| Name | Topic category |
| Definition | Main topic(s) of the data set. |
| Obligation |
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| Multiplicity | [1..*] |
| Example | elevation |
| This is a generalised classification of spatial data themes categorising them roughly. For fine searching, keywords are used. This element’s domain values are in accordance with the EN ISO 19115 standard. | |
Technical data
| INSPIRE equivalent | Topic category |
| Comparison with INSPIRE | equivalent |
| ISO equivalent | [41] topicCategory |
| Comparison with ISO | equivalent |
| XPath | identificationInfo[1]/*/topicCategory |
| Data type | MD_TopicCategory |
| Domain | MD_TopicCategoryCode<<Enumeration>> |
| Implementation instructions | none |
Encoding example
| <gmd:MD_Metadata... ... <gmd:identificationInfo> <gmd:MD_DataIdentification> ... <gmd:topicCategory> <gmd:MD_TopicCategoryCode>elevation</gmd:MD_TopicCategoryCode> </gmd:topicCategory> ... </gmd:MD_DataIdentification> </gmd:identificationInfo> ... </gmd:MD_Metadata> |