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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1088/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/1088",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1088/2010 of 23 November 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards download services and transformation services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1088",
  "path": "annex/II",
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  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "ANNEX IV\nDOWNLOAD SERVICES\nPART A\nDownload Operations\n1.\nLIST OF OPERATIONS\nIn order to be in conformity with Article 11(1)(c) of Directive 2007/2/EC, the Download Service shall at least provide the operations listed in Table 1 of this Annex.\nTable 1\nOperation\nRole\nGet Download Service Metadata\nProvides all necessary information about the service, the available Spatial Data Sets, and describes the service capabilities.\nGet Spatial Data Set\nThe Get Spatial Data Set operation allows the retrieval of a Spatial Data Set.\nDescribe Spatial Data Set\nThis operation returns the description of all the types of Spatial Objects contained in the Spatial Data Set.\nLink Download Service\nAllows the declaration, by a Public Authority or a Third Party, of the availability of a Download Service for downloading Spatial Data Sets or, where practicable, Spatial Objects, through the Member State’s Download Service while maintaining the downloading capability at the Public Authority or the Third Party location.\nThe request and response parameters of each operation complete the description of each operation and form an integral part of the Download Service’s technical specifications.\n2.\nGET DOWNLOAD SERVICE METADATA OPERATION\n2.1.\nGet Download Service Metadata request\n2.1.1.\nGet Download Service Metadata request parameter\nThe Get Download Service Metadata request parameter shall indicate the natural language to be used for the content of the Get Download Service Metadata response.\n2.2.\nGet Download Service Metadata response\nThe Get Download Service Metadata response shall contain the following sets of parameters:\nDownload Service Metadata,\nOperations Metadata,\nLanguages,\nSpatial Data Sets Metadata.\n2.2.1.\nDownload Service Metadata parameter\nThe Download Service Metadata parameters shall at least contain the INSPIRE metadata elements of the Download Service.\n2.2.2.\nOperations Metadata parameter\nThe Operations metadata parameter provides metadata about the operations implemented by the Download Service. It shall at least provide a description of each operation, including as a minimum a description of the data exchanged and the network address.\n2.2.3.\nLanguages parameter\nTwo language parameters shall be provided:\nthe response Language parameter indicating the natural language used in the Get Download Service Metadata response parameters,\nthe Supported languages parameter containing the list of the natural languages supported by the Download Service.\n2.2.4.\nSpatial Data Sets Metadata parameters\nThe INSPIRE metadata elements of the available Spatial Data Sets shall be provided. In addition, for each Spatial Data Set, the list of those Coordinate Reference Systems referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 which are available shall also be provided.\n3.\nGET SPATIAL DATA SET OPERATION\n3.1.\nGet Spatial Data Set request\nThe Get Spatial Data Set request contains the following parameters:\nLanguage,\nSpatial Data Set Identifier,\nCoordinate Reference System.\n3.1.1.\nLanguage parameter\nThe Language parameter shall indicate the natural language requested for the Spatial Data Set.\n3.1.2.\nSpatial Data Set Identifier parameter\nThe Spatial Data Set Identifier parameter shall contain the Unique Resource Identifier of the Spatial Data Set.\n3.1.3.\nCoordinate Reference System parameter\nThe Coordinate Reference System parameter shall contain one of the Coordinate Reference Systems included in the list of available Coordinate Reference Systems referred to in point 2.2.4.\n3.2.\nGet Spatial Data Set response\n3.2.1.\nGet Spatial Data Set response parameter\nThe Get Spatial Data Set response parameter shall be the requested Spatial Data Set in the requested language and in the requested Coordinate Reference System.\n4.\nDESCRIBE SPATIAL DATA SET OPERATION\n4.1.\nDescribe Spatial Data Set request\nThe Describe Spatial Data Set request shall contain the following parameters:\nLanguage,\nSpatial Data Set Identifier.\n4.1.1.\nLanguage parameter\nThe Language parameter shall indicate the natural language requested for the description of the Spatial Objects type.\n4.1.2.\nSpatial Data Set Identifier parameter\nThe Spatial Data Set Identifier parameter shall contain the Unique Resource Identifier of the Spatial Data Set.\n4.2.\nDescribe Spatial Data Set response\n4.2.1.