Development and deployment of a services catalog in compliance with the INSPIRE metadata implementing rules

In order to facilitate the availability of and access to spatial data, Spatial Data Infrastructures must set up a series of services to be reused by their community of users in the construction of different applications and value-added services. One of the key elements to exploit the resources provided by these infrastructures is to facilitate a catalog of services describing the features of the services offered to their users. This article presents the development and deployment of a services catalog within the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain, a catalog in compliance with the INSPIRE implementing rules.