Metadata
The following Metadata model is dedicated to validation according to INSPIRE and CNIG profiles. XML parsing is partial and based on XPath.
Class diagram
The following profile is used to store metadata parsed from ISO 19915. Metadata attributes are based on INSPIRE requirements.
Metadata properties
Metadata “attributes” with INSPIRE multiplicity for datasets according to INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017.
| name | type | title | multiplicity |
|---|---|---|---|
| fileidentifier | String |
File identifier | [0..1] |
| title | String |
Resource title | [1] |
| abstract | String |
Resource abstract | [1] |
| type | ScopeCode |
Resource type | [1] |
| locators | OnlineResource[] |
Resource locator | [1..*] |
| identifiers | String[] |
Unique resource identifier | [1..*] |
| language | LanguageCode |
Resource langage | [0..*] (1) |
| topicCategory | TopicCategoryCode |
Topic category | [1..*] (1) |
| keywords | Keywords |
Keyword | [1..*] |
| referenceSystemIdentifier | ReferenceSystemIdentifier |
Coordinate Reference System | [0..*] (1) |
| dateOfPublication | Date |
Date of publication | [0..*] (1) |
| dateOfLastRevision | Date |
Date of last revision | [0..1] |
| dateOfCreation | Date |
Date of creation | [0..1] |
| characterSet | CharacterSetCode |
Character Encoding | [1..*] (1) |
| spatialRepresentationType | SpatialRepresentationTypeCode |
Spatial representation type | [1..*] (1) |
| lineage | String |
Lineage | [1] |
| spatialResolutions | Resolution |
Spatial resolution | [0..*] |
| specifications | Specification |
Specification title and degree | [1..*] |
| contact | ResponsibleParty |
Responsible party | [0..*] (1) |
| metadataContact | ResponsibleParty |
Metadata point of contact | [1..*] (1) |
| metadataDate | Date |
Metadata date | [1] |
| metadataLanguage | LanguageCode |
Metadata langage | [1] |
| extents | Extent[] |
Extents with geographic bounding box | [1..*] |
| contraints | Contraint[] |
Resource constraints | [0..*] |
| distributionFormats | Format |
Encoding | [0..*] |
(1) multiplicity is adapted, only the first element is parsed
fileIdentifier
Description
When regularly harvesting metadata from discovery services of several Member States (as done by the EU INSPIRE geoportal), it is helpful to be able to identify duplicate metadata elements and updates of metadata records. This can be ensured by providing a globally unique and persistent identifier of the metadata record through the fileIdentifier element.
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
fileIdentifier
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.2 General requirements / 2.2.1 File identifier (p11)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / fileIdentifier (p5)
title
Description
Name by which the cited resource is known
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/citation/*/title
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3 Identification info section / 2.3.1 Resource title (p14)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.2 Identification / 2.2.1 Resource title (p17)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / Intitulé de la resource (p4)
abstract
Description
Brief narrative summary of the content of the resource(s)
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/abstract
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3 Identification info section / 2.3.2 Resource abstract (p15)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.2 Identification / 2.2.2 Resource abstract (p18)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / Résumé de la resource (p4)
type
Description
Scope to which metadata applies
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
Example : dataset
XPath
hierarchyLevel
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 3.1.1.1 Resource type (p33)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.2 Identification / 2.2.3 Resource Type (p20)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / Type de la resource (p5)
locators
Description
Location (address) for on-line access using a Uniform Resource Locator address or similar addressing scheme
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
distributionInfo/*/transferOptions/*/onLine/*/linkage
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 3.1.3.1 Resource locator for data set or series (p42)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.2 Identification / 2.2.4 Resource locator (p21)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / Localisateur de la ressource (p5)
identifiers
Description
Value uniquely identifying an object within a namespace
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/citation/*/identifier/*/code
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 3.1.2.1 Unique resource identifier (p34)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.2 Identification / 2.2.5 Unique resource identifier (p24)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / Identificateur de ressource unique (p5)
language
Description
Language(s) used within the datasets
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/language
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 3.1.2.4 Resource language (p40)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.2 Identification / 2.2.7 Resource langage (p26)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 1) Identification des données / Langue de la ressource (p6)
topicCategory
Description
Main theme(s) of the dataset
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/topicCategory
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.3 Classification of spatial data and services / 2.3.1 Topic category (p27)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 2) Classification des données et services géographiques / Catégorie thématique (p7)
keywords
Description
Keyword values
Commonly used word(s) or formalised word(s) or phrase(s) used to describe the subject
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
Thesaurus
Name of the formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of keywords
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/descriptiveKeywords/*/keyword
identificationInfo[1]/*/descriptiveKeywords/*/thesaurusName
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3.5 Using keywords (p20)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.3 Classification of spatial data and services / 2.4 Keyword (p31)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 3) Mots-clés (p8)
extents
Description
Defining the geographic containing boundary of the described resource enables searches for resources using their area or location of interest.
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/extent/*/geographicElement/*/westBoundLongitude
identificationInfo[1]/*/extent/*/geographicElement/*/eastBoundLongitude
identificationInfo[1]/*/extent/*/geographicElement/*/southBoundLatitude
identificationInfo[1]/*/extent/*/geographicElement/*/northBoundLatiTude
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3.8 Geographic bounding box (p27-28)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.5 Geographic location / 2.5.1 Geographic bounding box (p35)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 4) Situation géographique / Rectangle de délimitation géographique (p9)
referenceSystemIdentifier
Description
Describing the coordinate reference system(s) used in the data set makes discovering data sets with spatial coordinates provided in desired reference systems possible.
