4. Calculating metadata score
The final ISO metadata can be evaluated using the Oxgen XML editor and NOAA NGDC's completeness rubric for data documentation. The resulting score is similar to the UDDC on thredds. Here's an example from a data release that scores high points according to the template used.
Version 2.1.
Last update of Rubric scoring: 2016-11-17
Last update of HTML display: 2016-11-17
NOAA data providers are required, per the NOAA Data Documentation Procedural Directive, to document their datasets, models, observations and other earth science resources with ISO 19115:2005 and ISO 19115-2:2009 standards and represent them as ISO 19139 compliant XML. However, there are many different ways to implement the standards and very little content is required to create a valid metadata record. Therefore, in addition to ISO compliance, this Completeness Rubric provides an extra level of assessment to help metadata authors provide more thorough information about their data. For more information about the Completeness Rubric, and how it works, users can refer to the Completeness Rubric Information wiki page.