Metadata for Reference System (MRS)

Metadata for Reference System (MRS) Version: 1.3

UML diagram of Metadata for Reference System classes in the mrs namespace
Figure 1. Classes in the mrs namespace
UML diagram of Metadata for Reference System codelists in the mrs namespace
Figure 2. Code list(s) in the mrs namespace

Description

ISO MRS 1.3 is an XML Schema implementation derived from ISO ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.8. It includes elements for describing Reference Systems. The XML schema was encoded using the rules described in ISO/TS 19139:2007.

XML Namespace for mrs 1.3

The namespace URI for mrs 1.3 is https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-1/mrs/1.3.

XML Schema for mrs 1.3

mrs.xsd is the XML Schema document to be referenced by XML documents containing XML elements in the mrs 1.3 namespace or by XML Schema documents importing the mrs 1.3 namespace. This XML schema includes (indirectly) all the implemented concepts of the mrs namespace, but it does not contain the declaration of any types.

referenceSystem.xsd implements the UML conceptual schema defined in ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.8. It was created using the encoding rules defined in ISO 19118, ISO 19139.

  • MD_ReferenceSystem

  • MD_ReferenceSystemTypeCode

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-1/mrs/1.3.0/referenceSystem.xsd contains reference to the following codelist:

  • MD_ReferenceSystemTypeCode

The mrs 1.3 namespace imports these other namespaces:

Name Standard Prefix Namespace Location Schema Location

Geographic Common Objects

gco

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19103/-/gco/1.2.0

gco.xsd

Metadata Common Classes

mcc

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-1/mcc/1.3.0

mcc.xsd

Referencing By Coordinates

mcc

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19111/-/rbc/3.1.0/rbc.xsd

rbc.xsd

Schematron Validation Rules for mrs 1.3

Schematron rules for validating instance documents of the mrs 1.3 namespace are in mrs.sch.