The first RIGIS Metadata Author’s workshop was held on March 25, 2016 at the University of Rhode Island. Throughout the all-day workshop participants learned the ins and outs of metadata and how to author it using ArcCatalog. The goal of this workshop was to provide RIGIS data contributors with the new minimum metadata standard, based on the FGDC metadata standard, that all RIGIS data must meet for inclusion on the site, however this workshop was great for anyone looking for more guidance on how to create and write metadata for themselves or their organization. Throughout the morning’s presentations attendees were able to ask questions and have discussions about how metadata…