LegalizeCommission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation sets out the requirements for the establishment and maintenance of the Network Services provided for in Article 11(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC (hereinafter ‘the Network Services’) and obligations related to the availability of those services to the public authorities of the Member States and third parties pursuant to Article 12 of that Directive.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Part A of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 (2) shall apply.
The following definitions shall also apply:
‘initial operating capability’ means the ability of a Network Service to provide full functionality without guaranteeing quality of service in conformity with the rules set out in Annex I to this Regulation or access to the service for all users through the INSPIRE geo-portal;
‘performance’ means the minimal level by which an objective is considered to be attained representing the fact how fast a request can be completed within an INSPIRE Network Service;
‘capacity’ means limit of the number of simultaneous service requests provided with guaranteed performance;
‘availability’ means probability that the Network Service is available;
‘response time’ means the time measured at the Member State service location, in which the service operation returned the first byte of the result;
‘service request’ means a single request to a single operation of an INSPIRE Network Service;
‘INSPIRE metadata element’ means a metadata element set out in Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 or in Part B of Annex V, Part B of Annex VI and Part B of Annex VII to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 (3);
‘publish’ means the operation to insert, delete or update INSPIRE metadata elements of resources in the Discovery Service;
‘natural language’ means a language that is spoken, written, or signed by humans for general-purpose communication;
‘collect’ means an operation to pull INSPIRE metadata elements of resources from a source Discovery Service and to allow to create, delete or update the metadata of these resources in the target Discovery Service;
‘layer’ means a basic unit of geographic information that may be requested as a map from a server in accordance with EN ISO 19128;
‘Direct Access Download’ means a Download Service which provides access to the Spatial Objects in Spatial Data Sets based upon a query.
Article 3
Requirements for Network Services
The Network Services shall be in conformity with the requirements concerning the quality of services set out in Annex I.
In addition, each type of the Network Services shall be in conformity with the following:
(a) as concerns the Discovery Services, the specific requirements and characteristics set out in Annex II;
(b) as concerns the View Services, the specific requirements and characteristics set out in Annex III;
(c) as concerns the Download Services, the applicable specific requirements and characteristics set out in Annexes I and IV;
(d) as concerns the Transformation Services, the applicable specific requirements and characteristics set out in Annexes I and V.
Article 4
Access to the Network Services
Article 5
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
QUALITY OF SERVICE
Third party network services linked pursuant to Article 12 of Directive 2007/2/EC shall not be taken into account in the quality of service appraisal to avoid any deterioration which may result from cascading effects.
The following Quality of Service criteria relating to performance, capacity and availability shall apply.
1. PERFORMANCE
The normal situation represents periods out of peak load. It is set at 90 % of the time.
The response time for sending the initial response to a discovery service request shall be maximum 3 seconds in normal situation.
For a 470 Kilobytes image (e.g. 800 × 600 pixels with a colour depth of 8 bits), the response time for sending the initial response to a Get Map Request to a view service shall be maximum 5 seconds in normal situation.
For the Get Download Service Metadata operation, the response time for sending the initial response shall be maximum 10 seconds in normal situation.
For the Get Spatial Data Set operation and for the Get Spatial Object operation, and for a query consisting exclusively of a bounding box, the response time for sending the initial response shall be maximum 30 seconds in normal situation then, and still in normal situation, the download service shall maintain a sustained response greater than 0,5 Megabytes per second or greater than 500 Spatial Objects per second.
For the Describe Spatial Data Set operation and for the Describe Spatial Object Type operation, the response time for sending the initial response shall be maximum 10 seconds in normal situation then, and still in normal situation, the download service shall maintain a sustained response greater than 0,5 Megabytes per second or greater than 500 descriptions of Spatial Objects per second.
2. CAPACITY
The minimum number of simultaneous requests to a discovery service to be served in accordance with the quality of service performance criteria shall be 30 per second.
The minimum number of simultaneous service requests to a view service to be served in accordance with the quality of service performance criteria shall be 20 per second.
