Creating metadata

In the root of the repository, there has to be a metadata file describing the repository and its collections.

General

The metadata file (metadata.ini) must have a general section with this information:

Name

Status

Description

collection

Required

Comma separated list of collection names (these have to match the directory names of the collections)

Collection

For each collection, metadata are needed. The section must be named by the name defined in the general section.

This is the contents of the collection section:

Name

Status

Description

author

Required

Author’s name

description

Required

Additional information about the collection

email

Optional

Author’s email

license

Optional

The license of the collection e.g GNU GPL

license_file

Optional

License file (path relative to the collection root)

name

Required

The name of the collection

preview

Optional

Comma separated list of preview images (paths relative to the collection root)

qgis_minimum_version

Optional

Minimum QGIS version. If not specified, the minimum version will be 2.0

qgis_maximum_version

Optional

Maximum QGIS version. If not specified, the maxium version will be 3.99

tags

Required

Comma separated list of tags

Version

Optional

The version of the collection, default is 1.0

This is an example of the metadata.ini file:

[general]
collections=osm_spatialite_googlemaps,flowmap

[osm_spatialite_googlemaps]
name=OSM Spatialite Googlemaps
author=Anita Graser
email=anitagraser@gmx.at
tags=osm,spatialite,google maps,roads
description=The collection contains a complete resources to create a coherent map that looks similar to the old Google Maps style from OSM data in a SpatiaLite database
preview=preview/osm_spatialite_googlemaps.png, preview/osm_spatialite_googlemaps_lines.png
qgis_minimum_version=2.0
qgis_maximum_version=3.99

[flowmap]
name=Flowmap
author=Anita Graser
email=anitagraser@gmx.at
tags=flows, arrows
description=The collection contains styles for flow maps
preview=preview/preview.png
qgis_minimum_version=2.0
qgis_maximum_version=3.99