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
referenceSystemInfo/*/referenceSystemIdentifier/*/code
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 3.2.1.1 Coordinates reference systems (p48)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 4) Situation géographique / Référentiel de coordonnées (p9)
dateOfPublication
Description
Reference date for the cited resource - publication
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/citation/*/date[./*/dateType/*/text()='publication’/*/date
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3.4 Temporal references (p17)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.6 Temporal reference / 2.6.2 Date of publication (p38)
dateOfLastRevision
Description
Reference date for the cited resource - revision
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/citation/*/date[./*/dateType/*/text()='revision']/*/date
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3.4 Temporal references (p17)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.6 Temporal reference / 2.6.3 Date of last revision (p40)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 5) Références temporelles / Dates de référence (p10)
dateOfCreation
Description
Reference date for the cited resource - creation
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/citation/*/date[./*/dateType/*/text()='creation']/*/date
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3.4 Temporal references (p17)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.6 Temporal reference / 2.6.4 Date of creation (p38)
characterSet
Description
The character encoding describes the way the characters of the textual information are encoded in the described data set. […] The multiplicity of this element is zero or more: this element is only required if there are non UTF-8 based character encodings used in the data set.
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/characterSet
References
- CNIG_MD_DU - Encodage - (p6)
contraints
Description
Conditions applying to access and use
Conditions applying to use
Limitations on public access
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/resourceConstraints/*
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.9 Constraints related to access and use (p51-55)
distributionFormats
Description
Description of the computer language construct(s) specifying the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel.
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
distributionInfo/*/distributionFormat/*/name
distributionInfo/*/distributionFormat/*/version
References
- CNIG_MD_DU - Encodage - (p6)
spatialRepresentationType
Description
The method used to spatially represent geographic information
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/spatialRepresentationType
References
- CNIG_MD_DU - Type de représentation géographique - (p7)
lineage
Description
General explanation of the data producer’s knowledge about the lineage of a dataset
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
dataQualityInfo/*/lineage/*/statement
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.7 Quality and validity / 2.7.1 Lineage (p42)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 6) Qualité et validité / Généalogie (p10)
spatialResolutions
Description
Equivalent scale: level of detail expressed as the scale denominator of a comparable hardcopy map or chart
Distance: ground sample distance
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/spatialResolution/*/equivalentScale/*/denominator (equivalent scale)
identificationInfo[1]/*/spatialResolution/*/distance (distance)
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.7 Quality and validity / 2.7.2 Spatial resolution (p45)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 6) Qualité et validité / Résolution spatiale (p10)
specifications
Description
title
Citation of the product specification or user requirement against which data is being evaluated
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
degree
Indication of the conformance result
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
dataQualityInfo/*/report/*/result/*/specification
dataQualityInfo/*/report/*/result/*/pass
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.8 Conformity / 2.8.2 Specification (p49)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 7) Conformité / Spécification (p12)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.8 Conformity / 2.8.1 Degree (p48)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 7) Conformité / Degré (p12)
contact
Description
Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organization(s) associated with the resource(s)
XPath
identificationInfo[1]/*/pointOfContact/*/organisationName
identificationInfo[1]/*/pointOfContact/*/address/*/electronicMailAddress
identificationInfo[1]/*/pointOfContact/*/role
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 - 2.3 Identification info section / 2.3.3 Responsible organisation and point of contact for the described resource (p16)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.10 Responsible organisation (p55)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 9) Organisation responsable de l’établissement, de la gestion,
- de la maintenance et de la diffusion des séries de données (p15)
metadataContact
Description
Party responsible for the metadata information
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
contact*/organisationName
contact/*/address/*/electronicMailAddress
contact/*/role
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.11 Metadata on metadata / 2.11.1 Metadata point of contact (p55)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 10) Métadonnées concernant les métadonnées / Point de contact pour la métadonnées (p15)
metadataDate
Description
Date that the metadata was created
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
dateStamp
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.11 Metadata on metadata / 2.11.2 Metadata date (p60)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 10) Métadonnées concernant les métadonnées / Date des métadonnées (p15)
metadataLanguage
Description
Language used for documenting metadata
Source : INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017
XPath
language
References
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013 - 2.11.3 Metadata language / 2.11.3 Metadata langage (p60)
- CNIG_MD_DU - 10) Métadonnées concernant les métadonnées / Langue des métadonnées (p15)
Resources
Documents (english)
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2017 : Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007
https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/id/document/tg/metadata-iso19139
- INSPIRE_GUIDELINE_2013: INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
Documents (french)
-
CNIG_MD_INSPIRE - Guide de saisie des éléments de métadonnées INSPIRE - juillet 2014
-
CNIG_MD_DU - CNIG - Consignes de saisie des Métadonnées INSPIRE pour les documents d’urbanisme - septembre 2017
-
CNIG_MD_SUP - CNIG - Consignes de saisie des Métadonnées INSPIRE pour les servitudes d’utilité publique
Normative references
- ISO 19115-1:2014 - Geographic information – Metadata – Part 1: Fundamentals
- ISO/TS 19139:2007 - Geographic information – Metadata – XML schema implementation
XSD schemas and resources
- http://www.isotc211.org/2005/
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http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml
- http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/
- ISO 19115 and 19115-2 CodeList Dictionaries