COMMISSION REGULATION
(EC) No 976/2009
of 19 October 2009
implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services
Article 1
Subject matter
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Requirements for Network Services
Article 4
Access to the Network Services
Article 5
Entry into force
ANNEX I
QUALITY OF SERVICE
1. PERFORMANCE
2. CAPACITY
3. AVAILABILITY
ANNEX II
DISCOVERY SERVICES
PART A
Search criteria
Minimum search criteria |
INSPIRE metadata elements |
Keywords |
Keyword |
Classification of spatial data and services (For spatial data sets and spatial data set series) |
Topic category |
Classification of spatial data and services (For spatial data services) |
Spatial data service type |
The quality and validity of spatial data sets |
Lineage |
The quality and validity of spatial data sets |
Spatial resolution |
Degree of conformity with the implementing rules provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC |
Specification |
Degree of conformity with the implementing rules provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC |
Degree |
Geographical location |
Geographic bounding box |
Conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services |
Conditions applying to access and use |
Conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services |
Limitations on public access |
The public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services |
Responsible party |
The public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services |
Responsible party role |
Operator Name |
Property |
Intersects |
Requires the geographic bounding box INSPIRE metadata element to intersect a defined area of interest |
PART B
Operations
1. LIST OF OPERATIONS
Operation |
Role |
Get Discovery Service Metadata |
Provides all necessary information about the service and describes service capabilities |
Discover Metadata |
The Discover Metadata operation allows requesting INSPIRE metadata elements of resources based on a query statement to be retrieved from the target Discovery Service |
Operation |
Role |
Publish Metadata |
The Publish Metadata operation allows editing INSPIRE metadata elements of resources in the Discovery Service (push or pull metadata mechanisms). Editing meaning insert, update and delete |
Link Discovery Service |
The Link Discovery Service function allows the declaration of the availability of a Discovery Service for the discovery of resources through the Member State Discovery Service while maintaining the resource metadata at the owner location |
2. GET DISCOVERY SERVICE METADATA OPERATION
2.1.
Get Discovery Service Metadata Request
2.1.1.
Get Discovery Service Metadata Request parameters
2.2.
Get Discovery Service Metadata Response
2.2.1.
Discovery Service Metadata parameters
2.2.2.
Operations Metadata parameters
2.2.3.
Languages parameter
3. DISCOVER METADATA OPERATION
3.1.
Discover Metadata Request
3.1.1.
Language parameter
3.1.2.
Query parameter
3.2.
Discover Metadata Response
3.2.1.
Discover Metadata Response parameter
4. PUBLISH METADATA OPERATION
4.1.
Push Mechanism
4.1.1.
Edit Metadata Request
4.1.1.1.
Edit Metadata Request parameter
4.2.
Pull Mechanism
4.2.1.
Collect Metadata Request
4.2.1.1.
Collect Metadata Request parameter
5. LINK DISCOVERY SERVICE OPERATION
5.1.
Link Discovery Service Request
5.1.1.
Link Discovery Service Request parameter
ANNEX III
VIEW SERVICES
PART A
Operations
1. LIST OF OPERATIONS
Operation |
Role |
Get View Service Metadata |
Provides all necessary information about the service and describes service capabilities |
Get Map |
Returns a map containing the geographic and thematic information coming from the available spatial datasets. This map is an image spatially referenced |
Operation |
Role |
Link View Service |
Allows a Public Authority or a Third Party to declare a view Service for the viewing of its resources through the Member State View Service while maintaining the viewing capability at the Public Authority or the Third party location |
2. GET VIEW SERVICE METADATA OPERATION
2.1.
Get View Service Metadata Request
2.1.1.
Get View Service Metadata Request parameters
2.2.
Get View Service Metadata Response parameters
2.2.1.
View Service Metadata parameters
2.2.2.
Operations Metadata parameters
2.2.3.
Languages parameters
2.2.4.
Layers Metadata parameters
Metadata elements |
Description |
Resource Title |
The title of the layer, used for human communication, for presentation of the layer, e.g. in a menu |
Resource Abstract |
Layer abstract |
Keyword |
Additional keywords |
Geographic Bounding Box |
The minimum bounding rectangle in all supported Coordinate Reference Systems of the area covered by the layer |
Unique Resource Identifier |
The Unique Resource Identifier of the resource used to create the layer |
Parameter |
Description |
Name |
Harmonised name of the layer |
Coordinate Reference Systems |
List of Coordinate Reference Systems in which the layer is available |
Styles |
List of the rendering styles available for the layer. |
A style shall be composed of a title and a unique identifier |
|
Legend URL |
Location of the legend for each style, language and dimension pairs |
Dimension Pairs |
Indicates the supported two dimensional axis pairs for multi-dimensional spatial data sets and spatial data sets series |
3. GET MAP OPERATION
3.1.
Get Map Request
3.1.1.
Get Map Request parameters
Parameter |
Description |
Layers |
List of layer names to be included in the map |
Styles |
List of style to be used for each layer |
Coordinate Reference System |
Coordinate Reference System of the map |
Bounding box |
The 4 corner Coordinate of the two dimensional map for the selected Dimension pair and in the selected Coordinate Reference System |
Image width |
The map width in pixels |
Image height |
The map height in pixels |
Image format |
The output image format |
Language |
language to be used for the response |
Dimension pair |
The two dimensional axis to be used for the map. For example, a geographical dimension and time |