ICSM ISO19115-1 Metadata Best Practice Guide

Class - MD_BrowseGraphic

Geospatial data and service are largely visual by nature. Geospatial practicianers tend to be visually oriented. Browse graphics are a way of including in the metadata visual clues as to the nature and usefulness of resources.

Definition

A graphic that provides an illustration of a resource

NOTE - Should include a legend for the graphic, if applicable.

EXAMPLE - A dataset, an organisation logo, security constraint or citationgraphic..

ISO Obligation

In a metadata record there should be zero to many {0..*] graphicOverview packages of class MD_BrowseGraphic describing a resource. These should typically include the name linkage to the graphic.

Discussion

Geospatial professionals by nature, rely to a large extent on visual information to gain understanding of resources. Browse graphics provide in the metadata a way to communicate with users visually.

ICSM Best Practice Recommendations

Therefore - in order to provide a quick way for users to discover and identify the resource they need, provide a graphic overview in the metadata. At a minimum this should include a name and link to the image.

Crosswalk considerations

ISO19139

browseGraphic is a new package in iso19115-1. New elements include:

Also Consider

Examples

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UML diagrams

Recommended elements highlighted in yellow

browseGraphic

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