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GEMINI
This information was last updated on 24/10/2007, and is revision number 1.

Type

 Format

Title

 GEMINI

Description

 geospatial discovery and interoperability

Version

 v1.0

Current status

 Full Version (update in progress)

Location

 http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/policydocs/policydocs_list.asp?topic=70&subjecttitle=Metadata

Custodian

 Association of Geographic Information (and Cabinet Office for v1.0 only)

Development

GEMINI Technical Committee with members of AGI and cross-government representation.

License

 Crown copyright

Conforms

 Is a profile of ISO 19115 and e-GMS v3.0. Is compliant with ISO 19106.

How Implemented

· Supports retrieval and meaningful comparison of geographical information

· Provides an extensible profile for local implementers

· Supports management of geospatial datasets

· Promotes reuse of information

· Supports interoperability

· Allows creation of discovery metadata that is compliant and maps to ISO 19115 and e-GMS

· Free software tool, MetaGenie, based on GEMINI helps to create and edit metadata compliant with ISO19115

Benefits

 Information is not centrally recorded.