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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)

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[F1ANNEX 1U.K.SPATIAL DATA THEMES CORRESPONDING WITH THE THEMES SET OUT IN ANNEX I TO DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC (IMMEDIATELY BEFORE EXIT DAY)

Coordinate reference systems

1.Systems for uniquely referencing spatial information in space as a set of coordinates (x, y, z) and/or latitude and longitude and height, based on a geodetic horizontal and vertical datum.

Geographical grid systems

2.Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location and size of grid cells.

Geographical names

3.Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest.

Administrative units

4.Units of administration, dividing areas where jurisdiction is exercised under local, regional and national government, which are separated by administrative boundaries.

Addresses

5.Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal code.

Cadastral parcels

6.Areas defined by cadastral registers or equivalent.

Transport networks

7.Road, rail, air and water transport networks and related infrastructure, including links between different networks.

Hydrography

8.Hydrographic elements, including marine areas and all other water bodies and items related to them, including river basins and sub-basins, where appropriate, according to the definitions set out in the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 or, as the case may be, the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, and in the form of networks.

Protected sites

9.Areas designated or managed under legislation or international law to achieve specific conservation objectives.]

[F1ANNEX 2U.K.SPATIAL DATA THEMES CORRESPONDING WITH THE THEMES SET OUT IN ANNEX II TO DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC (IMMEDIATELY BEFORE EXIT DAY)

Elevation

1.Digital elevation models for land, ice and ocean surface, including terrestrial elevation, bathymetry and shoreline.

Land cover

2.Physical and biological cover of the Earth's surface including artificial surfaces, agricultural areas, forests, natural and semi-natural areas, wetlands and water bodies.

Orthoimagery

3.Geo-referenced image data of the Earth's surface, from either satellite or airborne sensors.

Geology

4.Geology characterised according to composition and structure, including bedrock, aquifers and geomorphology.]

[F1ANNEX 3U.K.SPATIAL DATA THEMES CORRESPONDING WITH THE THEMES SET OUT IN ANNEX III TO DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC (IMMEDIATELY BEFORE EXIT DAY)

Statistical units

1.Units for dissemination or use of statistical information.

Buildings

2.Geographical location of buildings.

Soil

3.Soils and subsoil characterised according to depth, texture, structure and content of particles and organic material, stoniness, erosion, where appropriate mean slope and anticipated water storage capacity.

Land use

4.Territory characterised according to its current and future planned functional dimension or socio-economic purpose, including where such dimension or purpose is residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, forestry or recreational.

Human health and safety

5.((1)Data in relation to—

(a)the geographical distribution of dominance of pathologies, including allergies, cancers and respiratory diseases;

(b)information indicating the effect on human health or well-being of matters linked directly or indirectly to the quality of the environment.

((2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)information indicating the effect on human health” includes biomarkers, decline of fertility and epidemics;

(b)well-being” includes fatigue and stress;

(c)matters “linked directly to the quality of the environment” include air pollution, chemicals, depletion of the ozone layer and noise;

(d)matters “linked indirectly to the quality of the environment” include food and genetically modified organisms.

Utility facilities and governmental services

6.Data in relation to—

((a)utility facilities, including sewage, waste management, energy supply and water supply;

((b)administrative and social governmental services, including public administration, civil protection sites, schools and hospitals.

Environmental monitoring facilities

7.The location and operation of environmental monitoring facilities, including those which observe or measure emissions, the state of environmental media or other ecosystem parameters, including biodiversity and the ecological condition of vegetation, by or on behalf of a public authority.

Production and industrial facilities

8.Industrial production sites, including installations covered by any law in any part of the United Kingdom which implemented Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, and water abstraction facilities, mining and storage sites.

Agricultural and aquaculture facilities

9.Farming equipment and production facilities, including irrigation systems, greenhouses and stables.

Population distribution — demography

10.Geographical distribution of people, including population characteristics and activity levels, aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.

Area management zones, restriction zones, regulation zones and reporting units

11.Areas or zones established, managed, regulated or used to plan, perform, monitor or control activities for the purpose of achieving specific or defined environmental objectives under an enactment, including—

(a)dumping sites and areas for the dumping of waste;

(b)restricted areas around drinking water sources;

(c)nitrate-vulnerable zones;

(d)regulated fairways at sea or large inland waters;

(e)noise restriction zones;

(f)prospecting and mining permit areas;

(g)river basin districts;

(h)relevant reporting units;

(i)coastal zone management areas.

