| Name | Service category: explanation |
| Definition | Explanation of conformity. |
| Obligation |
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| Multiplicity | [1] within one conformity documentation, but there may be multiple conformity documentation |
| Example | The spatial data service is conformant with the INSPIRE requirements for invocable spatial data services. |
Tehnical data
| INSPIRE equivalent | Category: explanation |
| Comparison with INSPIRE | equivalent |
| ISO equivalent | [131] explanation |
| Comparison with ISO | equivalent |
| XPath | dataQualityInfo/*/report/*/result/*/explanation |
| Data type | character string |
| Domain | free text |
| Implementation instructions | This element is documented using the gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult/gmd:explanation element in a form of a free text. There are no special requirements for this element. One can, for example, give a general explanation or refer to the cited specification. |
NOTE: Metadata element Conformance: Explanation is not defined in the INSPIRE metadata implementing rules, but is required in the ISO 19115 standard. This implies mandatory completion of this metadata element in INSPIRE and NSDI.
Encoding example: Indicating conformance explanation
| <gmd:MD_Metadata... ... <gmd:dataQualityInfo> <gmd:DQ_DataQuality> <gmd:report> <gmd:DQ_DomainConsistency> <gmd:result> <gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult> ... <gmd:explanation> <gco:CharacterString>The spatial data service is conformant with the INSPIRE requirements for invocable spatial data services.</gco:CharacterString> </gmd:explanation> ... </gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult> </gmd:result> </gmd:DQ_DomainConsistency> </gmd:report> ... </gmd:DQ_DataQuality> </gmd:dataQualityInfo> ... </gmd:MD_Metadata> |