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The following are instructions for loading the extension into ArcView 3.x for Windows®. Copy the file metadata.avx from exten directory of the CD-ROM into the ext32 directory under your ArcView 3.x program directory. Typically, this will be: c:\esri\av_gis30\arcview\ext32. In a UNIX environment, copy the file meta_ux.avx into either your home directory or the ext directory under the ArcView 3.x program directory. When you start ArcView you will have an extension called Metadata Collection Tool v 2.0. This will add a new drop down menu containing five items to the View's Graphical User Interface. The Collect Metadata menu item starts the metadata collection dialog; the View Metadata menu item allows you to view metadata; the Create HTML from Existing Metadata menu item allows a user to create a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) file from an existing metadata record; the Metadata Help menu item links a user to the Metadata Collector's help file; and the Link to FGDC menu item provides a hyperlink to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) web site.
Additional Instructions for ArcView 3.0
The following are instructions for loading the extension into ArcView 3.0. The instructions above should be followed for copying the extension into the appropriate directory. In addition, you will have to download and install the Dialog Designer extension from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) website.
(1) In your View, add the data set for which metadata will be collected .
(2) This tool will work on any data set that can be added to an ArcView View document, including: shapefiles, ARC/INFO® coverages, and supported image formats.
(3) Set the working directory for the project to a directory in which dBase files can be created. To set the working directory, choose the Properties option under the Project menu on the project document. These dBase files will be used to store information, so that it can be referenced in the future.
(1) Two types of files will be created, an ASCII text file, and a HTML file (optional). If any problems are found, these files can be edited.
(2) The metadata record is written to the directory in which the source data is stored.
(3) If the data source is a shapefile, the output metadata will be the base name of the data set, with a .met extension. For example, if the data set is roads.shp, the metadata record will be roads.met.
(4) If the data source is an ARC/INFO coverage, the output metadata record will be the coverage name with "p" appended if the input is a polygon, an "l" if the coverage is a line type, and a "pt" if the coverage is a point type. This naming convention was chosen to handle metadata that is written for a coverage that might include both lines and polygons, for example. A .met extension is then added to the file name.