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                  <gco:CharacterString>The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency of the source database. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons were tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as INCITS (formerly FIPS) codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency.

For the cartographic boundary files, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the file's data table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. Cartographic Boundary File multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a file, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.</gco:CharacterString>
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         </gmd:report>
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            <gmd:LI_Lineage>
               <gmd:processStep>
                  <gmd:LI_ProcessStep>
                     <gmd:description>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Spatial data were extracted from the MAF/TIGER database and processed through a U.S. Census Bureau batch generalization system.</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gmd:dateTime>
                        <gco:DateTime>2019-05-01T00:00:00</gco:DateTime>
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                        <gmd:LI_Source>
                           <gmd:description>
                              <gco:CharacterString>Geo-spatial Relational Database</gco:CharacterString>
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                              <gmd:CI_Citation>
                                 <gmd:title>
                                    <gco:CharacterString>Census MAF/TIGER database</gco:CharacterString>
                                 </gmd:title>
                                 <gmd:alternateTitle>
                                    <gco:CharacterString>MAF/TIGER</gco:CharacterString>
                                 </gmd:alternateTitle>
                                 <gmd:date gco:nilReason="inapplicable"/>
                                 <!--See the gmd:sourceExtent element below for the date range--><gmd:citedResponsibleParty>
                                    <gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
                                       <gmd:organisationName>
                                          <gco:CharacterString>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch</gco:CharacterString>
                                       </gmd:organisationName>
                                       <gmd:role>
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                                                           codeListValue="originator">originator
                                             </gmd:CI_RoleCode>
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                                 </gmd:citedResponsibleParty>
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                                    <gco:CharacterString> Source Contribution: All spatial and feature data</gco:CharacterString>
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                           </gmd:sourceCitation>
                           <gmd:sourceExtent>
                              <gmd:EX_Extent>
                                 <gmd:temporalElement>
                                    <gmd:EX_TemporalExtent>
                                       <gmd:extent>
                                          <gml:TimePeriod gml:id="Cens201706">
                                             <gml:beginPosition>201706</gml:beginPosition>
                                             <gml:endPosition>201805</gml:endPosition>
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                                       </gmd:extent>
                                    </gmd:EX_TemporalExtent>
                                 </gmd:temporalElement>
                              </gmd:EX_Extent>
                           </gmd:sourceExtent>
                        </gmd:LI_Source>
                     </gmd:source>
                  </gmd:LI_ProcessStep>
               </gmd:processStep>
            </gmd:LI_Lineage>
         </gmd:lineage>
      </gmd:DQ_DataQuality>
   </gmd:dataQualityInfo>
   <gmd:metadataMaintenance>
      <gmd:MD_MaintenanceInformation>
         <gmd:maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency>
            <gmd:MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode codeList="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode"
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                         notPlanned
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         </gmd:maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency>
         <gmd:maintenanceNote>
            <gco:CharacterString>This was transformed from the Census Metadata Import Format</gco:CharacterString>
         </gmd:maintenanceNote>
         <gmd:contact xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/1df27e57-4768-42de-909b-52f530601fba"
                      xlink:title="U.S Department of Commerce, U.S Census Bureau, Geographic Customer Services Branch (point of Contact)"/>
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   </gmd:metadataMaintenance>
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