FAIRsharing record for: World Meteorological Organization Core Metadata Profile Version 2

This FAIRsharing record describes: The WMO Core Metadata Profile (WCMP) standard (Version 2) is an extension of the International Standard OGC API - Records - Part 1: Core. This document defines the content, structure, and encoding of discovery metadata published as part of the WIS2 Global Discovery Catalogue (GDC). WCMP Version 2 discovery metadata records shall be encoded as GeoJSON as defined in OGC API - Records - Part 1: Core.

The primary purpose of WCMP is to describe datasets. While WCMP can describe any resource (datasets, APIs and data reduction services, processes, analytics, etc.), the key component for international data exchange is data. Services and APIs operating on resources may be represented as part of their own metadata or associated through WCMP links.

WCMP discovery metadata record provides descriptions at the granularity level of a dataset. Station, instrument and observation metadata are supported by the WIGOS Metadata Standard (WMO-No. 1192).

Please note that the large number of changes between the previous and this version (e.g. implementation of ISO 19115:2003 in version 1 and OGC API Records: Part 1 - Core) have necessitated two separate records to make it clear which standard is being used.