metadata.md

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

details about constraints

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/

• http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml

• [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/](INSPIRE metadata code list register)

• ISO 19115 and 19115-2 CodeList Dictionaries

Third part tools

• http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd - schema explorer
• INSPIRE metadata validator