| Name | Resoursce type |
| Definition | Type of resource described by the metadata |
| Obligation |
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| Multiplicity | [1] |
| Example | service |
| Croatian NSDI recognises the following resource types: spatial dataset, spatial dataset series, and spatial data services. Based on the type of resource, Croatian NSDI has two XML metadata templates: the dataset and dataset series template, and the spatial data services template. To select the right metadata template, one needs to know the type of spatial data source before they are entered. | |
Technical data
| INSPIRE equivalent | Resource type |
| Comparison with INSPIRE | equivalent |
| ISO equivalent | [6] hierarchyLevel |
| Comparision with ISO | equivalent, but limited to spatial datasets, dataset series and services |
| XPath | hierarchyLevel |
| Data type | MD_ScopeCode |
| Domain | MD_ScopeCode<<CodeList>> |
| Implementation instructions | The resource type of the spatial dataset or dataset series is documented using only one instance of the element of the gmd:hierarchyLevel, in a way that gmd:MD_ScopeCode element contains a "service" value ("service" XML value) ISO 19139 MD_ScopeCode code list. Also, in order to meet the requirements of the ISO 19115 standard, the gmd:hierarchyLevelName element must be given the Name/Role for the XML value "service" of the MD_ScopeCode code list, ie an element encoded as free text with a value of “service” (the name of the resource type in the metadata language). |
Encoding example: Specifying the resource type for the dataset
| <gmd:MD_Metadata... ... <gmd:hierarchyLevel> <gmd:MD_ScopeCode codeList="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode" codeListValue="service">service</gmd:MD_ScopeCode> </gmd:hierarchyLevel> <gmd:hierarchyLevelName> <gco:CharacterString>service</gco:CharacterString> </gmd:hierarchyLevelName> ... </gmd:MD_Metadata> |