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gco:Character String
gmd:otherConstraints gmd:MD_LegalConstraints
gmd:resourceConstraints
6.1 The Red Lock Symbol
One could simply conclude that the red lock symbol indicates Access Control, which is quite right even though the mouse over help reads “with authentication”. From the ISO
metadata document, the following snippet must have triggered that symbol:
gmd:MD_RestrictionCode codeList
= ...ML_gmxCodelists.xmlMD_RestrictionCode
codeListValue =
otherRestrictions otherRestrictions
gmd:MD_RestrictionCode
This construct helps to visualize a “red lock” but as there is no semantics to explain what a user must do or a developer must implement to overcome the security constraint, this
XML element has not enough information. One could link the next XML element even though the name is very general “otherConstraints” with the “otherRestriction”:
gmd:otherConstraints gco:CharacterString
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erhalten Sie über den Kundenservice. Informationen zu den Preisen des Dienstes entnehmen Sie der Preisliste unter https:geoportal.bayern.degeodatenonlineseitenpreise. Es
gelten die Nutzungsbedingungen der Bayerischen Vermessungsverwaltung https:geoportal.bayern.degeodatenonlineseitennutzungsbedingungen.
gco:CharacterS tring
gmd:otherConstraints
The obvious limitation is that in an international ISO metadata document, you find German text explaining that you need an account with them, which will require a fee
according to their terms of use and fees. A non-German speaker would have difficulty understanding what the issue is. Therefore, this approach is incomplete and lacks in
interoperability.
6.2 The
€ Symbol
This symbol clearly implies that you need to pay money to use the service. Or is the fee for obtaining the actual map? From the ISO metadata document, the following snippet
might have triggered that symbol:
gmd:distributionOrderProcess gmd:MD_StandardOrderProcess
gmd:fees gco:CharacterString
geldleistungspflichtig
gco:CharacterString gmd:fees
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gmd:MD_StandardOrderProcess gmd:distributionOrderProcess
Or, maybe this XML snippet:
gmd:useConstraints gmd:MD_RestrictionCode
codeList =
...ML_gmxCodelists.xmlMD_RestrictionCode codeListValue
= license
license gmd:MD_RestrictionCode
gmd:useConstraints
Similar to the description of “otherRestrictions”, there is no fine-grained semantics with this element. But assuming that the previous XML element in the metadata is linked even
tough the element name reads “useLimitation” and not “fee”, we get some semantics:
gmd:useLimitation gco:CharacterString
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den Kundenservice. Informationen zu den Preisen des Dienstes entnehmen Sie der Preisliste unter https:geoportal.bayern.degeodatenonlineseitenpreise. Es gelten die
Nutzungsbedingungen der Bayerischen Vermessungsverwaltung https:geoportal.bayern.degeodatenonlineseitennutzungsbedingungen.
gco:CharacterS tring
gmd:useLimitation
The provided text response is written in German again and does not really explain to the user what the fee is. As for the “Red Lock”, this approach seem incomplete with a
lack of interoperability.
6.3 The CC Symbol
