Data Identification

The following metadata elements are applicable to all resources except services.

Identifier	Title / Description	Value Domain	Card	Condition	Guidelines	Example
RSDLOC [DMF/Core]	Resource Default Locale The default locale used within the resource.	Locale	1	RSDLOC.identifier is never set	Fixed value  It may be defaulted to the metadata default locale.	eng
RSTLOC [DMF/Core]	Resource Other Locale The other locale(s) used within the resource.	Locale	0..*	RSTLOC.identifier is never set		swe
DGITYP [DMF/Core]	Geospatial Information Type Information about the type of geospatial information provided by the resource.	Geospatial Information Type Codelist	0..1		Not applicable to non-geographic data.	vector2D
RSGFLV [DMF/Core]	Resource Georeferencing Level Level of georeferencing of the resource.	Geopositioning Level Codelist	0..1	Mandatory for DMF/Sensor	Not applicable to non-geographic data	georeferenceable
RSPREF [DMF/Core]	Resource Representation Form This metadata element defines whether the resource is analogue or digital.	Representation Form Codelist	0..1			analogue
RSDTLVL [DMF/Defence]	Resource Data Level The Resource Data Level is a method of categorizing resolution bands of digital geospatial information (including imagery) by equivalence to paper map scales.	String	0..1		Not applicable to non-geographic data. List of available levels should be documented.	L0
RSTHEME [DMF/Core]	Resource Theme Theme provides more precise thematic information enabling discovery of data.	Thematic Codelist	0..*			AgriculturalBuildingsStructures, AnimalLivestockFeatures, AquacultureFishingFeatures, CropLand
RSSERI [DMF/Core]	Name of Resource Series When the resource pertains to a series, this is the name of the series.	String	0..1	This metadata element is not applicable to series and services.	Strongly recommended for products which belong to a series.	U713
RSSHNA [DMF/Core]	Resource Sheet Name When the resource pertains to a series, this is the name or identifier of the resource as part of the series. The term “Sheet Name” is used by analogy with map series and map sheets, but it is applicable to other types of data.	String	0..1	This metadata element is not applicable to series and services	Strongly recommended for maps and charts which have a sheet name.
RSENVD [DMF/Data]	Resource Environment Description This element is provided in order to give information about the producer’s processing environment, including items such as the software, the computer operating system, file name, and the dataset size.	Free Text	0..1			This file was produced using XXX system.
RSREM [DMF/Common]	Resource Remark Any remark about the resource.	Free Text	0..1
RSFMT [DMF/Data]	Resource Format This is the description of the computer language construct that specifies the representation of data objects in the producer system (native format of the resource).	Format	0..1	This element should only be used if different from the Resource Distribution Format.	This element may be used to evaluate the impact of the transformation of the data from the Resource Format to the Resource Distribution Format. Although the Resource Distribution Format is in the Core metadata class, the Resource Format stands in the Data metadata class.

DMF/Core	DMF/Core defines the minimum set of metadata elements to be implemented by any metadata catalogue. This set satisfies the discovery use case.
DMF/Common	DMF/Common is an additional set of metadata elements for a more complete description of any type of resource supported by DMF. It extends DMF/Core and covers discovery and basic evaluation use cases.
DMF/Data	DMF/Data extends DMF/Common for data related resources (i.e. dataset, series and tile). DMF/Data adds metadata elements for evaluation and use.
DMF/Defence	DMF/Defence extends DMF/Core or DMF/Common for military oriented needs including NATO needs (extensions defined in NGMP, particularly security). It is needed to handle metadata to be exchanged with NATO in conformance with NGMP. DMF/Defence can be implemented with DMF/Core and possibly any other metadata class.