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Introducing the Item Details assistant (beta) - helping you create and enhance information about your content

February 25, 2026 | Multiple Authors | Announcements

Introducing the Item Details assistant (beta) - helping you create and enhance information about your content

The Item Details assistant helps you create and enhance information (metadata) about your content and data.

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February 20, 2026 | Multiple Authors | Data Management

ArcGIS Hub catalog feeds enhance data sharing and discoverability—announcing DCAT 3
January 15, 2026 | Jordan Duft | Data Management

Metadata Year in Review for 2025
November 18, 2025 | Laura Busolo | Data Management

Simplifying metadata: Introducing a new style, Dublin Core+
July 15, 2025 | Multiple Authors | Sharing and Collaboration

Help to make your data FAIR
June 25, 2025 | Multiple Authors | Announcements

Sync Attribute Fields Using the Metadata Editor
June 25, 2025 | Multiple Authors | Announcements

Open Platform at the 2025 Esri User Conference
May 7, 2025 | Jim Herries | Sharing and Collaboration

Living Atlas “Evaluate and Nominate” App Released
May 6, 2025 | Multiple Authors | Data Management

Metadata Editor is now available in ArcGIS Pro 3.5
February 26, 2025 | Multiple Authors | Announcements

Overwrite Your Metadata with Ease
November 14, 2024 | Mark Barker | Imagery & Remote Sensing

What’s New in ArcGIS Drone2Map 2024.2
November 4, 2024 | Multiple Authors | Announcements

What’s new in ArcGIS Data Interoperability at Pro 3.4
September 23, 2024 | Multiple Authors | Data Management

Metadata – Data Interoperability’s Hidden Talent (Part Two)
September 23, 2024 | Multiple Authors | Data Management

Metadata – Data Interoperability’s Hidden Talent (Part One)
July 10, 2024 | Maria Jordan | Announcements

Open Platform at the 2024 Esri User Conference
May 23, 2024 | Laura Busolo | Announcements

The New Metadata Editor is Out of Beta
February 23, 2023 | Tim Ormsby | Data Management

Picture your projects
January 18, 2023 | Diana Lavery | Data Management

High-Quality Field Descriptions Make Mapping Easier
June 7, 2022 | Diana Lavery | Data Management

Yet another reason to acknowledge your sources: it shows up in maps
June 23, 2021 | Jill Saligoe-Simmel | Sharing and Collaboration

INSPIRE Metadata promotes open data sharing and reuse
March 8, 2021 | Multiple Authors | Data Management

Update attribute field aliases from a lookup table in ArcGIS Pro
June 16, 2020 | Robert Waterman | Mapping

World Imagery Metadata Update
February 24, 2020 | Diana Lavery | Data Management

Transform your layers’ value with more functional attribute field names, aliases, and descriptions
December 20, 2018 | Robert Waterman | Imagery & Remote Sensing

Wayback with World Imagery Metadata
December 19, 2018 | Diana Lavery | Data Management

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