ISO 19115-1:2014通过元数据定义描述地理信息和服务所需的模式。它提供有关数字地理数据和服务的识别，范围，质量，空间和时间方面，内容，空间参考，描绘，分布和其他属性的信息。 ISO 19115-1:2014适用于: - 对所有类型的资源进行编目，清算活动以及数据集和服务的全面描述; 地理服务，地理数据集，数据集系列以及个别地理特征和特征属性。 4568ISO 19115-1:2014定义: 授权和条件元数据部分，元数据实体和元数据元素; - 为大多数元数据应用程序（数据发现，确定数据适用性，数据访问，数据传输和使用数字数据和服务）所需的最小元数据集; - 可选择的元数据元素，以便在需要时能够对资源进行更广泛的标准描述; - 一种用于扩展元数据以适应特定需求的方法。 虽然ISO 19115-1:2014适用于数字数据和服务，但其原则可以扩展到许多其他类型的资源，如地图，图表和文本文档以及非地理

ISO 19115-1:2014 defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services by means of metadata. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal aspects, the content, the spatial reference, the portrayal, distribution, and other properties of digital geographic data and services. ISO 19115-1:2014 is applicable to: -the cataloguing of all types of resources, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets and services; -geographic services, geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. ISO 19115-1:2014 defines: -mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; -the minimum set of metadata required to serve most metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data and services); -optional metadata elements to allow for a more extensive standard description of resources, if required; -a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. Though ISO 19115-1:2014 is applicable to digital data and services, its principles can be extended to many other types of resources such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as non-geographic data. Certain conditional metadata elements might not apply to these other forms of data.