1. EEA metadata catalogue for GIS datasets
Paul Hasenohr, SEIS and SDI, European Environment Agency

2. EEA SDI metadata catalogue(S)
Internal catalogue
Public catalogue
Graphic
search interface
Graphic
search interface
Private
CSW interface
Public
CSW interface
Harvesting
CSW interface listing only Inspire compliant datasets
Data viewer
Detailed metadata for internal use
Automated editing
Public metadata
Internet 2

3. Elements required for datasets registered in the EEA SDI catalogue
EEA needs:
Metadata ISO19115 and INSPIRE compliant
Register additional information (dataset location, temporal extent…)
Have a consistent structure for metadata records stored in the catalogue
Allow for automated processing of metadata by CSW clients
Consequences:
Increase the number of mandatory ISO19115 elements
Define very strict guidelines for all elements to be processed automatically
Define editorial guidelines to ensure consistency of metadata records 3

4. EEA SDI metadata guidelines
More keywords, presence of CRS 4

5. EEA SDI metadata guidelines Example of specific requirements
distributionFormat (file format of the data)
Free text according to ISO19115
Code list at EEA
transferOptions (means to access the data)
Linkage
Codified protocol (e.g. EEA:FILEPATH, WWW:LINK-1.0-http—link)
More keywords, presence of CRS 5

6. Internal and public metadata6

7. Feature catalogue support (ISO19110)7

8. Geospatial data viewer An application using metadata
One parameter required by the application
One parameter required: metadata UUID
URL such as
Metadata elements used by the application
Dataset title
Codified protocol (EEA:FILEPATH or EEA:DBPG)
Linkage (file path or database connection string)
Codified coordinate reference system
Spatial representation type
Metadata record and related feature catalogue 8

9. Geospatial data viewer An application using metadata9

10. Public catalogue URL 10