You can apply templates to more than one document at once. This is really useful for sections such as the NPS_Info section and the many places you have entered your contact information. You might also use this for keywords. For instance, if your data are stored by theme, you could apply an NPS Theme Category Keyword to a whole folder of data at once. Remember, though, your changes will be permanent, so double-check the list of datasets you have selected.

To apply a template to more than one dataset, you will need to go to the Contents Tab as shown below. Select all of the datasets to which you would like to apply the template. Select Update with XML template and browse to your template document. As shown on the previous page, select the sections you would like to apply. Make sure the information in your selected sections applies to all of the datasets you've selected.

Additional help documents related to metadata templates are available from the NPS Data Store Instructions site.

To view other metadata editing topics, click here to return to the main Instructions page.

Once your metadata are complete, you're ready to upload to the NPS Data Store.