Creating Metadata
In the root of the repository, you need to create a metadata file defining the information about the repository and the collections inside the repository.
The metadata file (metadata.ini) needs to have general section
with this information:
| Name | Status | Description |
| collection | Required | List of the collection register name separated by comma (This has to match with the directory name of the collection) |
For each collection, you need to also define its metadata. The section must be named by its register name defined in the general section. This is the contents of the collection section:
| Name | Status | Description |
| name | Required | The name of the collection that will be shown |
| author | Required | Author’s name |
| Required | Author’s email | |
| tags | Required | List of tags separated by comma |
| description | Required | Additional information describing the collection |
| preview | Optional | List of preview images relative to the collection root separated by comma |
| qgis_minimum_version | Optional | Dotted notation of minimum QGIS version. If not specified, the minimum version will be 2.0 |
| qgis_maximum_version | Optional | Dotted notation of maximum QGIS version. If not specified, the maxium version will be 3.99 |
| license | Optional | The license of the collection e.g GNU GPL |
| license_file | Optional | License file path relative to the collection root |
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 protected]
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=image/osm_spatialite_googlemaps.png, image/osm_spatialite_googlemaps_lines.png
qgis_minimum_version=2.0
qgis_maximum_version=2.99
[flowmap]
name=Flowmap
author=Anita Graser
[email protected]
tags=flows, arrows
description=The collection contains styles for flow maps
preview=preview/preview.png
qgis_minimum_version=2.0
qgis_maximum_version=2.99