\nDescribe Spatial Data Set response parameter\nThe Describe Spatial Data Set response parameter shall be the description of the Spatial Objects in the requested Spatial Data Set and in the requested language.\n5.\nLINK DOWNLOAD SERVICE OPERATION\nThe Link Download Service operation allows the declaration of the availability of a Download Service compliant with this Regulation, for the download of resources through the Member State’s Download Service while maintaining the resources at the owner location.\n5.1.\nLink Download Service request\n5.1.1.\nLink Download Service request parameter\nThe Link Download Service request parameter shall provide all information about the Public Authority’s or Third Party’s Download Service compliant with this Regulation, enabling the Member State Download Service to provide access to Spatial Data Sets and, where practicable, to Spatial Objects from the Public Authority’s or Third Party’s Download Service.\nPART B\nDirect Access Download Operations\n6.\nLIST OF OPERATIONS\nWhere the Download Service gives direct access to spatial data sets, it shall provide, in addition to the operations listed in Table 1, the operations listed in Table 2 of this Annex.\nTable 2\nOperation\nRole\nGet Spatial Object\nThis operation allows the retrieval of Spatial Objects based upon a query.\nDescribe Spatial Object Type\nThis operation returns the description of the specified Spatial Objects types.\nThe request and response parameters of each operation complete the description of each operation and form an integral part of the Download Service’s technical specifications.\n7.\nGET SPATIAL OBJECT OPERATION\n7.1.\nGet Spatial Object request\nThe Get Spatial Object request shall support the following parameters:\nLanguage,\nSpatial Data Set Identifier,\nCoordinate Reference System,\nQuery.\n7.1.1.\nLanguage parameter\nThe Language parameter shall indicate the natural language requested for the Spatial Objects.\n7.1.2.\nSpatial Data Set Identifier parameter\nThe Spatial Data Set Identifier parameter shall contain the Unique Resource Identifier of the required Spatial Data Set. Where the parameter is not provided, it shall be assumed that all available Spatial Data Sets have been selected.\n7.1.3.\nCoordinate Reference System parameter\nThe Coordinate Reference System parameter shall contain one of the Coordinate Reference Systems included in the list of Coordinate Reference Systems set out in Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010.\n7.1.4.\nQuery parameter\nThe query parameter shall be composed of the search criteria listed in part C.\n7.2.\nGet Spatial Object response\nThe Get Spatial Object response shall contain the following parameters:\nSpatial Objects Set,\nSpatial Objects Set Metadata.\n7.2.1.\nSpatial Objects Set parameter\nThe Spatial Objects Set parameter shall be the set of Spatial Objects which complies with Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 and fulfils the search criteria in the query, in the requested language and in the Coordinate Reference System.\n7.2.2.\nSpatial Objects Set Metadata parameter\nThe Spatial Objects Set Metadata parameter shall contain at least the INSPIRE metadata elements of the set of Spatial Objects.\n8.\nDESCRIBE SPATIAL OBJECT TYPE OPERATION\n8.1.\nDescribe Spatial Object Type request\nThe Describe Spatial Object Type request shall contain the following parameters:\nLanguage,\nSpatial Object Type.\n8.1.1.\nLanguage parameter\nThe Language parameter shall indicate the natural language requested for the description of the Spatial Object type.\n8.1.2.\nSpatial Object Type parameter\nThe Spatial Object Type parameter shall contain the language-neutral name of the Spatial Object Type as specified in Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010. Where the parameter is not provided, it shall be assumed that all types of Spatial Objects have been selected.\n8.2.\nDescribe Spatial Object Type response\n8.2.1.\nDescribe Spatial Object Type response parameter\nThe Describe Spatial Object type response parameter shall be the description of the spatial object type, in conformity with Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010.\nPART C\nSearch Criteria for the Get Spatial Object Operation\nFor the purposes of the Get Spatial Object Operation of the Download Service, the following search criteria shall be implemented:\nUnique Resource Identifier of Spatial Data Set,\nall relevant key attributes and the relationship between Spatial Objects as set out in Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010; in particular the Unique Identifier of Spatial Object and the temporal dimension characteristics, including the date of update,\nbounding box, expressed in any of the Coordinate Reference Systems listed in Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010,\nSpatial Data Theme.\nTo allow for discovering spatial objects through a combination of search criteria, logical and comparison operators shall be supported.",
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