Geographic Metadata
Geographic metadata standards are published by INCITS, DS, SS, ISO, DIN, BS, and SIS. INCITS standards cover the North American profile of ISO 19115 and XMl schema implementation for fundamental concepts. All standards cover geographic fundamentals and dXMl schema implementation.
INCITS 453-2009[R2014]
Information Technology - North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic Information - Metadata (NAP - Metadata)
The North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information - Metadata, is intended to identify geospatial metadata that are needed for North American organizations to describe their geospatial data, including dataset and dataset series, and related Web services. It is based on ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information - Metadata, and ISO 19106:2004, Geographic information - Profiles. It also includes service metadata from ISO 19119:2005, Geographic information - Services, and implementation perspectives from ISO/TS 19139:200,7 Geographic information - Metadata - XML schema implementation. As outlined in ISO 19106:2004, Geographic Information - Profiles, it satisfies conformance Class 1 since it defines a pure subset of ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information - Metadata, and ISO 19119:2005, Geographic information - Services. Retained metadata elements have been selected to enhance discovery of geographic information within North America and to minimize authorized duplications. The extension of code lists is also intended to support to geographic information discovery. Annex A provides the adjustments made to the ISO 19115:2003, Geographic information - Metadata, and ISO 19119:2005, Geographic information - Services UML models.
INCITS/ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 (2017)
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts
Defines an integrated XML implementation of ISO 19115 1, ISO 19115 2, and concepts from ISO/TS 19139 by defining the following artefacts: a) a set of XML schema required to validate metadata instance documents conforming to conceptual model elements defined in ISO 19115 1, ISO 19115 2, and ISO/TS 19139; b) a set of ISO/IEC 19757 3 (Schematron) rules that implement validation constraints in the ISO 19115 1 and ISO 19115 2 UML models that are not validated by the XML schema; c) an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) for transforming ISO 19115-1 metadata encoded using the ISO/TS 19139 XML schema and ISO 19115 2 metadata encoded using the ISO/TS 19139 2 XML schema into an equivalent document that is valid against the XML schema defined in this document.
DS/EN ISO 19115-1:2014
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
This part of ISO 19115 defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data and services.**This part of ISO19115 is applicable to:*- the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets;*- geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties.**This part of ISO 19115 defines:*- mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements;*- the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery,*determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services);*- optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required;*- a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs.**Though this part of ISO 19115 is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data.
SS-EN ISO 19115-1:2014
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals (ISO 19115-1:2014) (Swedish Standard)
"This International Standard defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data. This International Standard is applicable to: - the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets; - geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. This International Standard defines: - mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; - the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data); - optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required; - a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though this International Standard is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. NOTE Certain mandatory metadata elements may not apply to these other forms of data."
DS/EN ISO 19115-1:2014/A1:2018
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals - Amendment 1 (ISO 19115-1:2014/Amd 1:2018)
This part of ISO 19115 defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data and services.**This part of ISO19115 is applicable to:*- the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets;*- geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties.**This part of ISO 19115 defines:*- mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements;*- the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery,*determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services);*- optional metadata elements û to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required;*- a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs.**Though this part of ISO 19115 is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data.
DS/EN ISO 19115-1:2014/A2:2020
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals - Amendment 2 (ISO 19115-1:2014/Amd 2:2020)
This part of ISO 19115 defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data and services.**This part of ISO19115 is applicable to:*- the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets;*- geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties.**This part of ISO 19115 defines:*- mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements;*- the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery,*determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services);*- optional metadata elements – to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required;*- a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs.**Though this part of ISO 19115 is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data.
SS-EN ISO 19115-1:2014/A1:2018
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals - Amendment 1 (ISO 19115-1:2014/Amd 1:2018) (Swedish Standard)
This International Standard defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data. This International Standard is applicable to: - the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets; - geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. This International Standard defines: - mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; - the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data); - optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required; - a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though this International Standard is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. NOTE Certain mandatory metadata elements may not apply to these other forms of data.
SS-EN ISO 19115-1:2014/A2:2020
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals - Amendment 2 (ISO 19115-1:2014/Amd 2:2020) (Swedish Standard)
This International Standard defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data. This International Standard is applicable to: - the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets; - geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. This International Standard defines: - mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; - the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data); - optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required; - a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though this International Standard is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. NOTE Certain mandatory metadata elements may not apply to these other forms of data.
ISO 19115-1:2014
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
ISO 19115-1:2014 defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal aspects, the content, the spatial reference, the portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services.
ISO 19115-1:2014 is applicable to:
-the cataloguing of all types of resources, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets and services;
-geographic services, geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties.
ISO 19115-1:2014 defines:
-mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements;
-the minimum set of metadata required to serve most metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services);
-optional metadata elements to allow for a more extensive standard description of resources, if required;
-a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs.
