#A.11.IR10.IR11.ds.topic
Purpose: If the type of the resource is dataset or series, at least one Topic category describing the category of the resource must be given.
Prerequisites
- A.01.validate must be passed
Test method
The test first checks if at least one element of type topicCategory is given. If so, the following conditions are checked for all topic categories:
- The topic category is of type MD_TopicCategoryCode
- The element gmd:MD_TopicCategoryCode contains text that equals one of the categories given in B.5.27 of ISO 19115. The value saved in the XML metadata element shall be a language neutral name.
If the type of the resource was not dataset or series, this test is omitted.
Reference(s)
- TG MD, 2.3.1, Req 10 & 11
- IR MD Part B. 2.1
- B.5.27 of ISO 19115
Test type: Automated
Notes
##Contextual XPath references
The namespace prefixes used as described in README.md.
| Abbreviation | XPath expression (relative to gmd:MD_Metadata) |
|---|---|
| topicCategory | ./gmd:identificationInfo[1]/*/gmd:topicCategory |