New Zealand Geospatial Metadata Standard (NZGMS)
This geospatial metadata standard has been developed by a cross-agency team led by LINZ to consistently describe geospatial information (GI) across New Zealand government agencies. The initiative builds on e-Government work on the New Zealand Government Locator Service (NZGLS) and Interoperability Framework (e-GIF), which are key components of the e-Government work programme.
Metadata has been identified as an important mechanism for enhancing the knowledge of GI within New Zealand. The standard defines the metadata elements required to support enhanced data discovery and the development of GI access.
The development of the standard draws on experience gained from previous projects such as the Environmental Reporting Programme (Ministry for the Environment) and the Emergency Services and Government Administration project (ESA). It is based on standard ISO 19115, Geographic Information - Metadata, published by the International Organisation for Standardisation.
The latest version of the NZGMS, v1.2, is available in two parts:
- Part one: Revised NZ Geospatial Metadata Profile v1.2 (June 2004) (pdf 1.5MB)
- Part two: Guidelines to using the NZGMS v1.2 (June 2004) (pdf 1.9MB)
Also available for download are a change control of changes made between prior versions and an XML schema definition that describes the NZGMS:
- Change Control (pdf 56KB)
- Highlights changes made between NZGMS v1.0 and v1.1
Two versions of XML schemas for each metadata profile have been formulated, Conformance 1 and Conformance 2. Also available are the relevant codelists. These downloads are available separately or as a bulk set.
- Bulk schema download (zip 239KB)
- Conformance 1 schemas (zip 17KB)
- Includes only the elements prescribed for each profile.
- Conformance 2 schemas (zip 17KB)
- Includes other ISO 19115 metadata elements identified as "optional" or "conditional" in ISO 19115 but not included in the profiles.
- Complete codelists (zip 36KB)
