abbreviation and its full text version
a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in
place of the whole word or phrase
full text version of an abbreviation
information on additional aspects for a certain specification
scope
narrative description of one aspect
scope for the additional information
place holder for objects specifying additional information about the data
product
additional information for the data
product
conformance quality level, that is, a requirement expressed as a
threshold value for a certain data quality measure
identity of the requirement, to be referred to from
metadata by an object of DQ_ConformanceResult class
specifies a data quality element that, in turn, specifies
a data quality measure and a threshold value for conformance (using
DQ_QuantitativeResult) or, alternatively, specifies a descriptive
statement (using DQ_DescriptiveResult)
placeholder for objects specifying sources and production steps in
producing the data product
source data used in creating a data
product
steps used in producing a data product
instructions, requirements and/or descriptions of the data capture and
production for a certain scope
narrative, free text descriptions of the process for the
capture and production of the data NOTE Shall contain information
about both capture and production of data.
reference to document describing the capture of features
and attributes from source information
logical rules defining when and how features and
attributes are to be included in the data
source and/or production process used in producing a data
product
scope for the data capture information
place holder for objects specifying instructions, requirements and/or
descriptions of the data capture and processing
capture information for a data product
provides a feature catalogue, a reference to a feature catalogue or a
coverage description and optionally an application schema of a part of, specified by
the specification scope, or the complete data product
overview description of an application schema and/or
feature catalogue for a specified scope
information on how to find resources that represents the
application schema
coverage description or feature catalogue, either by
listing each feature type according to ISO 19110 (subclass
MD_FeatureCatalogue of MD_ContentInformation) or as a reference to a
feature catalogue (using subclass MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription of
MD_ContentInformation) or, when the data is of coverage type, a
coverage description (using subclass MD_CoverageDescription of
MD_ContentInformation)
place holder for objects specifying the data structure and content of a
data product
content and structure of a data product
represents a single instance of a data product specification. Each
instance of a data product specification contains a constant set of section objects.
Where the specification uses the scope feature, to specify different parts of the
product, each section object relates to exactly one scope
short human-readable, narrative description of the data
product specification
metadata about the data product specification NOTE This
information is not to be confused with what is specified in the
identification section, which addresses the data product rather than
its specification.
data portrayal section
identification section which identifies the data
product
data content and structure section
data delivery section
data maintenance section
scope section
metadata section
additional information section
data quality section
data capture and production section
reference system section
specifies the conformance quality levels applicable for a certain
specification scope
specifies the data quality for the specification scope,
that is, either a conformance quality level or a reason for not
specifying a certain data quality aspect
scope for the quality information
place holder for objects specifying conformance quality levels for a data
product
conformance quality levels applicable for a certain
specification scope
delivery information for a certain scope of a data
product
medium in which the product is delivered
scope for the delivery information
format in which the product is delivered
datatype for description of a data format
name of the data format
version identification string for the data format
Example: date, number
name of a subset, profile, or product specification of
the format
structure of a delivery file
code for language used within the dataset NOTE The code
shall be according to ISO 639-2.
full name of the character coding standard used for the
dataset
datatype for description of physical storage media and on-line services
for delivery of data
description of the units of delivery Example tiles,
layers, geographic areas
estimated size of a unit in the specified format,
expressed in Mbytes
name of the data medium
other information about the delivery
method
delivery service as a set of key-value
pairs
place holder for objects specifying how datasets are
delivered
delivery information for a data product
for a data product there is a single object of the Identification class
and with a content that provides various ways of identifying, searching and
categorizing the data product
official designation of the data product
name, other than the official designation, by which the
data product is known
brief narrative summary of the content of the data
product
intentions with which the data product is
developed
theme applicable to the data product
form of spatial representation in the data product NOTE
An example of form of the spatial representation is vector
data.
