1. INSPIRE Registry Priority datasets code list
Robert Tomas
EC&EEA INSPIRE CT Team
Eionet NRC – EIS Meeting, Copenhagen; November of 2017

2. INSPIRE Registry service https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry
Key infrastructure component to
allow unambiguous references to items
provide unique and persistent identifiers for resources
Central INSPIRE registry contains registers for:
themes
code lists and values
enumerations and values
feature concepts
metadata code lists and values
application schemas
glossary
reference documents
layers
media types

3. Number of priority dataset values: 46
New Priority dataset metadata codelist published on the INSPIRE registry
List of datasets related to environmental reporting, which should be made available by Member States through the European Spatial Data Infrastructure in a stepwise manner.
Number of priority dataset values: 46

4. Simplified user guide to use the Priority Dataset codelist
Select your priority dataset
Check if the metadata for the dataset is ready
Add the descriptive keyword related to the Priority Dataset:
Go to the INSPIRE Registry (
Go to the Priority Dataset metadata code-list ( and select the relevant value from the list of values
Copy the URI and the label of the item
Add the keyword in the XML encoding of your priority dataset metadata using the gmx:Anchor element (see next slide)

5. Example of placing the selected priority dataset URI code and label in your metadata
...
<gmd:descriptiveKeywords>
<gmd:MD_Keywords>
<gmd:keyword>
<gmx:Anchor xlink:href=" (Noise Directive)</gmx:Anchor>
</gmd:keyword>
</gmd:MD_Keywords>
</gmd:descriptiveKeywords>
URI from the INSPIRE Registry
Label from the INSPIRE Registry
Remember to add the related namespaces at the beginning of the file (if missing)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gmd:MD_Metadata …
xmlns:gmx="
xmlns:xlink="

6. Wider environmental domains – GEMET as service
The INSPIRE MIG – T proposal for additional control vocabularies for better filtering the EU Geoportal content
The following searching criteria are proposed and will be tested:
Spatial coverage of a dataset (Eu, National, Local) – new code list or better directly using Eurostat NUTS Codes as a service
EU Legislation associated with the dataset – directly using CELEX (EUR-lex) as a service.
Wider environmental domains – GEMET as service