The following is a mapping of fields from the GCMD DIF to the ESRI Profile of the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata for the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) Portal.

Note:

All FGDC mandatory fields and DIF required fields are denoted in bold text.
ESRI fields are denoted in blue text.

Standard DIF	ESRI/GOS FGDC
Entry_ID	[No comparable field]
Entry_Title	Citation: Title
Group: Data_Set_Citation	Citation
Dataset_Creator	Originator
Dataset_Title	Title
Dataset_Series_Name	Series Name
Dataset_Release_Date	Publication Date
Dataset_Release_Place	Publication Place
Dataset_Publisher	Publisher
Version	Edition
Issue_Identification	Issue Identification
Data_Presentation_Form	Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Other_Citation_Details	Other Citation Details
Online_Resource	Online Linkage
Group: Personnel	Contact Information
Personnel Role: DIF Author	Contact Position
Last_Name, Middle Name, First Name	Contact Person
Email	Contact Electronic Mail
Phone	Contact Voice Telephone
Fax	Contact Facsimile Telephone
Group: Contact_Address	Contact Address
Address	Address
City	City
Province_Or_State	State or Province
Postal_Code	Postal Code
Country	Country
Discipline	Description: Supplementary Information
Group: Parameters	Keywords: Theme Keyword/Theme Keyword Thesaurus: GCMD
ISO_Topic_Category	Keywords: Theme Keyword/Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO
Keyword	Keywords: Theme Keyword/Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Auxillary Keywords
Sensor_Name	Description: Supplementary Information
Source_Name	Description: Supplementary Information
Group: Temporal_Coverage	Time Period Information
Start_Date: [yyyy-mm-dd]	Beginning Date
Stop_Date: [yyyy-mm-dd]	Ending Date
Group: Paleo_Temporal_Coverage	[No comparable field]
Paleo_Start_Date	[No comparable field]
Paleo_Stop_Date	[No comparable field]
Chronostratigraphic_Unit	[No comparable field]
Data_Set_Progress	Status: Progress
Group: Spatial_Coverage	Spatial Domain
Southernmost_Latitude	South Bounding Coordinate
Northernmost_Latitude	North Bounding Coordinate
Westernmost_Longitude	West Bounding Coordinate
Easternmost_Longitude	East Bounding Coordinate
Minimum_Altitude	[No comparable field]
Maximum_Altitude	[No comparable field]
Minimum_Depth	[No comparable field]
Maximum_Depth	[No comparable field]
Location	Place Keyword/Place Keyword Thesaurus: GCMD
Group: Data_Resolution	Keyword: Temporal Keyword
Latitude_Resolution	Spatial Reference Information: Latitude Resolution
Longitude_Resolution	Spatial Reference Information: Longitude Resolution
Horizontal_Resolution_Range	[No comparable field]
Vertical_Resolution	Spatial Reference Information: Altitude Resolution and/or Depth Resolution
Vertical_Resolution_Range	[No comparable field]
Temporal_Resolution	Temporal Keyword
Temporal_Resolution_Range	Temporal Keyword
Project:	Description: Supplementary Information
Group: Quality	Data Quality Information
Group: Access_Constraints	Access Constraints
Group: Use_Constraints	Use Constraints
Data_Set_Language	Description: Supplementary Information
Originating_Center	Description: Supplementary Information
Group: Data_Center	Distributor
Data_Center_Name	Contact Organization
Data_Center_URL	Citation: Online Linkage
Data_Set_ID	Resource Description
Group: Personnel	Contact Information
Role	Contact Position
Last_Name, Middle Name, First Name	Contact Person
Email	Contact Electronic Mail
Phone	Contact Voice Telephone
Fax	Contact Facsimile Telephone
Group: Contact_Address	Contact Address
Address	Address
City	City
Province_Or_State	State or Province
Postal_Code	Postal Code
Country	Country
Group: Distribution	Distribution Information: Digital Transfer Information
Distribution_Media	Distribution Information: Offline Media
Distribution_Size	Distribution Information: Transfer Size
Distribution_Format	Distribution Information: Format Name
Fees	Distribution Information: Fees
Group: Multimedia_Sample	Browse Graphic
File	Browse Graphic File Name
URL	Browse Graphic File Name
Format	Browse Graphic File Type
Caption	Browse Graphic File Description
Group: Reference/Publication	Cross Reference
Author	Originator
Publication_Date	Publication Date
Title	Title
Edition	Edition
Series	Series Name
Issue	Issue Identification
Publication_Place	Publication Place
Publisher	Publisher
Other_Citation_Details	Other Citation Details
Online_Resource	Online Linkage
Group: Summary	Description
Abstract	Abstract
Purpose	Purpose
Group: Related_URL	Digital Transfer Option: Online Option
URL_Content_Type	Content Type [Documents]
URL [GET DATA URL]	Citation: Online Linkage
Group: Description	Access Instructions
Parent_DIF	[No comparable field]
Metadata_Name	Description: Supplementary Information
Metadata_Version	Description: Supplementary Information
IDN_Node	[No comparable field]
DIF_Creation_Date	Metadata Reference Information: Metadata Date
Last_DIF_Revision_Date	Metadata Reference Information: Metadata Date
Group: DIF_Revision_History	Metadata Reference Information: Metadata Future Review Date
Future_DIF_Review_Date	Metadata Reference Information: Metadata Future Review Date

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