A technical resource for automating license tracking, metadata generation, catalog synchronization, and compliance validation for spatial datasets.
Built for GIS data managers, open-source maintainers, Python automation builders, and government technology teams, this hub treats licensing and metadata as first-class pipeline artifacts rather than manual paperwork. Each guide pairs the standards — ISO 19115, FGDC, DCAT-AP, STAC — with production-ready patterns you can drop into real workflows.
Explore three deeply linked pillars covering licensing fundamentals, automated metadata generation, and CI/CD validation, complete with copy-ready Python, runnable YAML, and diagrams of the pipelines involved.
The hub is organized into three pillars. Each pillar links to focused sub-topics and hands-on deep dives.
Generate ISO 19115, FGDC, and DCAT-AP metadata programmatically, with schema cross-walks and validation built into your pipelines.
Enforce metadata quality and policy gates in CI, lint spatial schemas on every pull request, and keep catalogs audit-ready.
Track license obligations across open, commercial, and government datasets, and turn legal terms into repeatable engineering checks.