Conformity: degree

Name	Conformity: degree
Definition	Indication of conformity result.
Obligation	dataset or dataset series: mandatory service: mandatory
Multiplicity	[1] within one conformity documentation, but there may be multiple conformity documentation
Example	conformant
This element serves to declare the conformity of a data source with an official document. INSPIRE implementation rules for metadata (COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008, Part D) define three degrees of conformity: conformant, notConformant, and notEvaluated. The three degrees of conformity follow the following rules:   When conformity with a specification is applied, it is reported as conformity domain element (instance of DQ_DomainConsistency) from the ISO 19115 standard. In such a case, if checking is successful, the source is conformant, and in case of an unsuccessful checking, the source is not conformant.. If metadata (ISO 19115) related to conformity are missing, the assumption is that conformity with a specification is not applied. Following the adoption of the INSPIRE/NSDI Implementing Rules for the Interoperability of Spatial Data and Services, it is recommended that conformance is declared for all datasets as conformant or non-conformant with these documents. Conformity with several documents can be made. In such a case, conformity elements are documented for each document.

Tehnical data
 

INSPIRE equivalent	Conformity: Degree
Comparison with INSPIRE	equivalent
ISO euivalent	[132] pass
Comparison with ISO	equivalent
XPath	dataQualityInfo/*/report/*/result/*/pass
Data type	Boolean
Domain	true if the data source conforms to the cited specification (conformant) false if the data source does not comply with the cited specification (not conformant) null (nilReason = "unknown") if the evaluation has not been performed (not evaluated)
Implementation instructions	The degree of conformance is documented using the gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult/gmd:pass element so that the gco:Boolean element contains the value: conformant ("true" XML value) if the data source is fully conformant with the specification or not conformant ("false" XML value) if the data source is not fully conformant with the specification. However, if the degree of conformance is not determined, the gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult/gmd:pass element should be blank, but must contain a nilReason attribute with a value of unknown ("unknown" XML value).

Encoding example
 

<gmd:MD_Metadata... ...     <gmd:dataQualityInfo>          <gmd:DQ_DataQuality>              <gmd:report>                  <gmd:DQ_DomainConsistency>                      <gmd:result>                          <gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult> ...                              <gmd:pass>                                  <gco:Boolean>true</gco:Boolean>                              </gmd:pass>                          </gmd:DQ_ConformanceResult>                      </gmd:result>                  </gmd:DQ_DomainConsistency>              </gmd:report> ...         </gmd:DQ_DataQuality>     </gmd:dataQualityInfo> ... </gmd:MD_Metadata>