1. Proposal of a Geographic Metadata Profile for WISE
Albrecht
GISCO Eurostat
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2. Structure of the Presentation
Scope
Structure
Minimum number of elements
Further steps for implementation
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Implementation of Water Framework Directive
Wise Implementation
Defined set of metadata primarily for
data exchange
Metadata publication (catalogue services)
Purpose
Data discovery
Data usage
Application
Spatial datasets,
Dataset series,
Services
Compliance with INSPIRE proposal on metadata implementing rules
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Based on
ISO 19115:2003 on geographic metadata
ISO geographic information services
ISO implementation specifications for encoding
Correspondance to Dublin core
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5. Structure of the profile
Information on Metadata
Information on data
Data Identification
Aggregation Information
Descriptive Keywords
Spatial extent information
Distribution information
Reference System Information
Data quality information
Information on services
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Metadata information
Character set, language
Standard name and version
Creation date
Hierarchy level
File identifier
Mandatory elements
Conditional elements
Optional elements
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Metadata information
Metadata contact
Including online link
Constraints on metadata
Legal constraints
Security constraints
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Data Identification
Title
Date reference (creation, publication, …)
Abstract
Purpose
Credit
Contact
Including link
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Data Identification
Topic category
Spatial representation (vector, raster, …)
Spatial resolution
Language, character set
Specific usage
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10. Data aggregation information
Dataset Identifier or name
Presentation form
Responsible party
Name
Contact
Type of association
Type of initiative
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Descriptive keywords
Descriptive keywords
Keyword
Thesaurus name
Title
Date
Responsible Party
Name
Role
Address
Linkage
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Extent information
Vertical extent
Extreme values, vertical datum
Geographical extent
Bounding box
Coordinates
Geographic Identifier
Code
Code reference
Bounding Polygon
Temporal element
Single date, temporal extent
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13. Distribution Information
Format name, version
Online linkage
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Resource constraints
Constraints
Use limitations
Legal constraints
Access
Use
Other
Security constraints
Classification
Handling
User notes
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15. Reference System Information
Reference system (EPSG codes recommended, mandatory if not WGS84 or ETRS89)
Name of reference system
Authority (citation)
Code
Codespace
Version
Projection …
Ellipsoid
Datum
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16. Data quality information
Scope
Level
Extent
Specifc level description
Lineage
Statement
Process step description
Source description
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17. Data quality information
Report
Completeness, Accuracy, Consistency, …
Name of measure
Identification (citation)
Identification code
Measure and method description
Date
Result
Conformance result
Quantitative result
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18. Service Identification
Service Identification (if resource is service)
Service type
Service Type version
Operation name
Distributed computing platform
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Mandatory elements
Description of dataset (26 / 29 elements)
Metadata character set (ISO/IEC )
Metadata language (ENG)
Metadata standard name (ISO19115:2003)
Metadata standard version (WISE 1.0)
Metadata creation date ( )
Hierarchy level (dataset)
Metadata contact name (European Commission)
Metadata contact role (publisher)
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Mandatory elements
Description of dataset (25 / 28 elements)
Dataset title (Main Rivers)
Date ( )
Date type (publication)
Abstract (Description of dataset)
Linkage (
Topic categor (“Inland waters“)
Spatial representation (vector)
Scale ( )
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Mandatory elements
Description of dataset (25 / 28 elements)
Dataset language (ENG)
Dataset character set (ISO/IEC )
Geographic extent identifier (EU, Europe) Bounding box; 4 elements
Distribution format name (GML, ESRI shape)
Distribution format version (3.0)
Dataset linkage
Reference system code (4326)
Data quality scope (dataset)
Data quality lineage statement (dataset has benn created from…)
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Future development
Comments by workshop participants
Finalisation of profile
Registration as INSPIRE input paper
Integration into revised WISE guidance
Definition of XML encoding schema
Programming of metadata editor / validator
Catalogue service
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