Overview and Improvements on Portuguese INSPIRE Metadata
Friday, 29 May 2015, 0900 – 1030 hrs

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

This workshop aims to make an overview of the situation on Portuguese metadata regarding the INSPIRE Directive, improve the quality of the Portuguese INSPIRE metadata through the explanation of the problems that exist and where the metadata managers should intervene, transmit new proposals and relevant information, strengthen the metadata managers network through communication between the participants and gather feedback from the network participants. Also some technical notions about metadata and catalogue services will be presented in order to improve the skills and knowledge of the metadata managers.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience is the SNIG/ INSPIRE Portuguese metadata managers network members, especially those who belong to entities with responsibilities in the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive in Portugal.

DETAILED WORKSHOP AGENDA

• INSPIRE metadata state of play;
• Improvements on metadata quality
  • Most common problems;
  • Resolution
• Monitoring and metadata inconsistencies:
  • Most common problems;
  • Evolution of M&R applications
• URI schema for resources identifiers:
  • Schema proposal;
  • Use and applications.
• Thematic profiles:
  • Metadata from INSPIRE thematic specifications;
  • Interest groups thematic profiles.
• Standards and INSPIRE specifications updates;
• Questions and feedback.