The following is a mapping of fields from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata to the GCMD DIF.

Note:

All FGDC mandatory fields and DIF required fields are denoted in bold text.
Fields that are mandatory within optional fields are denoted in italics.

FGDC Metadata	Standard DIF
1. Identification Information
1.1 Citation	Group: Data_Set_Citation
8. Citation Information
8.1 Originator	Dataset_Creator
8.2 Publication Date	Dataset_Release_Date
8.3 Publication Time
8.4 Title	Dataset_Title (within Data_Set_Citation) and/or Entry_Title
8.5 Edition	Version
8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form	Data_Presentation_Form
8.7 Series Information
8.7.1 Series Name	Dataset_Series_Name
8.7.2 Issue Identification	Issue_Identification
8.8 Publication Information
8.8.1 Publication Place	Dataset_Release_Place
8.8.2 Publisher	Dataset_Publisher
8.9 Other Citation Details	Other_Citation_ Details
8.10 Online Linkage	Online_Resource
8.11 Larger Work Citation
1.2 Description	Group: Summary
1.2.1 Abstract
1.2.2 Purpose
1.2.3 Supplementary Information
1.3 Time Period of Content
9. Time Period Information	Group: Temporal_Coverage
9.3 Range of Dates/Times
9.3.1 Beginning Date	Start_Date
9.3.2 Beginning Time
9.3.3 Ending Date	Stop_Date
9.3.4 Ending Time
1.3.1 Currentness Reference
1.4 Status
1.4.1 Progress	Data_Set_Progress
1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency
1.5 Spatial Domain	Group: Spatial_Coverage
1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate	Westernmost_Longitude
1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate	Easternmost_Longitude
1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate	Northernmost_Latitude
1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate	Southernmost_Latitude
1.5.2 Data Set G-Polygon
1.6 Keywords
1.6.1 Theme
1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus	GCMD / Non-GCMD
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword	Group: Parameters (Science Keywords) / Group: Keyword (Auxillary Keywords)
1.6.2 Place
1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus	GCMD / Non-GCMD
1.6.2.2 Place Keyword	Group: Location (Location Keywords) / Group: Keyword (Auxillary Keywords)
1.6.3 Stratum
1.6.2.1 Stratum Keyword Thesaurus
1.6.2.2 Stratum Keyword	Group: Keyword (Auxillary Keywords)
1.6.4 Temporal
1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
1.6.4.2 Temporal Keyword	Group: Data_Resolution Temporal_Resolution and/or Temporal_Resolution_Range Valids
1.7 Access Constraints	Group: Access_Constraints
1.8 Use Constraints	Group: Use_Constraints
1.9 Point of Contact
10. Contact Information	Group: Personnel
10.1 Contact Person Primary
10.1.1 Contact Person	Last_Name Middle_Name First_Name
10.1.2 Contact Organization
10.3 Contact Position	Personnel Role: Technical Contact
10.4 Contact Address	Group: Contact_Address
10.4.2 Address	Address
10.4.3 City	City
10.4.4 State or Province	Province_Or_State
10.4.5 Postal Code	Postal_Code
10.4.6 Country	Country
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone	Phone
10.6 Contact TDD/TTY Telephone	Phone
10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone	FAX
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail	Email
10.9 Hours of Service
10.10 Contact Instructions
1.10 Browse Graphic	Group: Multimedia_Sample
1.10.1 Browse Graphic File Name	File (or URL)
1.10.2 Browse Graphic File Description	Description (or Caption)
1.10.3 Browse Graphic File Type	Format
1.11 Data Set Credit
1.12 Security Information
1.13 Native Dataset Environment	Group: Summary
1.14 Cross Reference	Group: Reference
8. Citation Information
8.1 Originator
8.2 Publication Date
8.3 Publication Time
8.4 Title
8.5 Edition
8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form
8.7 Series Information
8.7.1 Series Name
8.7.2 Issue Identification
8.8 Publication Information
