Catalogue Service

This standard supports the ability to publish and search collections of descriptive information (metadata) for data, services, and related information objects. They are required to support the discovery and binding to registered information resources within an information community.

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Document title Version OGC Doc No. Type
OGC® Catalogue Services 3.0 – General Model 3.0 12-168r6 IS
OGC® Catalogue Services 3.0 Specification – HTTP Protocol Binding 12-176r7 IS
OGC® Catalogue Services Specification – HTTP protocol binding – Abstract Test Suite 14-014r3 TS
OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification 2.0.2 07-006r1 IS
Revision Notes for Corrigendum for OpenGIS 07-006: Catalogue Services, Version 2.0.2 07-010 ISC
OGC I15 (ISO19115 Metadata) Extension Package of CS-W ebRIM Profile 1.0 13-084r2 ISx
CSW-ebRIM Registry Service – Part 1: ebRIM profile of CSW 07-110r4 IS
CSW-ebRIM Registry Service – Part 2: Basic extension package 07-144r4 IS
CSW-ebRIM Registry Service – Part 3: Abstract Test Suite 08-103r2 TS
OpenGIS® Catalogue Services Specification 2.0.2 – ISO Metadata Application Profile: Corrigendum 07-045r2 ISC
OpenGIS® Catalogue Services Specification 2.0.2 – ISO Metadata Application Profile: Corrigendum 07-045r1 ISC
OpenGIS Catalogue Services Specification 2.0.2 – ISO Metadata Application Profile 07-045 SAP
FGDC CSDGM Application Profile for CSW 2.0 06-129r1 BP
OGC® Catalogue Services Standard 2.0 Extension Package for ebRIM Application Profile: Earth Observation Products 1.0.0 06-131r6 IS
GML 3.1.1 Application Schema for EO products 06-080r4 SAP

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2013-11-01
The OGC requests comment on the candidate “I15” standard providing ebRIM extension to OGC Catalog Services Interface Standard

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2013-06-17
The OGC wins Sensor Magazine’s Best of Sensors Gold Application Award 

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Overview

Catalogue services support the ability to publish and search collections of descriptive information (metadata) for data, services, and related information objects. Metadata in catalogues represent resource characteristics that can be queried and presented for evaluation and further processing by both humans and software. Catalogue services are required to support the discovery and binding to registered information resources within an information community.

OGC Catalogue interface standards specify the interfaces, bindings, and a framework for defining application profiles required to publish and access digital catalogues of metadata for geospatial data, services, and related resource information. Metadata act as generalised properties that can be queried and returned through catalogue services for resource evaluation and, in many cases, invocation or retrieval of the referenced resource. Catalogue services support the use of one of several identified query languages to find and return results using well-known content models (metadata schemas) and encodings.