Why is discovery metadata important? Data can only be useful and used if it can be found.
Why is a metadata standard important? Publishing your metadata in a recognised standard inspires trust, enables new services, and opens up international opportunities.
“GEMINI” is the UK geographic metadata standard. It provides guidance on how to publish geographic metadata in a way that conforms to relevant ISO standards and the UK’s implementation of the European INSPIRE regulations.
UK GEMINI (GEo-spatial Metadata INteroperability Initiative) is a specification for a set of metadata elements for describing geospatial data resources. It has been produced and is maintained by the Standards Committee. It is provided free of charge by the AGI for the benefit of the GI community, under a Creative Commons license.
If you're thinking, "why GEMINI? Why not just use the INSPIRE Metadata guidance or the ISO standards?" Click here for some reasons.
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