• Introduction
• Technical analysis
• Issues and recommendations
• European SIF

Service metadata (OGC)

Summary

“It is recommended to the OGC OWS Common SWG to consider using ISO 19119 metadata for service description by included a dedicated a metadata element in the service description”

Classification

Category	Catalogue and Metadata
Identifier	REC-CAT-003a
Type of recommended activity	Further Investigation about the subject
Organisations addressed	OGC OWS Common SWG

Additional information

Context	None
Rationale	OGC XML capabilities are not sufficient to describe functionalities and context of geospatial services. ISO-19109 offers a more complete description to allow the discovery and evaluation of services.
Dependencies	None
Further background information	Technology Watch Report - Catalogue and Metadata [PDF] Comparative analysis report (version 2) [PDF] Comparative Analysis Report (version 2) - Annex Recommendations [PDF]
Main discussion points	None
Roadmap	None