Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1205)

ANNEX [F1 4] U.K. METADATA IMPLEMENTING RULES

Textual Amendments

F1 Annex renumbered as Annex 4 (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 10(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

PART B U.K. Metadata elements

1. IDENTIFICATION U.K.

The following metadata elements shall be provided:

1.1. Resource title U.K.

This a characteristic, and often unique, name by which the resource is known.

The value domain of this metadata element is free text.

1.2. Resource abstract U.K.

This is a brief narrative summary of the content of the resource.

The value domain of this metadata element is free text.

1.3. Resource type U.K.

This is the type of resource being described by the metadata.

The value domain of this metadata element is defined in Part D.1.

1.4. Resource locator U.K.

The resource locator defines the link(s) to the resource and/or the link to additional information about the resource.

The value domain of this metadata element is a character string, commonly expressed as uniform resource locator (URL).

1.5. Unique resource identifier U.K.

A value uniquely identifying the resource.

The value domain of this metadata element is a mandatory character string code, generally assigned by the data owner, and a character string namespace uniquely identifying the context of the identifier code (for example, the data owner).

1.6. Coupled resource U.K.

If the resource is a spatial data service, this metadata element identifies, where relevant, the target spatial data set(s) of the service through their unique resource identifiers (URI).

The value domain of this metadata element is a mandatory character string code, generally assigned by the data owner, and a character string namespace uniquely identifying the context of the identifier code (for example, the data owner).

1.7. Resource language U.K.

The language(s) used within the resource.

The value domain of this metadata element is limited to the languages defined in ISO 639-2.