Extensions
- INSPIRE Metadata Regulation
A profile of ISO 19115:2003, adopted in 2007 as the common metadata standard for the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). The other profiles of ISO 19115 in use in European Member States have been made compliant with INSPIRE.
- ISO 19115 North American Profile
A common profile of ISO19115:2003 between the United States and Canada, designed to enhance interoperability of geographic information metadata in North America.
Tools
- Geodoc Metadata Editor
The Geodoc metadata editor tool allows users to create, validate, edit and export geospatial metadata records. It also supports the creation and export of metadata records as XML output files compliant with a number of standards, including UK AGMAP 2.1, ISO 19115, FGDC, DDI, and Dublin Core.
- M3Cat
A tool for the creation and cataloguing of geospatial metadata, including CSDGM and ISO 19115.
- WiscLINC Metadata Tools Review
The Wisconsin Land INformation Clearinghouse review of metadata tools used for documenting geospatial data and serving geospatial metadata. It includes tools for CSDGM, ISO 19115, Dublin Core, and DIF.
Use Cases
- BGS NGDC - British Geological Survey National Geoscience Data Centre
The world's oldest national geological survey and the United Kingdom's premier centre for earth science information and expertise, with information access via an ISO 19115-compliant discovery metadata database.
- GoGeo Portal
The GoGeo Portal enables users to discover geospatial information and services for education and research. It uses UK Agmap, a profile based on ISO 19115, for its metadata records.
- GRIIDC - The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative
GRIIDC supports the ISO 19115-2 [properly labeled as ISO 19115-2:2009] and published a simplified and easy to use ISO 19115-2.
- INSPIRE - Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
- A Spatial Data Infrastructure, whose scope includes the basic spatial information, as well as measured, modelled or simulated data.
- UK Polar Data Centre
An organisation coordinating the management of data collected by UK-funded scientists in the polar regions, using an application profile that is harmonious with both ISO 19115 and DIF.