Re: PostgreSQL + PostGIS - "mining" FGDC metadata of GIS datasets

VERY much appreciated - thank you!

Regards,
GREG COCKS
gcocks(at)stoller(dot)com

-----Original Message-----
From: Kasia Tuszynska [mailto:ktuszynska(at)esri(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:00 PM
To: Greg Cocks
Cc: PostgreSQL List - Novice
Subject: RE: [NOVICE] PostgreSQL + PostGIS - "mining" FGDC metadata of
GIS datasets

Hi Greg,
I found some more information that can be useful to your cause.
If I understand your project correctly, you want to extract the metadata
from the geodatabase and make it available as information it's self.
ESRI has two products that do that: Metadata Server and Portal Took Kit,
they each do it a little differently and use different underlying
products. So, perhaps their implementations can help you in planning
your project. The help for both of those products are freely available
on line.

As to the fundamental issue of using the metadata stored by the
geodatabase, the metadata is ultimately stored as a blob in one of the
geodatabase tables found in the database, to extract or read that blob
you will need either ArcObject or use the ArcSDE C api. Below, is a link
to a short KB article and a link to a discussion forum on the subject.
http://kbplus/kbdoc.asp?dbid=23024
http://forums.esri.com/thread.asp?c=2&f=59&t=110313#314199

Best Wishes,
Kasia