factor which provides a general understanding of the
density of spatial data
any other descriptive information about the data
product
persistent uniform resource identifier for identifying
the data product
word, formalised word or phrase that is used to describe
the subject of the data product
classification code describing a handling restriction on
the data product
extent of geographic area and temporal extent covered by
the data product
maintenance information for a certain specification scope of a data
product
narrative, free text descriptions of the process for the
maintenance of the data
frequency with which changes and additions are made to
the data product
scope for the maintenance information
frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data
product
code that specifies the frequency with which changes and
additions are made to the data product NOTE If none of the predefined codes
in MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode matches the update frequency for the data
product, the attribute userDefinedMaintenanceAndUpdateFrequency should be
used.
period of time with which changes and additions are made to the
data product NOTE This attribute should only be used if none of the
predefined codes in MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode can be used.
place holder for objects specifying maintenance information about a data
product
maintenance information for the data
product
holds an instruction of how to use a set of metadata elements and the
specification scope for which the instruction is applicable
specifies a standard, a standard profile or other
specification to be used as a base for the metadata
provides information on how to use specific metadata
elements defined by the selected standard, standard profile or
specification
format and/or encoding for the metadata
scope for the metadata information
datatype for specification of the application of a single metadata
element
identity of the metadata element
application of the metadata element NOTE The attribute
may for example specify elements that are required or code lists to
be used.
place holder for objects specifying metadata for datasets
metadata information for the data product
portrayal information for a certain specification scope of the data
product
bibliographic reference to a portrayal
specification
scope for the portrayal information
place holder for objects specifying portrayal information of a data
product
portrayal information for a data product
information regarding the intentions with which the data product is
developed. Information can be provided in form of a summary. In addition use cases
may be added in order to provide purpose information in a more structured
way
detailed and structured description of a use case for the
data product
summary of the intentions with which the data product is
developed
spatial, and optionally the temporal, reference system used for a certain
specification scope
identifier of a spatial reference system used for the
specified specification scope
identifier of a temporal reference system used for the
specified specification scope
place holder for objects specifying the spatial and temporal reference
systems used in a data product
reference system used
place holder for objects specifying the scopes of the data
product
scope addressing a certain part of content of a data
product
datatype describing a property of a service by providing the type of
property and the value of that property NOTE Interface standards like WFS, WMS and
WCS define a set of request parameters that may be used as service properties.
Examples are SERVICE, VERSION and LAYERS.
property that characterizes the service
text that is the value of the property
other information about the specific service
property
datatype for identification and description of the data product
specification
the official designation of the data product
specification
a persistent uniform resource identifier for identifying
this version of the data product specification
a persistent uniform resource identifier for identifying
the latest version of the data product specification
date for a significant event in the life cycle of the
data product specification NOTE Such events include when the data
product specification was created, changed, approved and
published.
language code according to ISO 639-2 for the language
that is used in the data product specification NOTE To provide a
data product specification in more than one languages, there has to
be a specification instance for each language.
contact information for the party that is responsible for
the data product specification
URL for a web site location where the data product
specification can be downloaded
file format in which the data product specification is
provided
classification code specifying limitations on handling
the data product specification
narrative description of the maintenance regime for the
data product specification
word or expression that is applicable to the data product
specification
shortened form of a written word or phrase that is
applicable to the data product specification
specification scope of a certain part of the content of the data
product
short descriptive name for identification of the
specification scope of a data product specification
hierarchical level (by code) of the data adressed by the
specification scope
descriptive name of the hierarchical
level
narrative and detailed description of the level of the
data specified by the specification scope
spatial, vertical and temporal extent of the data
specified by the specification scope
coverages to which the information
applies
datatype for definition of a term
the term to be used for a concept
representation of a concept by a descriptive statement
which serves to differentiate it from related
concepts
notes of the concept
reference to an entry in a repository
detailed documentation of the data product's purpose related to certain
user needs
name of the use case
version number of the use case
comprehensive textual description of the use
case
short description of the goal to be achieved by a
realization of the use case
use case diagram represented by an URL to an image of an
UML use case diagram NOTE It is important to have a link to a
diagram in form av a de-referenceable URL and not just an
identifier.
designation of a user of the use case
company, institution or interest group concerned by the
execution of the use case
numbered sequence of actions to be carried out during the
execution of the use case
event that leads to the execution of the use
case
description of the status that is required to start the
execution of the use case
description of the status after the successful execution
of the use case