SDI from a technological perspective: Metadata Arnold Bregt
Components People Technology Policies Standards Spatial Data
Centrum voor Geo-informatie Experiment Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Centrum voor Geo-informatie Stsul.dat 0 0 20 1 0 15 5 0 35 10 0 45 75 0 30 . . . Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Depth to the pyritic layer
Why describe spatial datasets? Manage (storage and change) Search (content global ) Exchange (format ) Use (content details, quality) Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Centrum voor Geo-informatie Target groups Personal (storage) Own organisation (storage and content) Other organisations (content, format, quality, contact person) Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Centrum voor Geo-informatie Extent description Target groups Functions Manage Search Exchange Useuse Personal + + - - Own organisation ++ ++ ++ ++ Other organisation - +++ +++ +++ Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Centrum voor Geo-informatie How to describe ? Personal standard Organisational standard (inter)national standards Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Exercise Draft your own Metadata Standard
International standards America (FGDC) Europe (CEN) ISO (ISO19115) Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Metadata Standards There are many
Metadata standards
Standards for Meta-data Centrum voor Geo-informatie
Metadata Standards But the leading one is ISO 19115
Metadata INSPIRE Metadata INSPIRE
Metadata Standards Profiles
Metadata implemantation Profiles from ISO 19115 Implementation schema in XML (ISO 19139) Software support (e.g. Geocat in Bennekom)
Latest version ISO 19115-1: 2014
Relation with other standards
Evolution of standards
Centrum voor Geo-informatie Conclusions Describing spatial datasets with meta-data is essential to keep the data accessible in the future. For (inter) national exchange the use of a standard is a must. A problem with describing metadata is that the personal requirements are less than the organisational requirements. Centrum voor Geo-informatie
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XML XML = Extensible Markup Language Standard of W3C Both machine and human readable Store data and exchange over the internet
Example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> - <note> <to>Tove</to> <from>Jani</from> <heading>Reminder</heading> <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body> </note>
XML presentation
XML is everywhere! Word documents Meta data (geonetwork) Basis for GML, KML, CityGML , etc