# Metadata with Schema Extensions (MEX) Version: 1.0

## Description

MEX 1.0 is an XML Schema implementation derived from ISO ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.12. It includes elements describing extensions to metadata standards. The XML schema was encoded using the rules described in ISO/TS 19139:2007, Clause 8 and implementation approach from ISO/TS19115-3, Clause 8.

## Sample XML files for mex 1.0

mex_invalid.xml mex_valid.xml

## CodeLists for mex 1.0

codelists.html codelists.xml

## XML Namespace for mex 1.0

The namespace URI for mex 1.0 is http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mex/1.0.

## XML Schema for mex 1.0

mex.xsd is the XML Schema document to be referenced by XML documents containing XML elements in the mex 1.0 namespace or by XML Schema documents importing the mex 1.0 namespace. This XML schema includes (indirectly) all the implemented concepts of the mex namespace, but it does not contain the declaration of any types.

NOTE: The XML Schema for mex 1.0 are available here. A zip archive including all the XML Schema Implementations defined in ISO/TS 19115-3 and related standards is also available.

## Related XML Schema for mex 1.0

metadataExtension.xsd implements the UML conceptual schema defined in ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.12. It was created using the encoding rules defined in ISO 19118, ISO 19139, and the implementation approach described in ISO 19115-3 and contains the following classes (codeLists are bold): MD_DatatypeCode, MD_ExtendedElementInformation, MD_MetadataExtensionInformation, and MD_ObligationCode

## Related XML Namespaces for mex 1.0

The mex 1.0 namespace imports these other namespaces:

Name | Standard Prefix | Namespace Location | Schema Location
--- | --- | --- | ---
Geographic COmmon | gco | http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/gco/1.0 | ../../../../19115/-3/gco/1.0/gco.xsd
Metadata Common Classes | mcc | http://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/-3/mcc/1.0 | ../../../../19115/-3/mcc/1.0/mcc.xsd

## Schematron Validation Rules for mex 1.0

Schematron rules for validating instance documents of the mex 1.0 namespace are in mex.sch. Other schematron rule sets that are required for a complete validation are: gco.sch, mcc.sch, and mcc.sch

## Working Versions

When revisions to these schema become necessary, they will be managed in the ISO TC211 Git Repository.

Written by writeHTMLFiles Version: 2015-06-06 at 2015-06-07T12:11:49.406-05:00