INSPIRE metadata configuration using metadata and CSW
The INSPIRE directive requires exposure of fairly complex metadata schemes based on the ISO Metadata Profile. This exposure is supported by the built-in Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) service (can be harvested by GeoNetwork), while the Metadata community module allows adding any amount of customized metadata fields to layers that may be required for your particular case.
Creating all the needed configuration files in both modules can be a tedious task. Therefore we have added this example configuration.
Metadata configuration
Place the following files in the metadata folder:
UI configuration metadata-ui.yaml
Translate keys to labels metadata.properties
Translate keys to Dutch labels metadata_nl.properties
Content for gemet-concept dropdown keyword-gemet-concept.csv
Content for reference-system requirebox keyword-gemet-concept.csv
Content for inspire-theme-label & inspire-theme-ref keyword-inspire-theme.csv
Geonetwork mapping metadata-mapping.yaml
Namespaces for geonetwork mapping metadata-mapping.yaml
Geonetwork endpoints metadata-geonetwork.yaml
Synchronize native fields metadata-native-mapping.yaml
Open any layer: navigate to .
The metadata fields are available in the panel Metadata fields.
You may now add custom metadata to your layers.
CSW configuration
Map metadata attributes to xml MD_Metadata.properties
Map Feature Catalogue attributes to xml FC_FeatureCatalogue.properties
Map Record attributes to xml Record.properties
You may now see your custom metadata exposed by the built-in CSW service:
e.g. https://my.host/geoserver/csw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetRecords&typeNames=gmd:MD_Metadata&resultType=results&elementSetName=full&outputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd.
GeoNetwork configuration
Create a GeoNetwork CSW harvester that points to your to Geoserver’s CSW endpoint:
e.g. https://my.host/geoserver/csw?Service=CSW&Request=Getcapabilities.
You may now start harvesting!