From fe1a8dc2f474c17db59167f7c85ade398f60bbad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tameem Hamid <19354125+hamidtam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:05:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update appendix.rst

New draft geospatial metadata block added to appendix
---
 doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst
index a18da372081..cc40d1f6d97 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Supported Metadata
 Detailed below are what metadata schemas we support for Citation and Domain Specific Metadata in the Dataverse Project:
 
 - Citation Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/citation.tsv>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, `DataCite 4.5 <https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/>`__, and Dublin Core's `DCMI Metadata Terms <https://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/>`__ . Language field uses `ISO 639-1 <https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php>`__ controlled vocabulary.
-- Geospatial Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/geospatial.tsv>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, `DataCite 4.5 <https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/>`__, and Dublin Core. Country / Nation field uses `ISO 3166-1 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1>`_ controlled vocabulary.
+- Geospatial Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/geospatial.tsv>`__, NEW DRAFT: `see 05-2025 .tsv <https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20354535/geospatial_new.txt>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, `DataCite 4.5 <https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/>`__, and Dublin Core. Country / Nation field uses `ISO 3166-1 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1>`_ controlled vocabulary.
 - Social Science & Humanities Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/social_science.tsv>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, and Dublin Core.
 - Astronomy and Astrophysics Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/astrophysics.tsv>`__): These metadata elements can be mapped/exported to the International Virtual Observatory Alliance’s (IVOA) 
   `VOResource Schema format <https://www.ivoa.net/documents/latest/RM.html>`__ and is based on 

From 3a97589f6cd71b9b79df2072a7a9dcf3c4a26113 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tameem Hamid <19354125+hamidtam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:08:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update appendix.rst

Changing presentation of improved Geospatial metadata block
---
 doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst
index cc40d1f6d97..d1c46a93fdf 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/appendix.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Supported Metadata
 Detailed below are what metadata schemas we support for Citation and Domain Specific Metadata in the Dataverse Project:
 
 - Citation Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/citation.tsv>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, `DataCite 4.5 <https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/>`__, and Dublin Core's `DCMI Metadata Terms <https://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/>`__ . Language field uses `ISO 639-1 <https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php>`__ controlled vocabulary.
-- Geospatial Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/geospatial.tsv>`__, NEW DRAFT: `see 05-2025 .tsv <https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20354535/geospatial_new.txt>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, `DataCite 4.5 <https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/>`__, and Dublin Core. Country / Nation field uses `ISO 3166-1 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1>`_ controlled vocabulary.
+- Geospatial Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/geospatial.tsv>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, `DataCite 4.5 <https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.5/>`__, and Dublin Core. Country / Nation field uses `ISO 3166-1 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1>`_ controlled vocabulary. 
+
+  - Please note that a new and improved Geospatial metadata block is being proposed at `<https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/pull/11507>`__. We encourage you to try the block and give feedback in that pull request. 
 - Social Science & Humanities Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/social_science.tsv>`__): compliant with `DDI Lite <https://www.ddialliance.org/specification/ddi2.1/lite/index.html>`_, `DDI 2.5 Codebook <https://www.ddialliance.org/>`__, and Dublin Core.
 - Astronomy and Astrophysics Metadata (`see .tsv <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/scripts/api/data/metadatablocks/astrophysics.tsv>`__): These metadata elements can be mapped/exported to the International Virtual Observatory Alliance’s (IVOA) 
   `VOResource Schema format <https://www.ivoa.net/documents/latest/RM.html>`__ and is based on