Natural risk zones

12.Vulnerable areas characterised according to natural hazards, including atmospheric, hydrologic, seismic, volcanic or wildfire hazards that, because of their location, severity, and frequency, have the potential to seriously affect society.

Atmospheric conditions

13.Physical conditions in the atmosphere, including spatial data based on measurements or models (or a combination of measurements and models), including measurement locations.

Meteorological geographical features

14.Weather conditions and their measurements; precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration, wind speed and direction.

Oceanographic geographical features

15.Physical conditions of oceans, including currents, salinity and wave heights.

Sea regions

16.Physical conditions of seas and saline water bodies divided into regions and sub-regions with common characteristics.

Bio-geographical regions

17.Areas of relatively homogeneous ecological conditions with common characteristics.

Habitats and biotopes

18.Geographical areas characterised by specific ecological conditions, processes, structure, and life support functions that physically support the organisms that live there, including terrestrial and aquatic areas distinguished by geographical, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

Species distribution

19.Geographical distribution of occurrence of animal and plant species aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.

Energy resources

20.Energy resources, including hydrocarbons, hydropower, bio-energy, solar and wind, including, where relevant for structuring data, depth or height information on the extent of the resource.

Mineral resources

21.Mineral resources including metal ores and industrial minerals including, where relevant for structuring data, depth or height information on the extent of the resource..]

ANNEX [F24] U.K.METADATA IMPLEMENTING RULES

PART AU.K.Interpretation

1.The following definitions shall apply:U.K.

  • ‘character string’ means the value domain of metadata elements expressed as a set of characters treated as a unit,

  • ‘free text’ means the value domain of metadata elements expressed in one or more natural languages,

  • ‘lineage’ means the history of a data set, and the life cycle from collection and acquisition through compilation and derivation to its current form, in accordance with EN ISO 19101,

  • ‘metadata element’ means a discrete unit of metadata, in accordance with EN ISO 19115,

  • ‘namespace’ means a collection of names, identified by a uniform resource identifier (URI) reference, which are used in extensible markup language (XML) documents as element names and attribute names,

  • ‘quality’ means the totality of characteristics of a product that bear on its ability to satisfy stated and implied needs, in accordance with EN ISO 19101,

  • ‘resource’ means an information resource that has a direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographic area,

  • ‘spatial data set series’ means a collection of spatial data sets sharing the same product specification.

2.References to the validity of spatial data sets shall be understood as relating to any of the following:U.K.

  • the range of space and time that is pertinent to the data,

  • whether the data have been checked to a measurement or performance standard,

  • the extent to which the data are fit for purpose,

  • where appropriate, the legal validity of the spatial data set.

PART BU.K.Metadata elements

1.IDENTIFICATIONU.K.

The following metadata elements shall be provided:

1.1.Resource titleU.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 abstractU.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 typeU.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 locatorU.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 identifierU.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 resourceU.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 languageU.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.

2.CLASSIFICATION OF SPATIAL DATA AND SERVICESU.K.

2.1.Topic categoryU.K.

The topic category is a high-level classification scheme to assist in the grouping and topic-based search of available spatial data resources.

The value domain of this metadata element is defined in Part D.2.

2.2.Spatial data service typeU.K.

This is a classification to assist in the search of available spatial data services. A specific service shall be categorised in only one category.

The value domain of this metadata element is defined in Part D.3.

3.KEYWORDU.K.

If the resource is a spatial data service, at least one keyword from Part D.4 shall be provided.

If a resource is a spatial data set or spatial data set series, at least one keyword shall be provided from the general environmental multilingual thesaurus (GEMET) describing the relevant spatial data theme as [F3set out in Annex 1, 2 or 3].

Textual Amendments

For each keyword, the following metadata elements shall be provided:

3.1.Keyword valueU.K.

The keyword value is a commonly used word, formalised word or phrase used to describe the subject. While the topic category is too coarse for detailed queries, keywords help narrowing a full text search and they allow for structured keyword search.

The value domain of this metadata element is free text.

3.2.Originating controlled vocabularyU.K.

