Generates metadata document containing elements required by data.gov

metadata_writer.js

var fs = require('fs');

function writeMetadata(Origin, Pubdate, Title, Abstract, Westbc, Eastbc, Northbc, Southbc, Addrtype, State){
var XMLWriter = require('xml-writer');
    xw = new XMLWriter(true);
    xw.startDocument();
    var root = xw.startElement('metadata');
    root.writeAttribute('xmlns:xsi', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance');
	root.writeAttribute('xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation','http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-001-1998.xsd');
	var idinfo = root.startElement('idinfo');
	var citation = idinfo.startElement('citation');
	var citeinfo = citation.startElement('citeinfo');
	var origin = citeinfo.startElement('origin').text(Origin).endElement();
	var pubdate = citeinfo.startElement('pubdate').text(Pubdate).endElement();
	var title = citeinfo.startElement('title').text(Title).endElement();
	citeinfo.endElement();
	citation.endElement();
	var descript = idinfo.startElement('descript');
	var abstract = descript.startElement('abstract').text(Abstract).endElement();
	descript.endElement();
	var spdom = idinfo.startElement('spdom');
	var bounding = spdom.startElement('bounding');
	var westbc = bounding.startElement('westbc').text(Westbc).endElement();
	var eastbc = bounding.startElement('eastbc').text(Eastbc).endElement();
	var northbc = bounding.startElement('northbc').text(Northbc).endElement();
	var southbc = bounding.startElement('southbc').text(Southbc).endElement();
	bounding.endElement();
	spdom.endElement();
	idinfo.endElement();
	var metainfo = root.startElement('metainfo');
	var metc = metainfo.startElement('metc');
	var cntinfo = metc.startElement('cntinfo');
	var cntaddr = cntinfo.startElement('cntaddr');
	var addrtype = cntaddr.startElement('addrtype').text(Addrtype).endElement();
	var state = cntaddr.startElement('state').text(State).endElement();
	cntaddr.endElement();
	cntinfo.endElement();
	metc.endElement();
	metainfo.endElement();
    //r.text('Some content');
    xw.endDocument();
	return xw;
}
 
 
 var s = writeMetadata('Earth Data Analysis Center', '20081021', 'New Mexico State Forestry Districts', 'test abstract', -109.051338201043,
 -102.998901361614, 37.001747134987, 31.3308715831633, 'mailing and physical address', 'NM');
 
 fs.writeFile("foo2.xml", s, function(err) {
    if(err) {
        return console.log(err);
    }

    var validator = require('./validator')

	var val = new validator();

	var msgs = val.validate('foo2.xml');
	console.log(msgs);
});