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Service metadata (INSPIRE)

Summary

“It is recommended to INSPIRE to define a standard mapping between OGC service description (Capabilities) and INSPIRE metadata and publish it as an OGC Best Practice.”

Classification

Category	Catalogue and Metadata
Identifier	REC-CAT-003b
Type of recommended activity	Further Investigation about the subject
Organisations addressed	INSPIRE

Additional information

Context	None
Rationale	There is an overlap of elements between OGC XML Capabilities and information elements of ISO 19119. But until now there are different mappings between service description (OGC XML Capabilities) and ISO19119 conceptual model used.
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	GIGAS to set up best practise documents for mapping of OGC XML Capabilities to ISO-19109.

GIGAS is a Support Action partly funded under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. The project runs from June 2008 to May 2010.