Export Metadata Multiple (Conversion)

Summary

Exports metadata for many ArcGIS items to a designated folder. This tool is a model that uses Export Metadata to export metadata for many ArcGIS items.

Usage

• The output XML files are named by appending _export.xml to the item's name and are stored in the specified folder.

Syntax

ExportMetadataMultiple_conversion (Source_Metadata, Translator, Output_Folder)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
Source_Metadata [Source_Metadata,...]	The set of items whose metadata will be converted, or the set of stand-alone XML files that will be converted.	Data Element
Translator	An XML file that defines the conversion that will be performed. The translator files provided with ArcGIS Desktop can be found in the <ArcGIS Installation Location>\Metadata\Translator folder. The following conversions are supported: ArcGIS to FGDC (ARCGIS2FGDC.xml) ArcGIS to ISO 19139 (ARCGIS2ISO19139.xml) FGDC to ArcGIS (FGDC2ESRI_ISO.xml) FGDC to ISO 19139 (FGDC2ISO19139.xml) ISO 19139 to ArcGIS (ISO19139_2ESRI_ISO.xml) ArcGIS or ESRI-ISO to ISO 19139 (ESRI_ISO2ISO19139.xml)	File
Output_Folder	An existing folder where the output XML files containing the converted metadata will be stored.	Folder

Code Sample

Export metadata for many ArcGIS items

Updates and exports metadata for several ArcGIS items to XML files that are formatted correctly for the ISO 19139 metadata standard. The output XML files are stored in the specified folder.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/data"
#set local variables
sources = "vegetation;vegtypes;vegreport.doc;vegmap.mxd;veglayer.lyr"
dir = arcpy.GetInstallInfo("desktop")["InstallDir"]
translator = dir + "Metadata/Translator/ESRI_ISO2ISO19139.xml"
arcpy.ExportMetadataMultiple_conversion (sources, translator, "c:/data/export")

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing Information

ArcView: Yes

ArcEditor: Yes

ArcInfo: Yes