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Advanced" tab

The "Advanced" tab lets you specify the format, format version and character encoding of the data.

Unit editing - Advanced

Resource type

Definition Resource type
Indications This indicates whether it is a dataset or a set of data. In Isogeo, models are clearly differentiated when the metadata record is created (manually or automatically).
INSPIRE requirement Mandatory
Batch editing Yes, by crushing
Scan Yes
Search engine Filters
Resource sheet No
Service sheet No

Format

Definition Computer format
Indications This list is restricted to formats automatically recognized by Isogeo.
For service metadata, the list is that of the 6 recognized protocols (WMS, WFS, WMTS, Esri Feature, Esri Map, Esri Tiled Map).
For resource metadata, the list is free.
Example Shapefile
Version 1.0

WMS
1.3.0

Microsoft Word
2013
INSPIRE requirement Mandatory
Batch editing Yes, by crushing
Scan Yes (not the version)
Search engine Filters (except for free-format resource sheets, which are only included in the text search)
Resource sheet Yes, free list
Service sheet Yes, specific list of recognized OGC and Esri formats

Encoding

Definition Encoding the characters in the dataset
Indications Encoding defines how characters are encoded, and is often linked to the operating system and software used. For example, if you create your data with ArcGIS on Windows, the encoding is (very) likely to be Windows-1252, which is a variation ofISO 8859-1.
Example UTF-8
INSPIRE requirement Mandatory, if the encoding used is not based on utf-8
Batch editing Yes, by crushing
Scan No
Search engine No
Resource sheet No
Service sheet No