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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1205/annex/part-C",
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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/C",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "PART C",
  "heading": "Instructions on multiplicity and conditions of the metadata elements",
  "text": "The metadata describing a resource shall comprise, as regards a spatial data set or a spatial data set series, the metadata elements or groups of metadata elements listed in Table 1 and, as regards a spatial data set service, the metadata elements or groups of metadata elements listed in Table 2.\nThose metadata elements or groups of metadata elements shall be in accordance with the expected multiplicity and the related conditions set out in Tables 1 and 2.\nWhen no condition is expressed in relation to a particular metadata element, that element shall be mandatory.\nThe tables present the following information:\nthe first column contains the reference to the paragraph in Part B of this Annex defining the metadata element or group of metadata elements,\nthe second column contains the name of the metadata element or group of metadata elements,\nthe third column specifies the multiplicity of a metadata element. The expression of the multiplicity follows the unified modelling language (UML) notation for multiplicity, in which:\n1 means that there shall be only one instance of this metadata element in a result set,\n1..* means that there shall be at least one instance of this element in a result set,\n0..1 indicates that the presence of the metadata element in a result set is conditional but can occur only once,\n0..* indicates that the presence of the metadata element in a result set is conditional but the metadata element may occur once or more,\nwhen the multiplicity is 0..1 or 0..*, the condition defines when the metadata elements is mandated,\nthe fourth column contains a conditional statement if the multiplicity of the element does not apply to all types of resources. All elements are mandatory in other circumstances.\nTable 1\nMetadata for spatial data sets and spatial data set series\nReference\nMetadata elements\nMultiplicity\nCondition\n1.1\nResource title\n1\n1.2\nResource abstract\n1\n1.3\nResource type\n1\n1.4\nResource locator\n0..*\nMandatory if a URL is available to obtain more information on the resource, and/or access related services.\n1.5\nUnique resource identifier\n1..*\n1.7\nResource language\n0..*\nMandatory if the resource includes textual information.\n2.1\nTopic category\n1..*\n3\nKeyword\n1..*\n4.1\nGeographic bounding box\n1..*\n5\nTemporal reference\n1..*\n6.1\nLineage\n1\n6.2\nSpatial resolution\n0..*\nMandatory for data sets and data set series if an equivalent scale or a resolution distance can be specified.\n7\nConformity\n1..*\n8.1\nConditions for access and use\n1..*\n8.2\nLimitations on public access\n1..*\n9\nResponsible organisation\n1..*\n10.1\nMetadata point of contact\n1..*\n10.2\nMetadata date\n1\n10.3\nMetadata language\n1\nTable 2\nMetadata for spatial data services\nReference\nMetadata element\nMultiplicity\nCondition\n1.1\nResource title\n1\n1.2\nResource abstract\n1\n1.3\nResource type\n1\n1.4\nResource locator\n0..*\nMandatory if linkage to the service is available.\n1.6\nCoupled resource\n0..*\nMandatory if linkage to data sets on which the service operates are available.\n2.2\nSpatial data service type\n1\n3\nKeyword\n1..*\n4.1\nGeographic bounding box\n0…*\nMandatory for services with an explicit geographic extent.\n5\nTemporal reference\n1..*\n6.2\nSpatial resolution\n0..*\nMandatory when there is a restriction on the spatial resolution for this service.\n7\nConformity\n1..*\n8.1\nConditions for access and use\n1..*\n8.2\nLimitations on public access\n1..*\n9\nResponsible organisation\n1..*\n10.1\nMetadata point of contact\n1..*\n10.2\nMetadata date\n1\n10.3\nMetadata language\n1",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Pt. C substituted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 10(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1205/annex/part/C",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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