The minimum number of simultaneous requests to a download service to be served in accordance with the quality of service performance criteria shall be 10 requests per second. The number of requests processed in parallel may be limited to 50.
The minimum number of simultaneous requests to a transformation service to be served in accordance with the quality of service performance criteria shall be 5 requests per second.
3. AVAILABILITY
The probability of a network service to be available shall be 99 % of the time.
ANNEX II
DISCOVERY SERVICES
PART A
Search criteria
In order to be in conformity with the minimum set of search criteria set out in Article 11(2) of Directive 2007/2/EC, the Discovery Service shall support searching with the INSPIRE metadata elements listed in Table 1 of this Annex.
| Minimum search criteria | INSPIRE metadata elements |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Keyword |
| Classification of spatial data and services (For spatial data sets and spatial data set series) | Topic category |
| Classification of spatial data and services (For spatial data services) | Spatial data service type |
| The quality and validity of spatial data sets | Lineage |
| The quality and validity of spatial data sets | Spatial resolution |
| Degree of conformity with the implementing rules provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC | Specification |
| Degree of conformity with the implementing rules provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC | Degree |
| Geographical location | Geographic bounding box |
| Conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services | Conditions applying to access and use |
| Conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services | Limitations on public access |
| The public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services | Responsible party |
| The public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services | Responsible party role |
The following INSPIRE metadata elements or set of elements shall be also available as search criteria:
(a) Resource Title;
(b) Resource Abstract;
(c) Resource type;
(d) Unique Resource Identifier;
(e) Temporal Reference.
To allow for discovering resources through a combination of search criteria, logical and comparison operators shall be supported.
To allow for discovering resources based on the geographic location of the resource, the spatial operator listed in Table 2 shall be supported.
| Operator Name | Property |
|---|---|
| Intersects | Requires the geographic bounding box INSPIRE metadata element to intersect a defined area of interest |
PART B
Operations
In order to be in conformity with Article 11(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC, the Discovery Service shall provide the operations listed in Table 3 of this Annex.
| Operation | Role |
|---|---|
| Get Discovery Service Metadata | Provides all necessary information about the service and describes service capabilities |
| Discover Metadata | The Discover Metadata operation allows requesting INSPIRE metadata elements of resources based on a query statement to be retrieved from the target Discovery Service |
In order to be in conformity with Article 12 of Directive 2007/2/EC, the Discovery Service shall support the operations listed in Table 4 of this Annex.
| Operation | Role |
|---|---|
| Publish Metadata | The Publish Metadata operation allows editing INSPIRE metadata elements of resources in the Discovery Service (push or pull metadata mechanisms). Editing meaning insert, update and delete |
| Link Discovery Service | The Link Discovery Service function allows the declaration of the availability of a Discovery Service for the discovery of resources through the Member State Discovery Service while maintaining the resource metadata at the owner location |
The request and response parameters of each operation complete the description of each operation and form an integral part of the Discovery Service technical specification.
The Get Discovery Service Metadata Request parameter indicates the natural language for the content of the Get Discovery Service Metadata Response
The Get Discovery Service Metadata Response shall contain the following sets of parameters:
— Discovery Service Metadata,
— Operations Metadata,
— Languages.
The Discovery Service Metadata parameters shall at least contain the INSPIRE metadata elements of the Discovery Service.
The Operations Metadata parameter provides metadata about the operations implemented by the Discovery Service. These metadata parameters shall describe each operation. It shall at least provide the following:
indicate for the Publish Metadata if the Pull Mechanism, the Push Mechanism or both are available;
describe each operation, including as a minimum a description of the data exchanged and the network address.
Two language parameters shall be provided:
— the Response Language parameter indicating the natural language used in the Get Discovery Service Metadata Response parameters,
— the Supported Languages parameter containing the list of the natural languages supported by the Discovery Service.
This Discovery Metadata Request contains the following parameters:
— Language,
— Query.
The Language parameter indicates the natural language requested for the content of the Discover Metadata Response.
