• Purchase the FGDC Metadata Toolkit (MetaManager) from Compusult and install it on your Unix machine or Windows server and configure it to query your database tables.
• Install the Isite software product from MCNC's Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval (CNIDR ®).
• Purchase the MetaStar Server from Blue Angel Technologies and create the Metadata Standards layer of the product with the FGDC Content metadata standard.
• Purchase the SMMS (Spatial Metadata Management System) GeoConnect Metadata Server product from Intergraph. Full FGDC support is provided.
• Install ESRI’s ArcIMS software product.
• Discover others by performing a search for Services and Resources in the Geoconnections Discovery Portal.

Connect your Z39.50 GEO profile server to a discovery mechanism. The requirements for this connection depend on the individual discovery mechanism. To connect to the GeoConnections Discovery Portal, complete the following:

A

Once you have registered your data product, select Add/Edit Search Service to specify the following details for your Z39.50 GEO Profile server:

• Hostname or IP address of enhanced Z39.50/FGDC search server;
• Port number of enhanced Z39.50/FGDC search server; and
• Database name for the enhanced Z39.50/FGDC search server.

B

Complete the fields and submit the form. Users around the world can now perform an FGDC/GEO search on your database by using the GeoConnections Discovery Portal query form.