{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1205/annex/part-A/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/1205",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1205",
  "path": "annex/part/A/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following definitions shall apply:\n‘character string’ means the value domain of metadata elements expressed as a set of characters treated as a unit,\n‘free text’ means the value domain of metadata elements expressed in one or more natural languages,\n‘lineage’ means the history of a data set, and the life cycle from collection and acquisition through compilation and derivation to its current form, in accordance with EN ISO 19101,\n‘metadata element’ means a discrete unit of metadata, in accordance with EN ISO 19115,\n‘namespace’ means a collection of names, identified by a uniform resource identifier (URI) reference, which are used in extensible markup language (XML) documents as element names and attribute names,\n‘quality’ means the totality of characteristics of a product that bear on its ability to satisfy stated and implied needs, in accordance with EN ISO 19101,\n‘resource’ means an information resource that has a direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographic area,\n‘spatial data set series’ means a collection of spatial data sets sharing the same product specification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1205/annex/part/A/division/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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