If the keyword value originates from a controlled vocabulary (thesaurus, ontology), for example GEMET, the citation of the originating controlled vocabulary shall be provided.

This citation shall include at least the title and a reference date (date of publication, date of last revision or of creation) of the originating controlled vocabulary.

4.GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONU.K.

The requirement for geographic location referred to in [F4regulation 7(3)(d) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(3)(d) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009] shall be expressed with the metadata element geographic bounding box.

Textual Amendments

4.1.Geographic bounding boxU.K.

This is the extent of the resource in the geographic space, given as a bounding box.

The bounding box shall be expressed with westbound and eastbound longitudes, and southbound and northbound latitudes in decimal degrees, with a precision of at least two decimals.

5.TEMPORAL REFERENCEU.K.

This metadata element addresses the requirement to have information on the temporal dimension of the data F5.... At least one of the metadata elements referred to in points 5.1 to 5.4 shall be provided.

Textual Amendments

The value domain of the metadata elements referred to in points 5.1 to 5.4 is a set of dates. Each date shall refer to a temporal reference system and shall be expressed in a form compatible with that system. The default reference system shall be the Gregorian calendar, with dates expressed in accordance with ISO 8601.

5.1.Temporal extentU.K.

The temporal extent defines the time period covered by the content of the resource. This time period may be expressed as any of the following:

  • an individual date,

  • an interval of dates expressed through the starting date and end date of the interval,

  • a mix of individual dates and intervals of dates.

5.2.Date of publicationU.K.

This is the date of publication of the resource when available, or the date of entry into force. There may be more than one date of publication.

5.3.Date of last revisionU.K.

This is the date of last revision of the resource, if the resource has been revised. There shall not be more than one date of last revision.

5.4.Date of creationU.K.

This is the date of creation of the resource. There shall not be more than one date of creation.

6.QUALITY AND VALIDITYU.K.

The requirements referred to in [F6 regulations 6(2) and 7(2)(a)(ii) and (3) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulations 7(2) and 8(2)(a)(ii) and (3) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009] relating to the quality and validity of spatial data shall be addressed by the following metadata elements:

Textual Amendments

6.1.LineageU.K.

This is a statement on process history and/or overall quality of the spatial data set. Where appropriate it may include a statement whether the data set has been validated or quality assured, whether it is the official version (if multiple versions exist), and whether it has legal validity.

The value domain of this metadata element is free text.

6.2.Spatial resolutionU.K.

Spatial resolution refers to the level of detail of the data set. It shall be expressed as a set of zero to many resolution distances (typically for gridded data and imagery-derived products) or equivalent scales (typically for maps or map-derived products).

An equivalent scale is generally expressed as an integer value expressing the scale denominator.

A resolution distance shall be expressed as a numerical value associated with a unit of length.

7.CONFORMITYU.K.

The requirements referred to in [F7regulations 6(2)(aa) and 7(3)(ca) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulations 7(2)(aa) and 8(3)(ca) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009] relating to the conformity, and the degree of conformity, with implementing rules [F8set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services] shall be addressed by the following metadata elements:

Textual Amendments

7.1.SpecificationU.K.

This is a citation of the implementing rules F9... or other specification to which a particular resource conforms.

Textual Amendments

A resource may conform to more than one [F10of the] implementing rules F9... or other [F11specifications].

This citation shall include at least the title and a reference date (date of publication, date of last revision or of creation) of the implementing rules F9... or of the specification.

7.2.DegreeU.K.

This is the degree of conformity of the resource to the implementing rules F12... or other specification.

Textual Amendments

F12Words in Annex 4 Pt. B para. 7.2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 10(8)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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

8.CONSTRAINT RELATED TO ACCESS AND USEU.K.

A constraint related to access and use shall be either or both of the following:

  • a set of conditions applying to access and use (8.1),

  • a set of limitations on public access (8.2).

8.1.Conditions applying to access and useU.K.

This metadata element defines the conditions for access and use of spatial data sets and services, and where applicable, corresponding fees as required by [F13regulations 6(2)(d) and (e) and 7(3)(e) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulations 7(2)(d) and (e) and 8(3)(e) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009].

Textual Amendments

The value domain of this metadata element is free text.