The Query parameter shall contain the combination of search criteria as specified in part A.
The Discover Metadata Response parameter shall contain at least the INSPIRE metadata elements of each resource matching the query.
The Publish Metadata function enables the publication of the INSPIRE metadata elements of resources at the Discovery Service. Two alternatives are:
— Push Mechanism: allowing editing of the INSPIRE metadata elements of resources accessible from the Discovery Service,
— Pull Mechanism: allows the Member State Discovery Service to pull INSPIRE metadata elements of resources from a remote location.
At least one of the above alternatives shall be supported.
The Edit Metadata Request parameter provides all information requested for INSPIRE metadata elements of resources to be inserted, updated or deleted at the Discovery Service.
The Collect Metadata Request parameter provides all information about the remote location required to retrieve the available metadata of resources. It shall include as a minimum the INSPIRE metadata elements of the dedicated spatial data service.
The Link Discovery Service operation allows the declaration of the availability of a Discovery Service compliant with this Regulation, for the discovery of resources through the Member State Discovery Service while maintaining the resource metadata at the owner location.
The Link Discovery Service Request parameter shall provide all information about the Public Authority’s or Third Party’s Discovery Service compliant with this Regulation, enabling the Member State Discovery Service to get resources metadata based on a combination of search criteria from the Public Authority’s or Third Party’s Discovery Service and to collate it with other resources metadata.
ANNEX III
VIEW SERVICES
PART A
Operations
In order to be in conformity with Article 11(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC, the View Service shall provide the operations listed in Table 1 of this Annex.
| Operation | Role |
|---|---|
| Get View Service Metadata | Provides all necessary information about the service and describes service capabilities |
| Get Map | Returns a map containing the geographic and thematic information coming from the available spatial datasets. This map is an image spatially referenced |
In order to be in conformity with Article 12 of Directive 2007/2/EC, the view Service shall support the operations listed in Table 2 of this Annex.
| Operation | Role |
|---|---|
| Link View Service | Allows a Public Authority or a Third Party to declare a view Service for the viewing of its resources through the Member State View Service while maintaining the viewing capability at the Public Authority or the Third party location |
The request and response parameters of each operation complete the description of each operation and form an integral part of the View Service technical specification.
The Get View Service Metadata Request parameter indicates the natural language requested for the content of the Get View Service Metadata Response.
The Get View Service Metadata Response shall contain the following set of parameters:
— View Service Metadata,
— Operations Metadata,
— Languages,
— Layers Metadata.
The View Service Metadata parameters shall at least contain the INSPIRE metadata elements of the View Service.
The Operation Metadata parameter describes the operations of the View Service and shall contain as a minimum a description of the data exchanged and the network address of each operation.
Two language parameters shall be provided:
— the Response Language parameter indicating the natural language used in the Get Service Metadata Response parameters,
— the Supported Languages parameter containing the list of the natural languages supported by this view service.
The metadata elements listed in Table 3 shall be provided for each layer.
| Metadata elements | Description |
|---|---|
| Resource Title | The title of the layer, used for human communication, for presentation of the layer, e.g. in a menu |
| Resource Abstract | Layer abstract |
| Keyword | Additional keywords |
| Geographic Bounding Box | The minimum bounding rectangle in all supported Coordinate Reference Systems of the area covered by the layer |
| Unique Resource Identifier | The Unique Resource Identifier of the resource used to create the layer |
The layer specific parameters listed in Table 4 shall be provided for each layer.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Harmonised name of the layer |
| Coordinate Reference Systems | List of Coordinate Reference Systems in which the layer is available |
| Styles | List of the rendering styles available for the layer. |
| A style shall be composed of a title and a unique identifier | |
| Legend URL | Location of the legend for each style, language and dimension pairs |
| Dimension Pairs | Indicates the supported two dimensional axis pairs for multi-dimensional spatial data sets and spatial data sets series |
The Get Map Request parameters listed in Table 5 shall be provided
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