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Resource locator: URL

Name Resource locator (services)
Definition Location (address) for online access using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address or similar address system.
Obligation
  • service: conditional; mandatory if there is URL available providing additional information about the resource and/or service related to resource access. 
Multiplicity [0..*]
Example https://oss.uredjenazemlja.hr/OssWebServices/inspireService/wms?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0
The source URL should be correct and provide a link:
 
  • on spatial data service capabilities document (eg OGC GetCapabilities),
  • to the WSDL Spatial Data Services (SOAP) document,
  • to web pages with further instructions on how to access the data.

Tehnical data
 
 INSPIRE equivalent Resource locator
Comparison with INSPIRE equivalent
ISO equivalent [397] linkage
Comparison with ISO equivalent
XPath distributionInfo/*/transferOptions/*/onLine/*/linkage
Data type URL
Domain URL (IETF RFC1738 i IETF RFC 2056)
Implementation instructions The resource locator can be described by additional elements such as title, description and function. In this case, the title and description are free text, and the function should contain the members of the ISO 19139 CI_OnLineFunctionCode code list. For example:
  • Resource locator: https://oss.uredjenazemlja.hr/OssWebServices/inspireService/wms?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0,
  • Title: View network service of cadastral parcels and cadastral municipalities,
  • Function: "information".

Encoding example: Documenting the resource locator of the spatial data service
 
<gmd:MD_Metadata...
...
     <gmd:distributionInfo>
         <gmd:MD_Distribution>
...
             <gmd:transferOptions>
                 <gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
                     <gmd:onLine>
                         <gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
                             <gmd:linkage>
                                 <gmd:URL>https://oss.uredjenazemlja.hr/OssWebServices/inspireService/wms?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0</gmd:URL>
                             </gmd:linkage>
                        <gmd:name>
                             <gco:CharacterString>Cadastral parcels and cadastral municipalities - WMS</gco:CharacterString>
                        </gmd:name>
                        <gmd:function>
                            <gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode
codeList="https://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_OnLineFunctionCode" codeListValue="information">information</gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode>
                        </gmd:function>
                           </gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
                     </gmd:onLine>
                 </gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
             </gmd:transferOptions>
         </gmd:MD_Distribution>
     </gmd:distributionInfo>
...
</gmd:MD_Metadata>