SIP Expert Catalogue Management APIs

About the Meta-Data REST API

This is the SIP Expert Catalogue Management API (Meta-Data REST API) of the Spatial Information Platform (SIP) of the SWITCH-ON EU FP7 collaborative project.

Besides the functionalities for providing access to a meta-data catalogue, the SIP Expert Catalogue Management APIs provide advanced functionalities to SIP Expert GUIs for manipulating the meta-data catalogue, including import of meta-data and the (semi-automatic) creation of meta-data from open-data, and advanced functionalities not supported by the catalogue standards. Meta-data are served in accordance with the Standard Information Model of the SIP. The Meta-Data REST API is implemented by SWITCH-ON partner cismet on basis of the cids server components of the cids system a set of web services.

Accessing the Meta-Data REST API

The Meta-Data REST API can be found at
http://tl-243.xtr.deltares.nl/switchon_server_rest/swagger/.

Technical Documentation

Currently, the following technical documentation regarding the SIP Expert API is available:

• Meta-Data API Specification
  This document provides a specification of the available Meta-Data APIs.
• Standard Information Model for Meta-Data
  This document provides a detailed and explanatory description of the Standard Information Model for Meta-Data (SIM) which constitutes an intrinsic part of the Spatial Information Platform (SIP).
• Developer Documentation
  The Developer Documentation wiki of the SIP Expert Catalogue and Data Management GUI (cids-custom-switchon) contains useful information for developers of the SIP as well as for individuals involved in the installation and maintenance of the SIP instances on cismet and deltares servers.

Downloads

Binaries (development builds) and source code are available on the Artifactory and GitHub repositories.

Demo

The following video showcases the features of Meta-Data REST API

Reporting Problems

Please report any problems or bugs related to the SIP Expert Catalogue Management Java API by using the GitHub Issue Tracker.