Metadata for Data and Services (MDS)

Metadata for Data and Services (MDS) Version: 2.0

mds

Description

MDS 2.0 is an XML Schema implementation derived from ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.2. It includes this namespace contains all classes needed for a complete metadata record for any resource. It is used for metadata records that do not include geospatial common extensions (gex), extensions to the schema (mex), data series (DS_*) elements (mda) or metadata for data transfer (mdt). The XML schema was encoded using the rules described in ISO/TS 19139:2007, Clause 8 and implementation approach from ISO/TS19115-3, Clause 8.

Sample XML files for mds 2.0

XML Namespace for mds 2.0

The namespace URI for mds 2.0 is http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mds/2.0.

XML Schema for mds 2.0

mds.xsd is the XML Schema document to be referenced by XML documents containing XML elements in the mds 2.0 namespace or by XML Schema documents importing the mds 2.0 namespace. This XML schema includes (indirectly) all the implemented concepts of the mds namespace, but it does not contain the declaration of any types.

Note
The XML Schema for mds 2.0 are available here. A zip archive including all the XML Schema Implementations defined in ISO/TS 19115-3 and related standards is also available.

metadataDataServices.xsd implements the UML conceptual schema defined in ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.2. It was created using the encoding rules defined in ISO 19118, ISO 19139, and the implementation approach described in ISO 19115-3 and contains the following classes (codeLists are bold):

The mds 2.0 namespace imports these other namespaces:

Name Standard Prefix Namespace Location Schema Location

Feature Catalog Common

fcc

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19110/fcc/1.0

fcc.xsd

Geospatial EXtent

gex

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/gex /1.0

gex.xsd

Metadata for Acquisition Metadata for Acquisition

mac

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mac/2.0

mac.xsd

Metadata for Application Schema

mas

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mas/1.0

mas.xsd

Metadata for Constraints

mco

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mco/1.0

mco.xsd

Metadata Base Metadata Base

mdb

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mdb/2.0

mdb.xsd

Metadata for Data Quality

mdq

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19157/-2/mdq/1.0

mdq.xsd

Metadata for Maintenance Information

mmi

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mmi/1.0

mmi.xsd

Metadata for Portrayal Catalog

mpc

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mpc/1.0

mpc.xsd

Metadata for Resource Content Metadata for Resource Content

mrc

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mrc/2.0

mrc.xsd

Metadata for Resource Distribution

mrd

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mrd/1.0

mrd.xsd

Metadata for Resource Lineage Metadata for Resource Lineage

mrl

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mrl/2.0

mrl.xsd

Metadata for Reference System

mrs

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/mrs/1.0

mrs.xsd

Metadata for Spatial Representation Metadata for Spatial Representation

msr

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/msr/2.0

msr.xsd

Metadata for Services

srv

https://schemas.isotc211.org/19115/-3/srv/2.0

srv.xsd

Working Versions

When revisions to these schema become necessary, they will be managed in the ISO TC211 Git Repository.