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Quality" tab

The "Quality" tab specifies the specifications used to collect and control the data, as well as the results of topological consistency tests;

Unit edition - Quality

Compliance with specifications

Definition Indicates whether the dataset complies with the technical specifications that governed its production
Indications Specifications can be one of the official standards (Covadis, CNIG, INSPIRE...) or a set of specific technical requirements (CCTP, CCAP...). It is therefore necessary to indicate which specification the data is linked to, and whether or not it conforms to it.
Conformity is a declaration that is the sole responsibility of the producer, and there are no plans to control this declaration in France.
A data item may meet one or more specifications (INSPIRE and CNIG, for example).
Example INSPIRE Guide to Geographic Mesh Systems - Compliant
INSPIRE requirement Mandatory
Batch editing Yes, incremental
Scan No
Search engine No
Resource sheet No
Service sheet Yes

Topological consistency

Definition Description of the strictly technical quality of the data
Indications Describe the measurements taken and the qualitative and quantitative results obtained. Even if this information only concerns data in the Hydrography, Transportation and Utilities themes, it is a guarantee of cataloguing quality.
Example Simple topology.
The geometry, taken from the unified database, is simplified by deleting and distributing intermediate points.

The properties of this "generalization" operation are as follows:
- The topology and neighborhood relationships between communes, cantons, arrondissements and départements are preserved;
- The vertices of the graph of communal, cantonal, arrondissement and département boundaries are not moved;
- Between a generalized boundary of the "LIMITES" classes (communal, cantonal, arrondissement and département) and its non-generalized counterpart in the unified database, the maximum distance is 1000 meters.
INSPIRE requirement Mandatory only for INSPIRE data in the Hydrography and Transportation Networks and Utilities themes.
Batch editing Yes, by crushing
Scan No
Search engine No
Resource sheet No
Service sheet No