The element must have values. If no conditions apply to the access and use of the resource, ‘no conditions apply’ shall be used. If conditions are unknown, ‘conditions unknown’ shall be used.

This element shall also provide information on any fees necessary to access and use the resource, if applicable, or refer to a uniform resource locator (URL) where information on fees is available.

8.2.Limitations on public accessU.K.

When [F14data publishers] limit public access to spatial data sets and spatial data services under [F15regulation 9 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 10 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009], this metadata element shall provide information on the limitations and the reasons for them.

Textual Amendments

If there are no limitations on public access, this metadata element shall indicate that fact.

The value domain of this metadata element is free text.

9.ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPATIAL DATA SETS AND SERVICESU.K.

For the purposes of [F16regulations 6(2)(b) and 7(3)(f) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulations 7(2)(b) and 8(3)(f) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009], the following two metadata elements shall be provided:

Textual Amendments

9.1.Responsible partyU.K.

This is the description of the organisation responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of the resource.

This description shall include:

  • the name of the organisation as free text,

  • a contact e-mail address as a character string.

9.2.Responsible party roleU.K.

This is the role of the responsible organisation.

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

10.METADATA ON METADATAU.K.

For the purposes of [F17regulation 6 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 7 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009] the following metadata elements shall be provided:

Textual Amendments

10.1.Metadata point of contactU.K.

This is the description of the organisation responsible for the creation and maintenance of the metadata.

This description shall include:

  • the name of the organisation as free text,

  • a contact e-mail address as a character string.

10.2.Metadata dateU.K.

The date which specifies when the metadata record was created or updated.

This date shall be expressed in conformity with ISO 8601.

10.3.Metadata languageU.K.

This is the language in which the metadata elements are expressed.

The value domain of this metadata element is limited to the official languages of the Community expressed in conformity with ISO 639-2.

PART CU.K.Instructions on multiplicity and conditions of the metadata elements

The metadata describing a resource shall comprise, as regards a spatial data set or a spatial data set series, the metadata elements or groups of metadata elements listed in Table 1 and, as regards a spatial data set service, the metadata elements or groups of metadata elements listed in Table 2.

Those metadata elements or groups of metadata elements shall be in accordance with the expected multiplicity and the related conditions set out in Tables 1 and 2.

When no condition is expressed in relation to a particular metadata element, that element shall be mandatory.

The tables present the following information:

  • the first column contains the reference to the paragraph in Part B of [F18this Annex ] defining the metadata element or group of metadata elements,

  • the second column contains the name of the metadata element or group of metadata elements,

  • the third column specifies the multiplicity of a metadata element. The expression of the multiplicity follows the unified modelling language (UML) notation for multiplicity, in which:

    • 1 means that there shall be only one instance of this metadata element in a result set,

    • 1..* means that there shall be at least one instance of this element in a result set,

    • 0..1 indicates that the presence of the metadata element in a result set is conditional but can occur only once,

    • 0..* indicates that the presence of the metadata element in a result set is conditional but the metadata element may occur once or more,

    • when the multiplicity is 0..1 or 0..*, the condition defines when the metadata elements is mandated,

  • the fourth column contains a conditional statement if the multiplicity of the element does not apply to all types of resources. All elements are mandatory in other circumstances.

Table 1

Metadata for spatial data sets and spatial data set series

ReferenceMetadata elementsMultiplicityCondition
1.1Resource title1
1.2Resource abstract1
1.3Resource type1
1.4Resource locator0..*Mandatory if a URL is available to obtain more information on the resource, and/or access related services.
1.5Unique resource identifier1..*
1.7Resource language0..*Mandatory if the resource includes textual information.
2.1Topic category1..*
3Keyword1..*
4.1Geographic bounding box1..*
5Temporal reference1..*
6.1Lineage1
6.2Spatial resolution0..*Mandatory for data sets and data set series if an equivalent scale or a resolution distance can be specified.
7Conformity1..*
8.1Conditions for access and use1..*
8.2Limitations on public access1..*
9Responsible organisation1..*
10.1Metadata point of contact1..*
10.2Metadata date1
10.3Metadata language1

