{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1089",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Metadata required for Interoperability",
  "text": "The metadata describing a spatial data set shall include the following metadata elements required for interoperability:\n1. Coordinate Reference System Description of the coordinate reference system(s) used in the data set.\n2. Temporal Reference System Description of the temporal reference system(s) used in the data set.\nThis element is mandatory only if the spatial data set contains temporal information that does not refer to the default temporal reference system.\n3. Encoding Description of the computer language construct(s) specifying the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel.\n4. Topological Consistency Correctness of the explicitly encoded topological characteristics of the data set as described by the scope.\nThis element is mandatory only if the data set includes types from the Generic Network Model and does not assure centreline topology (connectivity of centrelines) for the network.\n5. Character Encoding The character encoding used in the data set.\nThis element is mandatory only if an encoding is used that is not based on UTF-8.\n6. Spatial Representation Type The method used to spatially represent geographic information.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1253/2013 of 21 October 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1089/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:29.783808+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}