CoMET

NESDIS CoMET Forms and Instructions
OMB 0648-0024
This document summarizes instructions and information collection instrument images for the
NESDIS Collection Metadata Entry Tool ISO editor web application (CoMET) for NOAA
Geospatial metadata.

Respondent Login screen
Each respondent must have a userid and password to use the CoMET tool.

A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to
a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for
this information collection is 0648-0024. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public
reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 2 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the
NODC Data Officer, SSMC3, 4th Floor, E/OC, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Geospatial metadata is
requested in accordance with Executive Order 12906 and NOAA Administrative Order 212-5.

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Respondent selects action from individual
dashboard
Each respondent has a personal dashboard that supports creating a new response, editing a
previously created but unsubmitted response, creating a copy of a previous response for reuse,
or deleting an unsubmitted response. Respondents may also elect to upload geospatial
metadata that conforms to the ISO 19115 and ISO 19139 geospatial metadata standards
created using their own processes or other software (not provided by NOAA) into the CoMET
tool.

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Respondent creates new response
CoMET provides a forms-driven entry interface for standard geospatial metadata on multiple
tabs. Most data entry fields support free text entries and many data entry fields provide
recommended or suggested entries from keyword tables after the first few letters are typed into
a data entry field. Additional detailed instructions are available by clicking on the User Guide
button in the upper right corner of each data entry screen.

Tab 1: Identification > Description
This tab collects basic descriptive information about geospatial data in a collection. The limited
number of required fields are marked with a vertical red bar. Optional fields may provide
additional contextual information that is encouraged for inclusion in the geospatial metadata
record but is not required. Tabs that have no required fields are not included in this response.

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Tab 2: Identification > Data Citation
This tab collects basic descriptive information about how to cite geospatial data in a collection.
The limited number of required fields are marked with a vertical red bar.

Tab 3: Identification > Topic Category
This tab collects basic descriptive information about geospatial data in a collection. The ISO
standard requires inclusion of an ISO Topic Category keyword. The limited number of required
fields are marked with a vertical red bar.Optional fields may provide additional contextual
information that is encouraged for inclusion in the geospatial metadata record but is not
required. Sub-sections that have no required fields are not included in this response.

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Tab 4: Identification > Point of Contact
This tab collects basic descriptive information about people who write or are otherwise involved
in the creation or maintenance of the geospatial metadata. This information is optional but
documents important relationships for citation and potential for follow up questions with subject
matter experts.

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Tab 5: Identification > Browse Graphic
This tab collects basic descriptive information about a descriptive graphic representation about
geospatial data in a collection. Browse graphic provides a 'quick visual summary' of where or
what data existing in a collection. The limited number of required fields are marked with a
vertical red bar. Optional fields may provide additional contextual information that is encouraged
for inclusion in the geospatial metadata record but is not required.

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Tab 6: Keywords
This tab collects descriptive information about descriptive keywords that assist in discovering
and providing additional characteristics of data in a collection. The limited number of required
fields are marked with a vertical line. Optional fields may provide additional contextual
information that is encouraged for inclusion in the geospatial metadata record but is not
required. NOAA encourages the inclusion of NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
and other relevant keywords, but does not require their inclusion. Guidance provided in blue text
assist in selecting appropriate keywords from the indicated vocabularies or thesauri.

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Tab 7: Content
This tab collects completely optional descriptive information about the temporal and geographic
extent of data in a collection. This is an example of a tab that has no required elements. The
"Internal COMET Record Name (required)" is supplied on all record components by the tool.

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