Table 2

Metadata for spatial data services

ReferenceMetadata elementMultiplicityCondition
1.1Resource title1
1.2Resource abstract1
1.3Resource type1
1.4Resource locator0..*Mandatory if linkage to the service is available.
1.6Coupled resource0..*Mandatory if linkage to data sets on which the service operates are available.
2.2Spatial data service type1
3Keyword1..*
4.1Geographic bounding box0…*Mandatory for services with an explicit geographic extent.
5Temporal reference1..*
6.2Spatial resolution0..*Mandatory when there is a restriction on the spatial resolution for this service.
7Conformity1..*
8.1Conditions for access and use1..*
8.2Limitations on public access1..*
9Responsible organisation1..*
10.1Metadata point of contact1..*
10.2Metadata date1
10.3Metadata language1

PART DU.K.Value domains

Where specified in the description of the metadata elements in Part B, the value domains described in Part D.1 to D.6 shall be used with the multiplicity expressed in Tables 1 and 2 of Part C.

In relation to a particular domain, each value is defined by:

  • a numerical identifier,

  • a textual name for humans which may be translated in the different Community languages,

  • a language neutral name for computers (the value expressed between parenthesis),

  • an optional description or definition.

1.RESOURCE TYPEU.K.

1.1.Spatial data set series (series)U.K.
1.2.Spatial data set (dataset)U.K.
1.3.[X1Spatial data service (service)]U.K.

2.TOPIC CATEGORIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EN ISO 19115U.K.

2.1.Farming (farming)U.K.

Rearing of animals and/or cultivation of plants.

This category applies to F19... spatial data theme [F20Annex 3](9) Agricultural and aquaculture facilities.

Textual Amendments

2.2.Biota (biota)U.K.

Flora and/or fauna in natural environment.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](17) Bio-geographical regions, [F20Annex 3](18) Habitats and biotopes, [F20Annex 3](19) Species distribution.

2.3.Boundaries (boundaries)U.K.

Legal land descriptions.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F21Annex 1](4) Administrative units, [F20Annex 3](1) Statistical units.

Textual Amendments

2.4.Climatology / Meteorology / Atmosphere (climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere)U.K.

Processes and phenomena of the atmosphere.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](13) Atmospheric conditions, [F20Annex 3](14) Meteorological geographical features.

2.5.Economy (economy)U.K.

Economic activities, conditions and employment.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](20) Energy resources, [F20Annex 3](21) Mineral resources.

2.6.Elevation (elevation)U.K.

Height above or below sea level.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data theme: [F22Annex 2](1) Elevation.

Textual Amendments

2.7.Environment (environment)U.K.

Environmental resources, protection and conservation.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data theme: [F21Annex 1](9) Protected sites.

2.8.Geoscientific Information (geoscientificInformation)U.K.

Information pertaining to earth sciences.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](3) Soil, [F22Annex 2](4) Geology, [F20Annex 3](12) Natural risk zones.

2.9.Health (health)U.K.

Health, health services, human ecology, and safety.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data theme: [F20Annex 3](5) Human health and safety.

2.10.Imagery / Base Maps / Earth Cover (imageryBaseMapsEarthCover)U.K.

Base maps.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F22Annex 2](3) Orthoimagery, [F22Annex 2](2) Land cover.

2.11.Intelligence / Military (intelligenceMilitary)U.K.

Military bases, structures, activities.

This category does not apply specifically to any F19... spatial data themes.

2.12.Inland Waters (inlandWaters)U.K.

Inland water features, drainage systems and their characteristics.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data theme: [F21Annex 1](8) Hydrography.

2.13.Location (location)U.K.

Positional information and services.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F21Annex 1](3) Geographical names, [F21Annex 1](5) Addresses.

2.14.Oceans (oceans)U.K.

Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters).

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](16) Sea regions, [F20Annex 3](15) Oceanographic geographical features.

2.15.Planning / Cadastre (planningCadastre)U.K.

Information used for appropriate actions for future use of the land.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F21Annex 1](6) Cadastral parcels, [F20Annex 3](4) Land use, [F20Annex 3](11) Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units.

2.16.Society (society)U.K.

Characteristics of society and cultures.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](10) Population distribution – demography.

2.17.Structure (structure)U.K.

Man-made construction.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data themes: [F20Annex 3](2) Buildings, [F20Annex 3](8) Production and industrial facilities, [F20Annex 3](7) Environmental monitoring facilities.

