Class - MD_DataIdentification

When capturing information on a spatial resource, it is important to identify and categorise information as pertaining to the data resource and to distinguish these information from that which applies to the metadata itself or service resources. MD_DataIdentification extends the abstract class MD_Identification to document a spatial data resource.

Governance - ISO
Metadata Type - structural
ICSM Level of Agreement - ⭑⭑

Definition -

basic information required to uniquely identify a data resource.

ISO Associations

MD_Identification is an abstract class that is parent to

MD_DataIdentification It is a child of
MD_Metadata.identificationInfo

Atributes and packages

the following provides additional gauidance to MD_Identification.

MDWG Recomended -

In addition to all the attributes of MD_Identification, the additional recommended elements apply -

Locale - (class - PT_Locale) [0..1]
Extents - (class - EX_Extent) [0..*] High-level thematic classifications to assist in the grouping and searching of data. Required when the hierarchyLevelName scopeCode is ‘dataset’.

Additional optional attributes

otherLocale - (class - PT_Locale) [0..*]
environmentDescription - (type - charStr) [0..1] description of the resource in the producer’s processing environment, including items such as the software, the computer operating system, file name, and the dataset size
supplementalInformation - (type - charStr)[0..1] any other descriptive information about the resource

Discussion

Identification information about a resource is of high importance to document as this information strongly impacts on the ability of a user to asses the resource fitness to use. MD_DataIdentification instantiates the abstract class MD_Identification for use with data resources.

ICSM Best Practice Recommendations

MD_Identification the abstract parent class to MD_DataIdentification
See guidances for the composite elements.

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UML diagrams

Recommended elements highlighted in yellow

MD_DataIdentification