8.8.1 Publication Place
8.8.2 Publisher
8.9 Other Citation Details
8.10 Online Linkage
8.11 Larger Work Citation
2. Data Quality Information	Group: Quality
2.1 Attribute Accuracy
2.2 Logical Consistency Report
2.3 Completeness Report
2.4 Positional Accuracy
2.5 Lineage
2.6 Cloud Cover
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information	Group: Data_Resolution
4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
4.1.1 Geographic
4.1.1.1 Latitude Resolution	Latitude_Resolution
4.1.1.2 Longitude Resolution	Longitude_Resolution
4.1.1.3 Geographic Coordinate Units
4.2 Vertical Coordinate System Definition
4.2.1 Altitude System Definition
4.2.1.1 Altitude Datum Name
4.2.1.2 Altitude Resolution	Vertical_Resolution
4.2.1.3 Altitude Distance Units
4.2.1.4 Altitude Encoding Method
4.2.2 Depth System Definition
4.2.2.1 Depth Datum Name
4.2.2.2 Depth Resolution	Vertical_Resolution
4.2.2.3 Depth Distance Units
4.2.2.4 Depth Encoding Method
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
6.1 Distributor	Group: Data_Center
10. Contact Information
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.2.1 Contact Organization	Data_Center_Name
10.2.2 Contact Person	Group: Personnel Last_Name First_Name Middle_Name
10.3 Contact Position	Personnel Role: Data Center Contact
10.4 Contact Address	Group: Contact_Address
10.4.2 Address	Address
10.4.3 City	City
10.4.4 State or Province	Province_Or_State
10.4.5 Postal Code	Postal_Code
10.4.6 Country	Country
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone	Phone
10.6 Contact TDD/TTY Telephone	Phone
10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone	FAX
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail	Email
6.2 Resource Description	Data_Set_ID and/or Entry_ID
6.3 Distribution Liability
6.4 Standard Order Process
6.4.2 Digital Form
6.4.2.1 Digital Transfer Information	Group: Distribution
6.4.2.1.1 Format Name	Distribution_Format
6.4.2.1.2 Format Version Number
6.4.2.1.3 Format Version Date
6.4.2.1.4 Format Specification
6.4.2.1.5 Format Information Content
6.4.2.1.6 File Decompression Technique
6.4.2.1.7 Transfer Size	Distribution_Size
6.4.2.2 Digital Transfer Option
6.4.2.2.1 Online Option	Group: Related_URL
6.4.2.2.1.1 Computer Contact Information
6.4.2.2.1.1.1 Network Address
6.4.2.2.1.1.1.1 Network Resource Name	URL
6.4.2.2.1.2 Access Instructions	Description
6.4.2.2.1.3 Online Computer and Operating System
6.4.2.2.2 Offline Option	Group: Distribution
6.4.2.2.2.1 Offline Media	Distribution_Media
6.4.2.2.2.2 Recording Capacity
6.4.2.2.2.3 Recording Format
6.4.2.2.2.4 Compatibility Information
6.4.3 Fees	Fees
6.4.4 Ordering Instructions
6.4.5 Turnaround
7. Metadata Reference Information
7.1 Metadata Date	DIF_Creation_Date
7.2 Metadata Review Date	Last_DIF_Revision_Date
7.3 Metadata Future Review Date	Future_DIF_Review_Date
7.4 Metadata Contact
10. Contact Information	Group: Personnel
10.1 Contact Person Primary
10.1.1 Contact Person	Last_Name Middle_Name First_Name
10.1.2 Contact Organization
10.3 Contact Position	Personnel Role: DIF Author
10.4 Contact Address	Group: Contact_Address
10.4.2 Address	Address
10.4.3 City	City
10.4.4 State or Province	Province_Or_State
10.4.5 Postal Code	Postal_Code
10.4.6 Country	Country
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone	Phone
10.6 Contact TDD/TTY Telephone	Phone
10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone	FAX
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail	Email
7.5 Metadata Standard Name	Metadata_Name
7.6 Metadata Standard Version	Metadata_Version
7.7 Metadata Time Convention
7.8 Metadata Access Constraints
7.9 Metadata Use Constraints
7.10 Metadata Security Information
7.11 Metadata Extensions
7.11.1 Online Linkage	Group: Related_URL / URL
7.11.2 Profile Name	Group: Related_URL / URL_Content_Type

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