2.18.Transportation (transportation)U.K.

Means and aids for conveying persons and/or goods.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data theme: [F21Annex 1](7) Transport networks.

2.19.Utilities / Communication (utilitiesCommunication)U.K.

Energy, water and waste systems and communications infrastructure and services.

This category applies to the following F19... spatial data theme: [F20Annex 3](6) Utility and governmental services.

3.SPATIAL DATA SERVICE TYPEU.K.

3.1.Discovery Service (discovery)U.K.

Services making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and to display the content of the metadata.

3.2.View Service (view)U.K.

Service that makes it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in and out, pan or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any relevant content of metadata.

3.3.Download Service (download)U.K.

Service that enables copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly.

3.4.Transformation Service (transformation)U.K.

Service that enables spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability.

3.5.Invoke Spatial Data Service (invoke)U.K.

Service that allows defining both the data inputs and data outputs expected by the spatial service and a workflow or service chain combining multiple services. It also allows defining the external web service interface of the workflow or service chain.

3.6.Other Service (other)U.K.

4.CLASSIFICATION OF SPATIAL DATA SERVICESU.K.

The keywords are based on the geographic services taxonomy of EN ISO 19119. This taxonomy is organised in categories, the subcategories defining the value domain of the classification of spatial data services.

100Geographic human interaction services (humanInteractionService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

101

Catalogue viewer (humanCatalogueViewer)

Client service that allows a user to interact with a catalogue to locate, browse, and manage metadata about geographic data or geographic services.

102

Geographic viewer (humanGeographicViewer)

Client service that allows a user to view one or more feature collections or coverages.

103

Geographic spreadsheet viewer (humanGeographicSpreadsheetViewer)

Client service that allows a user to interact with multiple data objects and to request calculations similar to an arithmetic spreadsheet but extended to geographic data.

104

Service editor (humanServiceEditor)

Client service that allows a user to control geographic processing services.

105

Chain definition editor (humanChainDefinitionEditor)

Provides user interaction with a chain definition service.

106

Workflow enactment manager.(humanWorkflowEnactmentManager)

Provides user interaction with a workflow enactment service.

107

Geographic feature editor (humanGeographicFeatureEditor)

Geographic viewer that allows a user to interact with feature data.

108

Geographic symbol editor (humanGeographicSymbolEditor)

Client service that allows a human to select and manage symbol libraries.

109

Feature generalisation editor (humanFeatureGeneralizationEditor)

Client service that allows a user to modify the cartographic characteristics of a feature or feature collection by simplifying its visualisation, while maintaining its salient elements – the spatial equivalent of simplification.

110

Geographic data-structure viewer (humanGeographicDataStructureViewer)

Client service that allows a user to access part of data set to see its internal structure.

200Geographic model/information management service (infoManagementService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

201

Feature access service (infoFeatureAccessService)

Service that provides a client access to and management of a feature store.

202

Map access service (infoMapAccessService)

Service that provides a client access to a geographic graphics, i.e. pictures of geographic data.

203

Coverage access service (infoCoverageAccessService)

Service that provides a client access to and management of a coverage store.

204

Sensor description service (infoSensorDescriptionService)

Service that provides the description of a coverage sensor, including sensor location and orientation, as well as the sensor’s geometric, dynamic, and radiometric characteristics for geo-processing purposes.

205

Product access service (infoProductAccessService)

Service that provides access to and management of a geographic product store.

206

Feature type service (infoFeatureTypeService)

Service that provides a client to access to and management of a store of feature type definitions.

207

Catalogue service (infoCatalogueService)

Service that provides discovery and management services on a store of metadata about instances.

208

Registry Service (infoRegistryService)

Service that provides access to store of metadata about types.

209

Gazetteer service (infoGazetteerService)

Service that provides access to a directory of instances of a class or classes of real-world phenomena containing some information regarding position.

210

Order handling service (infoOrderHandlingService)

Service that provides a client with the ability to order products from a provider.

211

Standing order service (infoStandingOrderService)

Order handling service that allows a user to request that a product over a geographic area be disseminated when it becomes available.

300Geographic workflow/task management services (taskManagementService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

301

Chain definition service (chainDefinitionService)

Service to define a chain and to enable it to be executed by the workflow enactment service.

