Report Date: 10-Aug-2000
Metadata Data Set Name:
                    Coral reef and artificial reef shape files,
                    Broward County, Florida
  1 Identification Information
    1.1 Citation:
    8 Citation Information:
    1.2 Description
      1.2.1 Abstract:
                    Coral reef and artificial reef location shape
                    files and accompanying table files for reefs
                    located off shore of Broward County, Florida. 
                    Accompanying "attribute" tables provide
                    information on artificial reef type, date of
                    creation, and associated information. It is
                    recommended that users be familiar with Arcview
                    and compatible software in order to utilize these
                    files. The shape files and associated files, when
                    viewed through Arcview, are comprised of three
                    "themes" or groups: 1) Broward County, FL,
                    shoreline; 2) Offshore natural reefs; 3) Locations
                    of artifical reefs.
      1.2.2 Purpose:
                    These shape files provide location,
                    identification, depth, and additional information
                    on the artifical reefs offhshore Broward County,
                    Florida.
      1.2.3 Supplemental Information:
                    Arcview or compatible program required to view the
                    shape files; table files in .dbf format.  Two of
                    the files (artreef.dbf and reef.dbf) were exported
                    at the NODC as blank-delimited ASCII files
                    (artreef_NODCver.txt and reef_NODCver.txt) from
                    dBaseIV to aid in archival ONLY. It is strongly
                    recommended that users view these files through
                    Arcview and compatible software.
    1.3 Time Period Of Content
      1.3.1 Currentness Reference:
                    observed
    1.4 Status
      1.4.1 Progress:
                    in work
      1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency:
                    As needed
    1.5 Spatial Domain
      1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
        1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate:
                    -80.1
        1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate:
                    -80
        1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate:
                    26.15
        1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate:
                    25.57
    1.6 Keywords
      1.6.1 Theme
        1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Coral reefs
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Artifical reefs
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Florida reefs
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Coral fish habitat
      1.6.2 Place
        1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus:
                    Coral reefs
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Florida
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Coral reef
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Artifical reefs
      1.6.3 Stratum
        1.6.3.1 Stratum Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.3.2 Stratum Keyword:
                    water
          1.6.3.2 Stratum Keyword:
                    benthos
      1.6.4 Temporal
        1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
    1.7 Access Constraints:
                    None
    1.8 Use Constraints:
                    None
    1.9 Point of Contact
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    NODC Southeast Liaison Officer
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    mailing and physical address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    4301 Rickenbacker CSWY
             10.4.3 City:
                    Miami
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Florida
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    33149
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    305-361-4305
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    305-361-4449
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    mcrane@nodc.noaa.gov
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    E-mail/call/FAX
    1.11 Data Set Credit:
                    Ken Banks, Broward County DPEP
    1.13 Native Data Set Environment:
                    PC-Arcview
  2 Data Quality Information
  3 Spatial Data Organization Information
  4 Spatial Reference Information
        4.1.1.3 Geographic Coordinate Units:
                    Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds
  5 Entity and Attribute Information
  6 Distribution Information
    6.1 Distributor
           10.2 Contact Organization Primary
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    NOAA/National Oceanographic Data Center
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    NODC User Services Group Leader
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    mailing and physical address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    SSMC3 Fourth Floor
             10.4.2 Address:
                    1315 East West Highway
             10.4.3 City:
                    Silver Spring
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Maryland
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    20910-3282
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    301-713-3277
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    servicesr@nodc.noaa.gov
    6.6 Technical Prerequisites:
                    Transfer files as binary
  7 Metadata Reference Information
   7.1 Metadata Date:
                    2000/08/02
   7.2 Metadata Review Date:
                    2000/08/31
   7.4 Metadata Contact:
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    NODC Southeast Liaison Officer
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    mailing and physical address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    4301 Rickenbacker CSWY
             10.4.3 City:
                    Miami
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Florida
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    33149
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    305-361-4305
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    305-361-4449
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    mcrane@nodc.noaa.gov
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    E-mail/call/FAX
    7.5 Metadata Standard Name:
                    FGDC Content Standard For Digital Geospatial
                    Metadata
    7.6 Metadata Standard Version:
                    7.6 Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998
    7.10 Metadata Security Information
     7.10.1 Metadata Security Classification System:
                    None
     7.10.2 Metadata Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
     7.10.3 Metadata Security Handling Description:
                    None
