6.6.4 Metadata guidelines

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6 INSPIRE
6.1 Background and Motivation

6.1.1 Spatial Data Infrastructures
6.1.2 Requirements for a European SDI
6.1.3 Existing foundation for a European SDI

6.2 Overview and Context

6.2.1 Background and history
6.2.2 The five components of the Directive
6.2.3 Implementation, status and schedule
6.2.4 Groups and responsibilities within INSPIRE
6.2.5 INSPIRE Implementing Rules and INSPIRE Guidance Documents
6.2.6 European and Global initiatives in the context of INSPIRE

6.3 Technical Architecture Overview

6.3.1 Relationship between the different components, in particular spatial data, metadata, registers, and network services
6.3.2 Terminology

6.4 Interoperabilty of spatial data sets / INSPIRE data specifications

6.4.1 Requirements of the INSPIRE Directive
6.4.2 Interoperability of spatial data
6.4.3 INSPIRE data scope
6.4.4 Modelling Framework
6.4.5 Generic Conceptual Model
6.4.6 ISO 19100 series of International Standards
6.4.7 Rules for application schemas and feature catalogues
6.4.8 Identifier Management
6.4.9 Object referencing modelling
6.4.10 Coordinate referencing
6.4.11 Multi-lingual text and cultural adaptability
6.4.12 Data quality
6.4.13 Metadata for evaluation and use
6.4.14 Multiple representations
6.4.15 Consistency between data
6.4.16 Portrayal model
6.4.17 Conformance
6.4.18 Generic Network Model
6.4.19 Gazetteers
6.4.20 Encoding and data formats
6.4.21 INSPIRE registers
6.4.22 Annex I data specifications
6.4.22.1 Coordinate reference systems
6.4.22.2 Geographical grid systems
6.4.22.3 Geographical names
6.4.22.4 Administrative units
6.4.22.5 Addresses
6.4.22.6 Cadastral parcels
6.4.22.7 Transport networks
6.4.22.8 Hydrography
6.4.22.9 Protected sites
6.4.23 Outlook to Annex II/III data specifications
6.4.24 Extensions by countries or communities

6.5 Network Services

6.5.1 Network Service Architecture
6.5.2 View Services
6.5.3 Discovery Services
6.5.4 Download Services
6.5.5 Transformation Services
6.5.6 Invoke spatial data service services

6.6 Metadata

6.6.1 Requirements of the INSPIRE Directive
6.6.2 INSPIRE Metadata scope
6.6.3 INSPIRE Metadata elements
6.6.4 Metadata guidelines
6.6.4.1 Implementation according to ISO 19000 series
6.6.4.2 Implementation according to Dublin Core
6.6.4 Relationship to INSPIRE Discovery Services


General information

The INSPIRE Implementing Rules for Metadata defines the INSPIRE metadata elements on an abstract level. This means that no binding to a specific information model is defined. This is an important prerequisite for a reliable and sustainable model: the INSPIRE metadata elements are defined with respect to semantic meanings and not with regard to a precise encoding. Thus, on implementation level, these elements can be bound to an arbitrary number of information models.

The major difference between the legal regulation text and the technical guidelines are:

The concrete information model is defined in technical guideline document that are not part of the legislative text. Thus, these documents could faster change if requirements change or errors are indicated.

The following figure shows the relationship between abstract metadata elements, guidance documents and dependant specifications.


Technical guidance documents

Based on the evaluation of a number of reference material documents provided by the Member States two major information models have been identified:

  • ISO 19000 series, based on ISO 19115 and ISO 19119
  • Dublin Core

The Technical guidelines for ISO 19100 series based encoding is available online in the final version, see 19115/19119 Guidelines

The Dublin Core technical guidelines are still under development, see State of progress ISO 15836 for further details.

The guidelines are discussed in detail in the following subsections:

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