Chapter 5.5 Metadata John Cima

Chapter Content Describes the purpose of metadata Describes the concepts of ISO19115 Explains the scope of the WISE Metadata standard Recommends that the WISE Metadata standard is used for all WISE layers Provides link to Appendix 12 – the WISE Metadata standard

WISE Metadata Standard The profile is mainly based on the guidelines for metadata included within the original document “Guidance Document on Implementing the GIS Elements of the Water Framework Directive Adapted to be in line with the draft implementing rules for metadata (Version 3) of the INSPIRE initiative. The WISE metadata profile defines the minimum requirements for the metadata elements that have to be provided to enable the functional concepts of discovery and data usage. Developed by Eurostat in conjunction with the WISE GIS Working Group

Obligatory elements Name Definition abstract Brief narrative summary of the content of the resource(s) contact Party responsible for the metadata information date Reference date for the cited resource dataQualityInfo Provides overall assessment of quality of a resource(s) dateStamp Date that the metadata was created distributionFormat Provides a description of the format of the data to be distributed language Language(s) used within the dataset metadataStandardName Name of the metadata standard (including profile name) used metadataStandardVersion Version (profile) of the metadatastandard used online Information about online sources from which the resource can be obtained title Name by which the cited resource is known fileIdentifier Unique identifier for this metadata file

Conditional elements Name Definition characterSet Full name of the character coding standard used for the dataset extent Provides geographic component of the extent of the referring object hierarchyLevel Scope to which the metadata applies language Language used for documenting metadata referenceSystemInfo Description of the spatial and temporal reference systems used in the dataset serviceType A service type name from a registry of services spatialRepresentationType Method used to spatially represent geographic information spatialResolution Factor which provides a general understanding of the density of spatial data in the dataset topicCategory Main theme(s) of the dataset

Optional elements Name Definition aggregationInfo Provides aggregate dataset information credit Recognition of those who contributed to the resource(s) descriptiveKeywords Provides category keywords, their type, and reference source metadataConstraints Provides restrictions on the access and use of metadata presentationForm Mode in which the resource is represented pointOfContact Identification of, and means of communication with, person(s) and organization(s) associated with the resource(s) purpose Summary of the intentions with which the resource(s) was developed resourceConstraints Provides information about constraints which apply to the resource(s) specificUsage Brief description of the resource and/or resource series usage temporalElement Provides temporal component of the extent of the referring object verticalElement Provides vertical component of the extent of the referring object

Appendix 12 content Describes the scope of the WISE metadata standard Provides a more detailed table of the WISE metadata elements Explains the technical differences from the original WFD metadata standard Describes the elements and data types in detail based on a common data dictionary approach