PYCSW services

Within Open Data Bizkaia, an OGC PYCSW (Catalogue Service for the Web) 2.0.2 server has been set up, allowing users to consult geospatial metadata from datasets published on the portal that comply with INSPIRE regulations.

What is PYCSW for

• Used to publish geospatial metadata catalogues.
• Enables interoperability with other platforms that use OGC standards (such as GeoNetwork, CKAN, QGIS, etc.).
• Facilitate the search, discovery and access to geospatial data.

Main services offered by PYCSW

• GetCapabilities: to obtain server capabilities.
• DescribeRecord: describes the supported metadata schemas.
• GetRecords: consult metadata records.
• GetRecordByld: obtains a specific record by its ID.
• GetDomain: checks the possible values for a field.

Examples of how each of these services is used

• GetCapabilities query

https://www.opendatabizkaia.eus/pycsw/pycsw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetCapabilities

• DescribeRecord query

https://www.opendatabizkaia.eus/pycsw/pycsw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=DescribeRecord&typeName=csw:Record

• GetRecords query

https://www.opendatabizkaia.eus/pycsw/pycsw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetRecords&typeNames=csw:Record&elementSetName=summary&resultType=results

• GetRecordByld query

https://www.opendatabizkaia.eus/pycsw/pycsw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetRecordById&id=ES.BFA-DFB.AGYGA.MontesPublicos.1&outputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&ElementSetName=full

• GetDomain query

https://www.opendatabizkaia.eus/pycsw/pycsw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetDomain&PropertyName=dc:subject

Further information can be found at the following link: https://external.ogc.org/twiki_public/pub/ILAFpublic/ListaEstandaresOGC/CSW_2.0.2.pdf