# Metadata for Resource Distribution (MRD) Version: 1.0

## Description

MRD 1.0 is an XML Schema implementation derived from ISO ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.11. It includes elements specifying how a resource is accessed. 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 mrd 1.0

mrd_invalid.xml mrd_valid.xml

## CodeLists for mrd 1.0

codelists.html codelists.xml

## XML Namespace for mrd 1.0

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

## XML Schema for mrd 1.0

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

NOTE: The XML Schema for mrd 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 mrd 1.0

distribution.xsd implements the UML conceptual schema defined in ISO 19115-1, Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals, Clause 6.5.11. 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_DigitalTransferOptions, MD_Distribution, MD_Distributor, MD_Format, MD_Medium, MD_MediumFormatCode, and MD_StandardOrderProcess

## Related XML Namespaces for mrd 1.0

The mrd 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 mrd 1.0

Schematron rules for validating instance documents of the mrd 1.0 namespace are in mrd.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