esri_metadata

An object oriented metadata editor on top of the ESRI related xml metadata format.

Requires arcpy if metadata is to be edited on a spatial layer.

Examples:

md=Metadata('path/to/metadata.xml')
or
md=Metadata('path/to/connection.sde/featureClass')

print(md.dataIdInfo.idCitation.resTitle.value)
print(md.dataIdInfo.idAbs.value)

if not md.mdConst[0].SecConsts.is_missing:
        print(md.mdConst[0].SecConsts.useLimit.value)
        print(type(md.mdConst[0].SecConsts))

md.dataIdInfo.idCitation.resTitle.value='test'
md.mdConst.append()
md.mdConst[-1].SecConsts.userNote.value='All ancestor elements will be created'
md.mdConst.append(md.dataIdInfo.resConst[2])

del md.dqInfo
del md.mdConst[1]