Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services (c. 976)

ANNEX II U.K. DISCOVERY SERVICES

PART B U.K. Operations

2. GET DISCOVERY SERVICE METADATA OPERATION U.K.

2.1. Get Discovery Service Metadata Request U.K.

2.1.1. Get Discovery Service Metadata Request parameters U.K.

The Get Discovery Service Metadata Request parameter indicates the natural language for the content of the Get Discovery Service Metadata Response

2.2. Get Discovery Service Metadata Response U.K.

The Get Discovery Service Metadata Response shall contain the following sets of parameters:

• Discovery Service Metadata,

• Operations Metadata,

• Languages.

2.2.1. Discovery Service Metadata parameters U.K.

The Discovery Service Metadata parameters shall at least contain the INSPIRE metadata elements of the Discovery Service.

2.2.2. Operations Metadata parameters U.K.

The Operations Metadata parameter provides metadata about the operations implemented by the Discovery Service. These metadata parameters shall describe each operation. It shall at least provide the following:

1.

indicate for the Publish Metadata if the Pull Mechanism, the Push Mechanism or both are available;

2.

describe each operation, including as a minimum a description of the data exchanged and the network address.

2.2.3. Languages parameter U.K.

Two language parameters shall be provided:

• the Response Language parameter indicating the natural language used in the Get Discovery Service Metadata Response parameters,

• the Supported Languages parameter containing the list of the natural languages supported by the Discovery Service.