ICSM ISO19115-1 Metadata Best Practice Guide

OnlineResource ★★★★★

Most metadata contains information about resources that are avaliable online. In order for machines and people to to retrieve such resources cited in a Metadata record MD_Metadata , a method of access must be provided. CI_OnlineResources provides a standard way of describing such access wherever such is documented in a metadata record.

   
Element Name onlineResource
Parent [MD_Metadata.identificationInfo>MD_Identificationcitation
Class/Type class - CI_OnlineResource
Governance Common ICSM, Agency, Domain
Purpose Access
Audience machine resource - ⭑ ⭑ ⭑ ⭑ ⭑
  general - ⭑ ⭑ ⭑ ⭑ ⭑
  resource manager - ⭑ ⭑ ⭑
  specialist - ⭑ ⭑ ⭑
Metadata type administrative
ICSM Level of Agreement ⭑⭑⭑⭑

Definition

information about on-line sources from which the resource, specification, or community profile name and extended metadata elements can be obtained

ISO Obligation

Discussion

For Services, the OnlineResource should provide the default location of a described service or possible its landing page. It should not link to the metadata record itself as there must be some place where the URL for access to the service itself is captured.

This element may also be used when describe elements of Datset metadata not covered by other elements. in such cases the function - (codelist - CI_OnlineFunctionCode) code for function performed by the online resource should be populated. Options are:

ICSM Best Practice Recommendations

Therefore - when describing an service, provide an authoritative linkage to this service or its landing page in

Also Consider

Outstanding Issues

CORE ISSUE: In Service metatdata it is high importance that we agree on the methodology for recording the location (URL) of the Service described. OnlineResouce is the leading cndidate to hold this information. This information may be captured in other ways such as those listed in Also Consider. This issue need futher discussion by MDWG.

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UML diagrams

Recommended elements highlighted in yellow

CI_OnlineResource

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