Metadata can only be imported from another ArcGIS item or from a well-formed XML file containing metadata. Import Type identifies the format of the source information.
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This tool knows how to convert ESRI-ISO, FGDC, and ISO 19139 metadata in XML format to ArcGIS metadata. If the source information is not stored in the ArcGIS metadata format, it is converted to the ArcGIS metadata format before being imported. Metadata for ArcGIS items must be in the ArcGIS metadata format. A stand-alone metadata XML file might be metadata describing a Web service or another GIS resource that either doesn't support creating metadata or can't be represented in ArcGIS you can create a new XML file in the Catalog window, then add metadata to it describing the resource. Both the source and target can be ArcGIS items or stand-alone metadata XML files. When discussing importing metadata, the information you want to import is the Source Metadata, and the ArcGIS item to which you are importing the information is the Target Metadata. Import the original data's metadata to the geodatabase item. The original data's metadata isn't loaded with the data when using these commands. You loaded data into a geodatabase using the ArcSDE administration commands.You create metadata for one item from another item's metadata for the same reasons you make one map or Word document from another using Save As. Copy the metadata before adding the rest of the information that describes the item. Because there aren't many, you didn't create a template, but you want to copy the metadata from another item to simplify your work. You need to create metadata for a couple items.
You create a metadata template for the same reasons you would create a map or Word document template. Import the template before adding the rest of the information that describes an item. You created a template containing information that is the same for all items in the project.
Importing metadata is the process of associating existing metadata with an ArcGIS item it is stored as part of the ArcGIS item. These options can be performed from the Description tab in the Catalog window or ArcCatalog, from the ArcCatalog Metadata toolbar, and using the metadata geoprocessing tools. There are several options available for importing metadata to and exporting metadata from ArcGIS items.