WMO Core Metadata Profile 2 (WCMP2) Schema Reference

This documentation focuses on the draft WMO Core Metadata Profile based schema enhancements in pygeometa.

Sections

identification

Property Name	Mandatory/Optional	Description	Example	Reference
wmo_data_policy	Mandatory	WMO data policy as per Resolution 1 (Cg-Ext(2021) (core or recommended)	core	WMO Core Metadata Profile 2, clause 7

identification.keywords

pygeometa WCMP2 support includes the following keywords sections.

• earth-system-discipline: Earth system categories as defined by the WMO Unified Data Policy, Resolution 1 (Cg-Ext(2021), Annex 1.

Ensure that vocabulary.url is set to https://github.com/wmo-im/wis2-topic-hierarchy/blob/main/topic-hierarchy/earth-system-discipline.csv).

Validation

WMO Core Metadata Profile output can be validated using the pywcmp tool.