# 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), Division 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following definitions shall apply:
‘character string’ means the value domain of metadata elements expressed as a set of characters treated as a unit,
‘free text’ means the value domain of metadata elements expressed in one or more natural languages,
‘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,
‘metadata element’ means a discrete unit of metadata, in accordance with EN ISO 19115,
‘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,
‘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,
‘resource’ means an information resource that has a direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographic area,
‘spatial data set series’ means a collection of spatial data sets sharing the same product specification.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1205/annex/part/A/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1205/annex/part-A/division-1
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