302

Workflow enactment service (workflowEnactmentService)

The workflow enactment service interprets a chain and controls the instantiation of services and sequencing of activities.

303

Subscription service (subscriptionService)

Service to allow clients to register for notification about events.

400Geographic processing services – spatial (spatialProcessingService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

401

Coordinate conversion service (spatialCoordinateConversionService)

Service to change coordinates from one coordinate system to another coordinate system that is related to the same datum.

402

Coordinate transformation service (spatialCoordinateTransformationService)

Service to change coordinates from a coordinate reference system based on one datum to a coordinate reference system based on a second datum.

403

Coverage/vector conversion service (spatialCoverageVectorConversionService)

Service to change the spatial representation from a coverage schema to a vector schema, or vice versa.

404

Image coordinate conversion service (spatialImageCoordinateConversionService)

A coordinate transformation or coordinate conversion service to change the coordinate reference system for an image.

405

Rectification service (spatialRectificationService)

Service for transforming an image into a perpendicular parallel projection and therefore a constant scale.

406

Orthorectification service (spatialOrthorectificationService)

A rectification service that removes image tilt and displacement due to terrain elevation.

407

Sensor geometry model adjustment service (spatialSensorGeometryModelAdjustmentService)

Service that adjusts sensor geometry models to improve the match of the image with other images and/or known ground positions.

408

Image geometry model conversion service (spatialImageGeometryModelConversionService)

Service that converts sensor geometry models into a different but equivalent sensor geometry model.

409

Subsetting service (spatialSubsettingService)

Service that extracts data from an input in a continuous spatial region either by geographic location or by grid coordinates.

410

Sampling service (spatialSamplingService)

Service that extracts data from an input using a consistent sampling scheme either by geographic location or by grid coordinates.

411

Tiling change service (spatialTilingChangeService)

Service that changes the tiling of geographic data.

412

Dimension measurement service (spatialDimensionMeasurementService)

Service to compute dimensions of objects visible in an image or other geodata.

413

Feature manipulation services (spatialFeatureManipulationService)

Register one feature to another, an image, or another data set or coordinate set; correcting for relative translation shifts, rotational differences, scale differences, and perspective differences. Verify that all features in the Feature Collection are topologically consistent according to the topology rules of the Feature Collection, and identifies and/or corrects any inconsistencies that are discovered.

414

Feature matching service (spatialFeatureMatchingService)

Service that determines which features and portions of features represent the same real world entity from multiple data sources, e.g., edge matching and limited conflation.

415

Feature generalisation service (spatialFeatureGeneralizationService)

Service that reduces spatial variation in a feature collection to increase the effectiveness of communication by counteracting the undesirable effects of data reduction.

416

Route determination service (spatialRouteDeterminationService)

Service to determine the optimal path between two specified points based on the input parameters and properties contained in the Feature Collection.

417

Positioning service (spatialPositioningService)

Service provided by a position-providing device to use, obtain and unambiguously interpret position information, and determines whether the results meet the requirements of the use.

418

Proximity analysis service (spatialProximityAnalysisService)

Given a position or geographic feature, finds all objects with a given set of attributes that are located within a user-specified distance of the position or feature.

500Geographic processing services – thematic (thematicProcessingService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

501

Geoparameter calculation service (thematicGoparameterCalculationService)

Service to derive application-oriented quantitative results that are not available from the raw data itself.

502

Thematic classification service (thematicClassificationService)

Service to classify regions of geographic data based on thematic attributes.

503

Feature generalisation service (thematicFeatureGeneralizationService)

Service that generalises feature types in a feature collection to increase the effectiveness of communication by counteracting the undesirable effects of data reduction.

504

Subsetting service (thematicSubsettingService)

Service that extracts data from an input based on parameter values.

505

Spatial counting service (thematicSpatialCountingService)

Service that counts geographic features.

506

Change detection service (thematicChangeDetectionService)

Service to find differences between two data sets that represent the same geographical area at different times.

507

Geographic information extraction services (thematicGeographicInformationExtractionService)

Services supporting the extraction of feature and terrain information from remotely sensed and scanned images.

508

Image processing service (thematicImageProcessingService)

Service to change the values of thematic attributes of an image using a mathematical function.

