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WMO Core Profile

WMO Core Profile. of the ISO 19115 Metadata Standard Steve Foreman Chair IPET-Metadata Implementation. Contents. Data challenges facing meteorology What is “metadata”? WMO approach to metadata Implementation of the Profile. Data Challenges. Regional Associations. R.A. VI Europe

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WMO Core Profile

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  1. WMO Core Profile of the ISO 19115 Metadata Standard Steve Foreman Chair IPET-Metadata Implementation

  2. Contents • Data challenges facing meteorology • What is “metadata”? • WMO approach to metadata • Implementation of the Profile Meeting Name

  3. Data Challenges

  4. Regional Associations R.A. VI Europe (49 Members) R.A. IV North America, Central America And the Caribbean (25 Members) R.A. II Asia (35 Members) R.A. I Africa (56 Members) R.A. V South-West Pacific (22 Members) R.A.III South America (13 Members) Challenges facing WMO Meeting Name

  5. Technical Commissions • Basic Commissions • Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) • Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observations (CIMO) • Commission for Hydrology (CHy) • Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) • Applications Commissions • Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM) • Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) • JointWMO/IOC technicalCommission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) • Commission for Climatology (CCl) Challenges for WMO Meeting Name

  6. What is metadata? • In this context it is not • the conditions at an observing site • although • these can be described by metadata Meeting Name

  7. WMO Approach

  8. WMO Core metadata Temperature in Sweden? Discover Stockholm, please Select Retrieve Meeting Name

  9. WMO approach to metadata • Build on existing standards • WMO • GRIB and BUFR definitions • ISO • 191xx series • Geographic metadata (19115)  • XML representation (19139)  • Open Geospatial Consortium • Catalog service ? Meeting Name

  10. WMO Core Profile • Core metadata: • subset of full standard • most appropriate elements for field • some extensions to cover specific needs Meeting Name

  11. Profile - topics Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  12. Profile – Metadata Identifier for metadata Date metadata created Language & character set of metadata Metadata standard used Co-ordinate systems used in metadata Metadata record Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  13. Abstract Topic Keywords (used to list parameters) Area and time covered by data Language of data Reference (eg URL) Point of contact How to get data – format, who to ask Profile - Data Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  14. Profile - Usage Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Permitted use (eg essential or additional data) Time constraints (eg TAF validity) Security Usage Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  15. Profile - Quality Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Processing done on data High level quality assessment of data Quality Meeting Name

  16. Multiple Languages Meeting Name

  17. Implementation of Profile

  18. Profile - implementations Meeting Name

  19. Future

  20. WMO Profile Future • Features & Coverages • describe relationships 211620Z EGLL EGLL 211620Z 19007KT 170V230 9999 FEW038 BKN060 20/11 Q1020 NOSIG Meeting Name

  21. Summary

  22. Summary • Needed to make more use of data • Profile based on ISO standard • Version 1 for discovery • Later versions • more detail • services Meeting Name

  23. Questions?

  24. Profile – Metadata Identifier for metadata Date metadata created Language & character set of metadata Metadata standard used Co-ordinate systems used in metadata Metadata record Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  25. Abstract Topic Keywords (used to list parameters) Area and time covered by data Language of data Reference (eg URL) Point of contact How to get data – format, who to ask Profile - Data Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  26. Profile - Usage Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Permitted use (eg essential or additional data) Time constraints (eg TAF validity) Security Usage Quality Quality assurance information Meeting Name

  27. Profile - Quality Metadata record Description of the metadata record for the dataset Data Description of the dataset itself WMO Core Profile Usage Restrictions on how the data can be used Processing done on data High level quality assessment of data Quality Meeting Name

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