# Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services, Division PART A: Search criteria

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

In order to be in conformity with the minimum set of search criteria set out in regulation 7(3) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(3) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009, the Discovery Service shall support searching with the INSPIRE metadata elements listed in Table 1 of this Annex.
Table 1
Minimum search criteria
INSPIRE metadata elements
Keywords
Keyword
Classification of spatial data and services
(For spatial data sets and spatial data set series)
Topic category
Classification of spatial data and services
(For spatial data services)
Spatial data service type
The quality and validity of spatial data sets
Lineage
The quality and validity of spatial data sets
Spatial resolution
Degree of conformity with the implementing rules set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1089/2010 (the “implementing rules”) or the INSPIRE Regulations; and for this purpose “INSPIRE Regulations” means the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Specification
Degree of conformity with the implementing rules ...
Degree
Geographical location
Geographic bounding box
Conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services
Conditions applying to access and use
Conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services
Limitations on public access
The public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services
Responsible party
The public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services
Responsible party role
The following INSPIRE metadata elements or set of elements shall be also available as search criteria:
(a)Resource Title;
(b)Resource Abstract;
(c)Resource type;
(d)Unique Resource Identifier;
(e)Temporal Reference.
To allow for discovering resources through a combination of search criteria, logical and comparison operators shall be supported.
To allow for discovering resources based on the geographic location of the resource, the spatial operator listed in Table 2 shall be supported.
Table 2
Operator Name
Property
Intersects
Requires the geographic bounding box INSPIRE metadata element to intersect a defined area of interest

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/976/annex/II/part/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-976/annex-II/part-A
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