTML5 [9] metadata f...

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Published in:Journal of Open Research Software 2016, Vol.4
Main Authors: Pavesi, Fabio, Basoni, Anna, Fugazza, Cristiano, Menegon, Stefano, Oggioni, Alessandro, Pepe, Monica, Tagliolato, Paolo, Carrara, Paola
Format: Report
Language:English
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Metadata
Research methods
Technology application
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Summary:EDI is a general purpose, template-driven metadata editor for creating XML-based descriptions. Originally aimed at defining rich and standard metadata for geospatial resources, It can be easily customised in order to comply with a broad range of schemata and domains. EDI creates HTML5 [9] metadata forms with advanced assisted editing capabilities and compiles them into XML files. The examples included in the distribution implement profiles of the ISO 19139 standard for geographic information [14], such as core INSPIRE metadata [10], as well as the OGC [8] standard for sensor description, SensorML [11]. Templates (the blueprints for a specific metadata format) drive form behaviour by element data types and provide advanced features like codelists[1] underlying combo boxes or autocompletion functionalities. Virtually, the editing of any metadata format can be supported by creating a specific template. EDI is stored on GitHub at Keywords: form generator, metadata editing, INSPIRE, OGC, semantic enrichment, XML
ISSN:2049-9647
2049-9647
DOI:10.5334/jors.106