Extensions
- EDMED Metadata Profile
The European Directory of Marine Environmental Datasets metadata scheme, which is a profile of ISO 19115.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Metadata standards
- ISO 19115
An internationally-adopted schema for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data.
- Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas
Some repositories have decided that current standards do not fit their metadata needs, and so have created their own requirements.