Division 7.5 Requirements for ObservationsF1

Where the OM_Observation type or any sub-type thereof is used to make data available, the following requirements shall apply:

1. (1)

   The Process type shall be used to indicate the procedure used in an OM_Observation.

2. (2)

   Where reference is made to an EnvironmentalMonitoringFacility from an OM_Observation, a parameter attribute shall be provided, whose name attribute is ‘relatedMonitoringFeature’ and whose value attribute is of type AbstractMonitoringFeature.

3. (3)

   For all encodings that are used for all or part of an OM_Observation result, a public Application Programming Interface (API) shall be available to read the encoded file. This API shall be capable of exposing the information needed to realise INSPIRE spatial objects.

4. (4)

   If the processParameter attribute is present in the procedure property of an OM_Observation object, its value (a name) shall be included in the parameter attribute of the OM_Observation object.