Nordic Dublin Core record creation templatehttp://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl (Note: This tool will generate a record in HTML4 format, not a valid XML format. The template has included very useful pull-down lists for the metadata values.)
DC-Dot's Dublin Core metadata editor http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/ (Note: submit any webpage's URL and get a suggested metadata record in XHTML format. Then use the template to edit the record.)
Suggestion: Use the following sources to create metadata records using the above two tools.
FGDC Metadata Tools http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/metadata/tools/ A list of metadata creation tools and metadata processing software.
Each tool makes use of the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata and may support the Biological Data Profile