minimum_valid_document.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gmi:MI_Metadata xmlns:gmi="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi" 
    xmlns:srv="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/srv" 
    xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" 
    xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco" 
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 
    xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" 
    xmlns:gmx="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx" 
    xmlns:gss="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gss" 
    xmlns:gts="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gts" 
    xmlns:gsr="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gsr" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi http://ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsd/schema.xsd">
  <gmd:fileIdentifier/>
  <gmd:language/>
  <gmd:contact/>
  <gmd:dateStamp/>
  <gmd:identificationInfo>
    <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
      <gmd:citation/>
      <gmd:abstract/>
      <gmd:pointOfContact/>
      <gmd:language/>
      <gmd:characterSet gco:nilReason="inapplicable" />
    </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
  </gmd:identificationInfo>
  <gmd:distributionInfo/>
</gmi:MI_Metadata>