Has anyone succeeded in programmatically updating metadata in ArcGIS 10? Considering using Python/arcpy but ArcObjects (C# or Python/comtypes) is also a possibility.
I need to update both the FGDC and the ArcGIS-ISO format metadata, and whatever solution is used needs to be able to retain the existing (non-blank) elements along with the added elements, except where they are in conflict in which case the added elements overwrite the existing elements.
Answer
The easiest way to do this from arcpy is to create an xml file using python and then invoking Import Metadata (Conversion). However, this will overwrite everything.
An alternative is to use ArcObjects to obtain an IName to the dataset, cast to IMetadata, and edit the IPropertyset.
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