The following is a mapping of fields from the Australia New Zealand Land Information Council Metadata Standard to the GCMD DIF.

ANZLIC Metadata Standard              DIF

Description
Abstract                              Summary
Date Currency                         Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Beginning Date                          Start_date
   Ending Date                             Stop_date
Dataset Status                        Data_Set_Progress
Geographic Extent Polygon
   Bounding Coordinates               Group: Spatial_Coverage
    West Bounding Coordinate            Westernmost_Longitude
    East Bounding Coordinate            Easternmost_Longitude
    North Bounding Coordinate           Northernmost_Latitude
    South Bounding Coordinate           Southernmost_Latitude
Search Words                          Group: Parameters
                                         Catetory
                                         Topic
                                         Term
                                         Variable
                                         Detailed_Variable
Geographic Extent Name                Location
Access Constraints                    Group: Access_Constraints 
Access Constraints                    Group: Use_Constraints 
Data Quality                          Quality
Contact Information                   Group: Data_Center         
   Contact Organization                	Data_Center_Name
                                          Personnel
   Contact Position                       Contact Role
   Name                                   Last_Name
                                          First_Name
                                          Middle_Name
   Address                                Group: Contact_Address
   Telephone                                 Phone
   Facsimile                                 Fax 
   Electronic Mail               	     Email
Access                                Group: Distribution
   Stored Data Format                   Distribution_Media
   Available Format Type                Distribution_Size
                                        Distribution_Format
                                        Fees:
Metadata Date                         DIF_Creation_Date
Additional Metadata                   Reference
                                      Metadata_Name
                                      Metadata Version

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