Regulation 7 Network services

for which that authority or third party is responsible; and

in relation to which metadata have been created in accordance with regulation 6 and the Metadata Regulation.

discovery services—

view services making it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in and out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any relevant content of metadata;

download services, enabling copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly;

transformation services, enabling spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability; and

services allowing spatial data services to be invoked.

keywords;

classification of spatial data and spatial data services;

the quality and validity of spatial data sets;

(in the case of a spatial data set corresponding to the themes listed in F4Annex 1 to the Metadata Regulation or a spatial data service relating to such a data set) the degree of conformity with the requirements as to interoperability set out in regulation 6A;

geographical location;

conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and spatial data services; and

the person responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and spatial data services.

take into account relevant user requirements;

be easy to use; and

subject to regulation 9, be available to the public and accessible via the internet or any other appropriate means of telecommunication.