509

Reduced resolution generation service (thematicReducedResolutionGenerationService)

Service that reduces the resolution of an image.

510

Image Manipulation Services (thematicImageManipulationService)

Services for manipulating data values in images: changing colour and contrast values, applying various filters, manipulating image resolution, noise removal, ‘striping’, systematic-radiometric corrections, atmospheric attenuation, changes in scene illumination, etc.

511

Image understanding services (thematicImageUnderstandingService)

Services that provide automated image change detection, registered image differencing, significance-of-difference analysis and display, and area-based and model-based differencing.

512

Image synthesis services (thematicImageSynthesisService)

Services for creating or transforming images using computer-based spatial models, perspective transformations, and manipulations of image characteristics to improve visibility, sharpen resolution, and/or reduce the effects of cloud cover or haze.

513

Multiband image manipulation (thematicMultibandImageManipulationService)

Services that modify an image using the multiple bands of the image.

514

Object detection service (thematicObjectDetectionService)

Service to detect real-world objects in an image.

515

Geoparsing service (thematicGeoparsingService)

Service to scan text documents for location-based references, such as a place names, addresses, postal codes, etc., in preparation for passage to a geocoding service.

516

Geocoding service (thematicGeocodingService)

Service to augment location-based text references with geographic coordinates (or some other spatial reference).

600Geographic processing services – temporal (temporalProcessingService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

601

Temporal reference system transformation service (temporalReferenceSystemTransformationService)

Service to change the values of temporal instances from one temporal reference system to another temporal reference system.

602

Subsetting service (temporalSubsettingService)

Service that extracts data from an input in a continuous interval based on temporal position values.

603

Sampling service (temporalSamplingService)

Service that extracts data from an input using a consistent sampling scheme based on temporal position values.

604

Temporal proximity analysis service (temporalProximityAnalysisService)

Given a temporal interval or event, find all objects with a given set of attributes that are located within a user-specified interval from the interval or event.

700Geographic processing services – metadata (metadataProcessingService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

701

Statistical calculation service (metadataStatisticalCalculationService)

Service to calculate the statistics of a data set.

702

Geographic annotation services (metadataGeographicAnnotationService)

Services to add ancillary information to an image or a feature in a feature collection.

800Geographic communication services (comService)U.K.

This category comprises the following subcategories:

801

Encoding service (comEncodingService)

Service that provides implementation of an encoding rule and provides an interface to encoding and decoding functionality.

802

Transfer service (comTransferService)

Service that provides implementation of one or more transfer protocols, which allows data transfer between distributed information systems over offline or online communication media.

803

Geographic compression service (comGeographicCompressionService)

Service that converts spatial portions of a feature collection to and from compressed form.

804

Geographic format conversion service (comGeographicFormatConversionService)

Service that converts from one geographic data format to another.

805

Messaging service (comMessagingService)

Service that allows multiple users to simultaneously view, comment about, and request edits of feature collections.

806

Remote file and executable management (comRemoteFileAndExecutableManagement)

Service that provides access to secondary storage of geographic features as if it were local to the client.

5.DEGREE OF CONFORMITYU.K.

5.1.Conformant (conformant)U.K.

The resource is fully conformant with the cited specification.

5.2.Not Conformant (notConformant)U.K.

The resource does not conform to the cited specification.

5.3.Not evaluated (notEvaluated)U.K.

Conformance has not been evaluated.

6.RESPONSIBLE PARTY ROLEU.K.

6.1.Resource Provider (resourceProvider)U.K.

Party that supplies the resource.

6.2.Custodian (custodian)U.K.

Party that accepts accountability and responsibility for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource.

6.3.Owner (owner)U.K.

Party that owns the resource.

6.4.User (user)U.K.

Party who uses the resource.

6.5.Distributor (distributor)U.K.

Party who distributes the resource.

6.6.Originator (originator)U.K.

Party who created the resource

6.7.Point of Contact (pointOfContact)U.K.

Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource.

6.8.Principal Investigator (principalInvestigator)U.K.

Key party responsible for gathering information and conducting research.

6.9.Processor (processor)U.K.

Party who has processed the data in a manner such that the resource has been modified.

6.10.Publisher (publisher)U.K.

Party who published the resource.

6.11.Author (author)U.K.

Party who authored the resource.

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