{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-976/annex-II/part-B/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/976",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-976",
  "path": "annex/II/part/B/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "LIST OF OPERATIONS",
  "text": "In order to be in conformity with regulation 7(2) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009, the Discovery Service shall provide the operations listed in Table 3 of this Annex.\nTable 3\nOperation\nRole\nGet Discovery Service Metadata\nProvides all necessary information about the service and describes service capabilities\nDiscover Metadata\nThe Discover Metadata operation allows requesting INSPIRE metadata elements of resources based on a query statement to be retrieved from the target Discovery Service\nIn order to be in conformity with regulation 8 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 9 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009, the Discovery Service shall support the operations listed in Table 4 of this Annex.\nTable 4\nOperation\nRole\nPublish Metadata\nThe Publish Metadata operation allows editing INSPIRE metadata elements of resources in the Discovery Service (push or pull metadata mechanisms). Editing meaning insert, update and delete\nLink Discovery Service\nThe Link Discovery Service function allows the declaration of the availability of a Discovery Service for the discovery of resources through the ... Discovery Service while maintaining the resource metadata at the owner location\nThe request and response parameters of each operation complete the description of each operation and form an integral part of the Discovery Service technical specification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 Pt. B substituted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 12(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 Pt. B substituted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 12(6)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 Pt. B omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 12(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/976/annex/II/part/B/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."
}