1.3.5 ServiceProvider section contents
The ServiceProvider section of a service metadata document contains metadata about the organization operating this server. The contents and organization of this section should be
the same for all OWSs. The ServiceProvider section shall include the parameters and parts describe in Figure 3 and specified in Table 10.
NOTE If a specific OWS adds contents to this ServiceProvider section, that addition should be
considered in a future version of this OWS Common Specification.
ServiceProvider + providerName : CharacterString
ResponsibleParty + individualName [0..1] : CharacterString
+ positionName [0..1] : CharacterString + role [0..1] : CodeType
from ISO 19115
DataType 0..1
1 +serviceContact
0..1 1
Address + deliveryPoint [0..] : CharacterString
+ city [0..1] : CharacterString + administrativeArea [0..1] : CharacterString
+ postalCode [0..] : CharcterString
+ country [0..] : CharcterString + electronicMailAddress [0..] : CharcterString
from ISO 19115
DataType
Telephone + voice [0..] : CharcterString
+ facsimile [0..] : CharcterString
from ISO 19115
DataType OnlineResource
+ linkage : URL
from ISO 19115
DataType 0..1
1
+providerSite 0..1
1
Contact + hoursOfService [0..1] : CharacterString
+ contactInstructions [0..1] : CharacterString
from ISO 19115
DataType 0..1
1
+contactInfo 0..1
1
0..1 1
+address 0..1
1
0..1 1
+phone 0..1
1 0..1
1 +onlineResource
0..1 1
Figure 3 — ServiceProvider section UML class diagram
Table 10 — Parameters included in ServiceProvider section
Names Definition
Data type Multiplicity and use
providerName ProviderName
Unique identifier for service provider organization
Character string type, not empty
One mandatory providerSite
ProviderSite Reference to the most
relevant web site of the service provider
See CI_OnlineResource class in ISO 19115
Zero or one optional Include when useful
service Contact Service Contact
Information for contacting service provider
See CI_ResponsibleParty and subsidiary classes in
ISO 19115
a
Zero or one optional Include when useful
a The contents of the CI_ResponsibleParty class are modified to omit the optional organizationName attribute
in CI_ContactInfo, since the ProviderName contains this information. The mandatory “role” attribute in the CI_ResponsibleParty class is made optional, since no clear use of this information is known in the ServiceProvider
section. Since all contents of the Service Contact are now optional, the Service Contact is now made optional.
As indicated, the ProviderSite and Service Contact subsections listed in Table 10 shall have contents based on the corresponding classes in ISO 19115: Metadata and OGC
Abstract Specification Topic 11. More detailed information on the contents and uses of all listed parts is provided in the owsServiceProvider.xsd XML Schema Document
referenced in Subclause 7.4.6.
1.3.6 OperationsMetadata section contents
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