Though ISO 19115-1:2014 is applicable to digital data and services, its principles can be extended to many other types of resources such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. Certain conditional metadata elements might not apply to these other forms of data.
DIN EN ISO 19115-1:2014
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals (ISO 19115-1:2014); English version EN ISO 19115-1:2014
This International Standard defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal aspects, the content, the spatial reference, the portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services. This International Standard is applicable to: - the cataloguing of all types of resources, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets and services; - geographic services, geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. This International Standard defines: - mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; - the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services); - optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of resources, if required; - a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though this International Standard is applicable to digital data and services, its principles can be extended to many other types of resources such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. Certain conditional metadata elements may not apply to these other forms of data.
DIN EN ISO 19115-1/A1:2018
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals - Amendment 1 (ISO 19115-1:2014/Amd 1:2018); English version EN ISO 19115-1:2014/A1:2018
This International Standard defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal aspects, the content, the spatial reference, the portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services. This International Standard is applicable to: - the cataloguing of all types of resources, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets and services; - geographic services, geographic datasets, dataset series, and individualgeographic features and feature properties. This International Standard defines: - mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; - the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services); - optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of resources, if required; - a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though this International Standard is applicable to digital data and services, its principles can be extended to many other types of resources such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. Certain conditional metadata elements may not apply to these other forms of data.
BS EN ISO 19115-1:2014+A2:2020
Geographic information. Metadata Fundamentals (British Standard)
ISO 19115-1:2014 defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal aspects, the content, the spatial reference, the portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services.
ISO 19115-1:2014 is applicable to:
-the cataloguing of all types of resources, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets and services;
-geographic services, geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties.
ISO 19115-1:2014 defines:
-mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements;
-the minimum set of metadata required to serve most metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services);
-optional metadata elements to allow for a more extensive standard description of resources, if required;
-a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs.
Though ISO 19115-1:2014 is applicable to digital data and services, its principles can be extended to many other types of resources such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. Certain conditional metadata elements might not apply to these other forms of data.
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 defines an integrated XML implementation of ISO 19115‑1, ISO 19115‑2, and concepts from ISO/TS 19139 by defining the following artefacts:
a) a set of XML schema required to validate metadata instance documents conforming to conceptual model elements defined in ISO 19115‑1, ISO 19115‑2, and ISO/TS 19139;
b) a set of ISO/IEC 19757‑3 (Schematron) rules that implement validation constraints in the ISO 19115‑1 and ISO 19115‑2 UML models that are not validated by the XML schema;
c) an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) for transforming ISO 19115-1 metadata encoded using the ISO/TS 19139 XML schema and ISO 19115‑2 metadata encoded using the ISO/TS 19139‑2 XML schema into an equivalent document that is valid against the XML schema defined in this document.
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 describes the procedure used to generate XML schema from ISO geographic information conceptual models related to metadata. The procedure includes creation of an UML model for XML implementation derived from the conceptual UML model.
This implementation model does not alter the semantics of the target conceptual model, but adds abstract classes that remove dependencies between model packages, tagged values and stereotypes required by the UML to XML transformation software, and refactors the packaging of a few elements into XML namespaces. The XML schema has been generated systematically from the UML model for XML implementation according to the rules defined in ISO/TS 19139 or ISO 19118.
DS/ISO/TS 19139-2:2013
Geographic information - Metadata - XML schema implementation - Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data
This Technical Specification defines Geographic Metadata for imagery and gridded data (gmi) encoding.*This is an XML Schema implementation derived from ISO 19115-2.*
SIS-ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Geographic information - Metadata - Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts (Swedish Standard)
This document defines an integrated XML implementation of ISO 19115-1, ISO 19115-2, and concepts from ISO/TS 19139 by defining the following artefacts:a) a set of XML schema required to validate metadata instance documents conforming to conceptual model elements defined in ISO 19115-1, ISO 19115-2, and ISO/TS 19139;b) a set of ISO/IEC 19757-3 (Schematron) rules that implement validation constraints in the ISO 19115-1 and ISO 19115-2 UML models that are not validated by the XML schema;c) an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) for transforming ISO 19115-1 metadata encoded using the ISO/TS 19139 XML schema and ISO 19115-2 metadata encoded using the ISO/TS 19139-2 XML schema into an equivalent document that is valid against the XML schema defined in this document.This document describes the procedure used to generate XML schema from ISO geographic information conceptual models related to metadata. The procedure includes creation of an UML model for XML implementation derived from the conceptual UML model.This implementation model does not alter the semantics of the target conceptual model, but adds abstract classes that remove dependencies between model packages, tagged values and stereotypes required by the UML to XML transformation software, and refactors the packaging of a few elements into XML namespaces. The XML schema has been generated systematically from the UML model for XML implementation according to the rules defined in ISO/TS 19139 or ISO 19118.
