CEN/TR 15449-5:2015

Geographic information - Spatial data infrastructures - Part 5: Validation and testing

This part of the Technical Report provides guidance for validation and testing of data, metadata and services, as the main Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) components defined in other parts of CEN/TR 15449.
The guidance is given by means of examples of the validation and testing process required to assure conformance with the requirements existing in the relevant standards and guidelines.

Geoinformationen - Geodateninfrastrukturen - Teil 5: Validierung und Tests

Information géographique - Infrastructure de données spatiales - Partie 5 : Validation et essais

Geografske informacije - Infrastruktura za prostorske podatke - 5. del: Validacija in preskušanje

Ta del tehničnega poročila podaja napotke za validacijo in preskušanje podatkov, metapodatkov in storitev kot glavnih komponent infrastrukture za prostorske podatke, določene v drugih delih standarda CEN/TR 15449.
Napotki so podani s primeri validacijskih in preskusnih postopkov, potrebnih za zagotavljanje skladnosti z obstoječimi zahtevami v ustreznih standardih in smernicah.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2015
• ICS: 07.040 - Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography
• ICS: 35.240.70 - IT applications in science
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 287 - Geographic Information
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 287/WG 5 - Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 01-Apr-2015
• Due Date: 17-Dec-2014
• Completion Date: 01-Apr-2015
• Ref Project: SIST-TP CEN/TR 15449-5:2016 - Geographic information - Spatial data infrastructures - Part 5: Validation and testing

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2016
Geografske informacije - Infrastruktura za prostorske podatke - 5. del: Validacija in
preskušanje
Geographic information - Spatial data infrastructures - Part 5: Validation and testing
Geoinformationen - Geodateninfrastrukturen - Teil 5:Validierung und Tests
Information géographique - Infrastructure de données spatiales - Partie 5 : Validation et
essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TR 15449-5:2015
ICS:
07.040 Astronomija. Geodezija. Astronomy. Geodesy.
Geografija Geography
35.240.70 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in science
znanosti
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL REPORT
CEN/TR 15449-5
RAPPORT TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHER BERICHT
April 2015
ICS 07.040; 35.240.70
English Version
Geographic information - Spatial data infrastructures - Part 5:
Validation and testing
Information géographique - Infrastructure de données
spatiales - Partie 5 : Validation et essais

This Technical Report was approved by CEN on 21 June 2014. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 287.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 7
4 Conformance and testing framework . 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 Structure of the document . 9
5 Metadata validation . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.2 Validation against XML Schema . 10
5.3 Rule-based validation with Schematron . 11
6 Data validation . 11
6.1 General . 11
6.2 Validation against XML Schema . 12
6.3 Rule-based validation with Schematron . 12
6.4 INSPIRE Abstract Test Suite for Annex I, II and III data themes . 12
7 Service validation . 14
7.1 General . 14
7.2 View services . 15
7.2.1 General . 15
7.2.2 WMS . 15
7.2.3 WMTS . 17
7.3 Download services . 17
7.4 Quality of services . 19
Annex A (informative) Examples of validation processes . 21
A.1 Introduction . 21
A.2 Example of web map service validation . 21
A.3 Example of web feature service validation . 23
Annex B (informative) Example validation tools . 45
B.1 Introduction . 45
B.2 Data and metadata validation with Oxygen . 45
B.3 Validation with XMLSpy . 53
B.4 INSPIRE Validator . 56
B.4.1 Introduction . 56
B.4.2 Supported standards and technologies used . 57
B.4.3 Resource validation process . 58
B.5 OGC CITE . 60
B.6 eENVplus validation service . 60
Annex C (informative) Validation of specification encoding . 61
C.1 Introduction . 61
C.2 Validate Schema . 62
C.3 Check transposition of specification . 62
C.4 Check validatability . 62
C.5 Example of validation of specification encoding . 63
C.5.1 General . 63
C.5.2 Validate schema . 63
C.5.3 Check transposition of specification . 64
C.5.4 Check validatability . 69
C.5.5 Example of test suite for metadata rule-based validation . 75
C.5.6 Example of result of validation of the metadata specification encoding . 81
Bibliography . 84

Foreword
This document (CEN/TR 15449-5:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 287
“Geographic information”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Introduction
Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) is a general term for the computerised environment for handling data that
relates to a position on or near the surface of the earth. It may be defined in a range of ways, in different
circumstances, from the local up to the global level.
This Technical Report focuses on the technical aspects of SDIs, thereby limiting the term SDI to mean an
implementation neutral technological infrastructure for geospatial data and services, based upon standards
and specifications. It does not consider an SDI as a carefully designed and dedicated information system;
rather, it is viewed as a collaborative framework of disparate information systems that contain resources that
stakeholders desire to share. The common denominator of SDI resources, which can be data or services, is
their spatial nature. It is understood that the framework is in constant evolution, and that therefore the
requirements for standards and specifications supporting SDI implementations evolve continuously.
SDIs are becoming more and more linked and integrated with systems developed in the context of e-
Government. Important drivers for this evolution are the Digital Agenda for Europe, and related policies (see
Part 1 of this Technical Report). By sharing emerging requirements at an early stage with the standardization
bodies, users of SDIs can help influence the revision of existing or the conception of new standards.
The users of an SDI are considered to be those individuals or organisations that, in the context of their
business processes, need to share and access geo-resources in a meaningful and sustainable way. Based
on platform- and vendor-neutral standards and specifications, an SDI aims at assisting organisations and
individuals in publishing, finding, delivering, and eventually, using geographic information and services over
the internet across borders of information communities in a more cost-effective manner.
Considering the complexity of the subject and the need to capture and formalize different conceptual and
modelling views, CEN/TR 15449 comprises multiple parts. The other parts, published previously, are:
— Part 1: Reference model: This provides a general context model for the other Parts, applying general IT
architecture standards;
— Part 2: Best Practice: This provides best practices guidance for implementing SDI, through the
evaluation of the projects in the frame of the European Union funding programmes.
— Part 3: Data centric view: This addresses the data, which includes application schemas and metadata.
— Part 4: Service centric view: This addresses the concepts of service specifications, the methodology for
developing service specifications through the application of the relevant International Standards, and the
content of such service specifications.
Further parts may be created in the future.
One of the major challenges in the implementation of an SDI is to ensure the conformity of its components
with the requirements specified in the relevant standards and guidelines. This applies to the data
specifications, the derived schemas, the spatial data sets and metadata and the network services. Only if
conformance is ensured, can true interoperability of the harmonized metadata and data by means of network
services be guaranteed. This Part (5) provides guidance for validation and testing of data, metadata and
services, as the main Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) components defined in other parts of this Technical
Report.
The intended readers of this document belong to a range of categories:
— technicians engaged in validation and testing of SDI components, who need to find reference material to
use within the validation and testing processes;
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