v.info.iso - GRASS GIS manual

Note: This document is for an older version of GRASS GIS that has been discontinued. You should upgrade, and read the current manual page.

NAME

v.info.iso - Creates metadata based on ISO standard for specified vector map.

KEYWORDS

vector, metadata, iso

SYNOPSIS

v.info.iso

v.info.iso --help

v.info.iso map=name [profile=string] [output=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

--overwrite: Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

map=name [required]: Name of vector map; Or data source for direct OGR access
profile=string: Metadata profile based on ISO; INSPIRE profile is not filled properly (unknown values are filled with '$NULL'); Options: basic, inspire; Default: basic
output=name: Name for output file

DESCRIPTION
NOTES
- Naming of metadata files and storage
- Metadata profile
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

DESCRIPTION

v.info.iso creates metadata of vector maps according to ISO 19115.

The module also allows conversion of metadata from native GRASS GIS format to ISO-based format.

NOTES

For dependencies and installation instructions see wiki page.

Naming of metadata files and storage

Default location for exported metadata files is metadata directory in the map's mapset. If the name for output metadata file is not specified by output option than the name is built from map's type and its name. For raster maps, the prefix derived from the current nomenclature is raster, for vector maps vector. File ends with .xml extension.

For example default metadata file name for raster map "basins" is vector_basins.xml.

Metadata profile

The basic profile is substituted from intersection between items stored in GRASS native metadata format and INSPIRE profile. The intersect (subset) includes all available GRASS metadata. Metadata which cannot be assigned to ISO based attributes are stored in metadata attribute abstract. The inspire profile fulfills the criteria of INSPIRE profile. Values which are not able to get from native GRASS metadata are filled by text string '$NULL'. This rule applies to both profiles.

EXAMPLES

Export metadata using basic profile (default):

v.info.iso map=basins

Export metadata using inspire profile:

v.info.iso map=basins profile=inspire

AUTHOR

Matej Krejci, OSGeoREL at the Czech Technical University in Prague, developed during Google Summer of Code 2014 (mentors: Margherita Di Leo, Martin Landa)

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.info.iso source code (history)

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