BfG Metadata Catalogue
A metadata catalogue provided by the Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (Federal Institute of Hydrology) in Germany, covering water and geospatial environmental data. Metadata records are exchanged via an OGC Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) interface, version 2.0, allowing structured discovery and access to dataset descriptions. The service supports ISO standards 19115, 19119 and 19139, ensuring compatibility with the German and European geospatial data infrastructure (INSPIRE). It enables users and systems to search, browse, and retrieve standardized metadata about hydrological and environmental datasets held by the institute, facilitating interoperability across national and European spatial data services.Metadata catalogue of the Federal Institute of Hydrology. The metadata is exchanged via the Catalog Service Web Interface (CS-W) in version 2.0 specified by the OGC. In order to enable the provision of metadata in accordance with ISO standards 19115, 19119 and 19139, which is used in Germany and re…
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Configuration
- Base URL
- https://geoportal.bafg.de/csw/api?request=GetCapabilities&service=CSW
Query examples
curl -s 'https://geoportal.bafg.de/csw/api?request=GetCapabilities&service=CSW' -H 'Accept: application/json'Base API endpoint — see the documentation for available routes.
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