Example 3.9: Topic category element with enumeration value "environment". Distribution info section The metadata elements described in this section are contained within the gmd:distributionInfo/gmd:MD_Distribution child element of gmd:MD_Metadata element. Resource locator for data set or series The Resource Locator is the of a metadata record which point users to the location ‘navigation section’ (URL) where the data can be downloaded, or to where additional information about the resource may be provided. Setting up the correct resource locators is important for the connection between the data and the services that provide access to them or for providing additional information concerning the resource. The [Regulation 1205/2008], Part B, 1.4 describes an element intended for describing this information: 1.4. Resource locator The resource locator defines the link(s) to the resource and/or the link to additional information about the resource. The value domain of this metadata element is a character string, commonly expressed as uniform resource locator (URL). The multiplicity of this element as defined in [Regulation 1205/2008], Part C, Table 1 is zero or more, and it is "mandatory if a URL is available to obtain more information on the resource, and/or access related services." TG Requirement 1.8: metadata/2.0/req/datasets-and-series/resource-locator A Resource locator linking to the service(s) providing online access to the described data set or data set series shall be given, if such online access is available. If no online access for the data set or data set series is available, but there is a publicly available online resource providing additional information about the described data set or data set series, the URL pointing to this resource shall be given instead. These links shall be encoded using gmd:transferOptions/gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions/gmd:onLine/gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd: linkage/gmd:URL element. The multiplicity of this element is 0..n. A Resource Locator encoded using the gmd:CI_OnlineResource element may also include gmd:name, gmd:description, and gmd:function properties.
Example 3.9: Topic category element with enumeration value "environment". Distribution info section The metadata elements described in this section are contained within the gmd:distributionInfo/gmd:MD_Distribution child element of gmd:MD_Metadata element. Resource locator for data set or series The Resource Locator is the ‘navigation section’ of a metadata record which point users to the location (URL) where the data can be downloaded, or to where additional information about the resource may be provided. Setting up the correct resource locators is important for the connection between the data and the services that provide access to them or for providing additional information concerning the resource. The [Regulation 1205/2008], Part B, 1.4 describes an element intended for describing this information: 1.4. Resource locator The resource locator defines the link(s) to the resource and/or the link to additional information about the resource. The value domain of this metadata element is a character string, commonly expressed as uniform resource locator (URL). The multiplicity of this element as defined in [Regulation 1205/2008], Part C, Table 1 is zero or more, and it is "mandatory if a URL is available to obtain more information on the resource, and/or access related services." TG Requirement 1.8: metadata/2.0/req/datasets-and-series/resource-locator A Resource locator linking to the service(s) providing online access to the described data set or data set series shall be given, if such online access is available. If no online access for the data set or data set series is available, but there is a publicly available online resource providing additional information about the described data set or data set series, the URL pointing to this resource shall be given instead. These links shall be encoded using gmd:transferOptions/gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions/gmd:onLine/gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd: linkage/gmd:URL element. The multiplicity of this element is 0..n. A Resource Locator encoded using the gmd:CI_OnlineResource element may also include gmd:name, gmd:description, and gmd:function properties.
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