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The Inspire Geoportal Validator

Inspire Geoportal Validator - features

• Validates metadata of INSPIRE resources with respect to the Technical Guidelines

• Accepts ISO 19139 documents and endpoints of INSPIRE Network Services

• Replaces the old schematron validator (now retired)

• Available as a web page and as a RESTful web service

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Inspire Geoportal - Components

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Validator – Supported service specifications

Supported service specifications:

•OGC CSW 2.0.2 – ISO AP 1.0.0 (*)•OGC WMS 1.3.0 - ISO 19128 (*), OGC WMS 1.1.1 (*)•OGC WMTS 1.0.0 (*)•OGC WFS 2.0 - ISO 19142 (*)•Atom based INSPIRE Download Services (*)

(*) With INSPIRE Extensions

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INSPIRE Geoportal Validator - Workflow

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INSPIRE Geoportal Validator - Implementation

• Implemented in Java and based mostly on XSLT 2.0 for the initial transformation from the resource encoding

• XSLT stylesheets are designed graphically using Altova MapForce

• Requires the commercial version the Saxon XSLT and XQuery Processor libraries (Enterprise Edition )

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INSPIRE Geoportal Resource Browser

The Resource Browser is a diagnostic tool for Member States and providers, for quickly identifying resources with issues

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INSPIRE Geoportal Resource Browser

Various criteria available for resource selection:

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INSPIRE Geoportal Resource Browser

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Easy selection of all resources affected by the same issue type:

INSPIRE Geoportal Resource Browser

Immediate identification of resources portrayed

in an accessible View Service layer

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INSPIRE Geoportal Resource Browser

Links to original ISO metadata is available for datasets, series and spatial data services:

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INSPIRE Geoportal Resource Browser

Technical note:

The Flash Player browser plugin is required for the image gallery to be displayed.

For the same reason, on Apple iPads, an App like Photon Flash Player is needed for image gallery to display.

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INSPIRE Geoportal Validation ReportThree sections:

• Source document validation issuesFor XML documents it is the validation against the relevant XML schemas

• INSPIRE validation issuesInformation required by the INSPIRE Regulations and/or Technical Guidance documents cannot found in the locations specified in

• INSPIRE validation warningsWhen non- (or not yet) mandatory information is missing

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INSPIRE Geoportal Validation Report

- Source document validation issues

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If a document does not respect the structure foreseen by its schema, subsequent validation steps might give unreliable results since the extraction information is based on XPath.

INSPIRE Geoportal Validation ReportExample of schema validation errors:

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INSPIRE Geoportal Validation ReportExample of INSPIRE validation errors:

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INSPIRE Geoportal Validation ReportDocumentation links

next to each message take the user to documentation pages specific to each error.

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Each error is linked to the corresponding requirement in the Technical Guidance (TG) documents.

Each TG requirement is mapped to the relevant INSPIRE Regulation requirement it derives from.

Validation Processes

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Metadata Compliance Meter (1/4)

Validation reports now feature a metadata compliance meter.

This indicator shows how complete a metadata document, or group of documents, is with respect to the INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules, the Network Service Regulation and the Technical Guidance documents.

The indicators also include colour clues:

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Metadata Compliance Meter (2/4)

For example, if in a metadata document, one out of 10 required metadata elements is missing or is not compliant with the requirements, the indicator will show 90% or less, depending on the importance of the missing element.

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Metadata Compliance Meter (3/4)

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The information will be available for each batch:

Metadata Compliance Meter (4/4)

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The information will be available also for the whole content: