Protected Area

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• Purpose and overview

Descriptive dataset

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• Descriptive data - 4th cycle

GWAssociatedProtectedArea

Descriptive table reporting, for each groundwater body, the Protected Areas for which specific water objectives or additional standards have been set, and whether those objectives have been met.

Field	Data type	M	Description
euGroundwaterBodyCode	wiseIdentifier	[1]	Unique European identifier of the groundwater body to which specific objectives, related to an associated protected area, apply.
euProtectedAreaType	ProtectedAreaType	[1]	Type of protected area for which specific objectives may have been set for the groundwater body: ‘shellfishDesignatedWater’ or ‘drinkingWaterProtectionArea’. Specific objectives are only relevant, for groundwater bodies, for these two types of protected area. For Freshwater fish designated waters, the Nitrates Directive and the UWWTD, the WFD good status already integrates the corresponding objectives, so no information is requested for those types.
protectedAreaObjectivesSet	SpecialValue	[1]	Indicates whether specific water objectives or additional standards have been set for the associated protected area. Report only if specific objectives have actually been set for the protected area type reported in euProtectedAreaType. Quality control blocker: euProtectedAreaType = ‘shellfishDesignatedWater’ or ‘drinkingWaterProtectionArea’ combined with protectedAreaObjectivesSet = ‘no’. Valid values: ‘yes’.
protectedAreaObjectivesMet	SpecialValue	[1]	Indicates whether the specific water objectives or additional standards set for the protected area have been met. Quality control blocker: protectedAreaObjectivesSet = ‘yes’ combined with protectedAreaObjectivesMet = ‘inapplicable’. Valid values: ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘unknown’.

Code	Severity	Description
RF200	BLOCKER	A shellfish designated water protected area must exist for the referenced groundwater body.[RF200]
RF201	BLOCKER	A drinking water protection area must exist for the referenced groundwater body. [RF201]
TU28	BLOCKER	Uniqueness and multiplicity constraints - The field euGroundwaterBodyCode is unique within table [TU28]

euGroundwaterBodyCode

Code	Severity	Description
V204	BLOCKER	The value of euGroundWaterBodyCode must follow the syntax of WISE identifiers [V204]
V205	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V205]

euProtectedAreaType

Code	Severity	Description
V200	BLOCKER	euProtectedAreaType must be one of: shellfishDesignatedWater, drinkingWaterProtectionArea [V200]
V206	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V206]
V207	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V207]

protectedAreaObjectivesSet

Code	Severity	Description
R200	BLOCKER	For shellfish designated waters, protectedAreaObjectivesSet cannot be ‘no’. [R200]
R201	BLOCKER	For drinking water protection areas, protectedAreaObjectivesSet cannot be ‘no’. [R201]
R202	BLOCKER	protectedAreaObjectivesMet cannot be ‘inapplicable’ when protectedAreaObjectivesSet is ‘yes’. [R202]
V202	BLOCKER	protectedAreaObjectivesSet must be a valid Yes value [V202]
V208	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V208]
V209	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V209]

protectedAreaObjectivesMet

Code	Severity	Description
R202	BLOCKER	protectedAreaObjectivesMet cannot be ‘inapplicable’ when protectedAreaObjectivesSet is ‘yes’. [R202]
V203	BLOCKER	protectedAreaObjectivesMet must be a valid SpecialValue value. [V203]
V210	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V210]
V211	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V211]

SWAssociatedProtectedArea

Descriptive table reporting, for each surface water body, the Protected Areas for which specific water objectives or additional standards have been set, and whether those objectives have been met.

Field	Data type	M	Description
euSurfaceWaterBodyCode	wiseIdentifier	[1]	Unique European identifier of the surface water body to which specific objectives, related to an associated protected area, apply.
euProtectedAreaType	ProtectedAreaType	[1]	Type of protected area for which specific objectives may have been set for the surface water body: ‘shellfishDesignatedWater’, ‘drinkingWaterProtectionArea’ or ‘natura2000’. Specific objectives are only relevant, for surface water bodies, for these three types of protected area. For Freshwater fish designated waters, bathing waters, the Nitrates Directive and the UWWTD, the WFD good status already integrates the corresponding objectives, so no information is requested for those types. Reporting of specific objectives for Nationally Designated Areas (NatDA, formerly CDDA) is also no longer requested.
euProtectedAreaCode	natura2000Identifier	[0..1]	Natura 2000 site code associated with the water body. Report if, and only if, euProtectedAreaType = ‘natura2000’. Quality control blockers: euProtectedAreaType = ‘natura2000’ combined with euProtectedAreaCode IS NULL; euProtectedAreaType = ‘shellfishDesignatedWater’ or ‘drinkingWaterProtectionArea’ combined with euProtectedAreaCode IS NOT NULL. The reported code must correspond to an identifier registered in the Natura2000 vocabulary.
protectedAreaObjectivesSet	SpecialValue	[1]	Indicates whether specific water objectives or additional standards have been set for the associated protected area. For shellfish designated waters and drinking water protection areas, report only if specific objectives have actually been set. For Natura 2000 sites, report if specific objectives have been set, or if the Natura 2000 site is not part of the pre-filled list of water-dependent sites. Quality control blocker: euProtectedAreaType = ‘shellfishDesignatedWater’ or ‘drinkingWaterProtectionArea’ combined with protectedAreaObjectivesSet = ‘no’. Valid values: ‘yes’, ‘no’.
protectedAreaObjectivesMet	SpecialValue	[1]	Indicates whether the specific water objectives or additional standards set for the protected area have been met. Quality control blocker: protectedAreaObjectivesSet = ‘yes’ combined with protectedAreaObjectivesMet = ‘inapplicable’. Valid values: ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘unknown’, ‘inapplicable’.

Code	Severity	Description
RF100	BLOCKER	A shellfish designated water protected area must exist for the referenced surface water body.[RF100]
RF101	BLOCKER	A drinking water protection area must exist for the referenced surface water body. [RF101]
RF103	BLOCKER	Natura2000 objectives are required when site is not in the pre-filled list. [RF103]
TU20	BLOCKER	Uniqueness and multiplicity constraints - The field euSurfaceWaterBodyCode is unique within table [TU20]

euSurfaceWaterBodyCode

Code	Severity	Description
V103	BLOCKER	The value of euSurfaceWaterBodyCode must follow the syntax of WISE identifiers [V103]
V105	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V105]

euProtectedAreaType

Code	Severity	Description
V106	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V106]
V107	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list.[V107]

euProtectedAreaCode

Code	Severity	Description
R102	BLOCKER	For shellfish designated waters, euProtectedAreaCode must not be reported. [R102]
R103	BLOCKER	For drinking water protection areas, euProtectedAreaCode must not be reported. [R103]
R104	BLOCKER	For Natura2000 sites, euProtectedAreaCode must be reported. [R104]
V104	BLOCKER	The value of euProtectedAreaCode must follow the syntax of WISE identifiers [V104]

protectedAreaObjectivesSet

Code	Severity	Description
R100	BLOCKER	For shellfish designated waters, protectedAreaObjectivesSet cannot be ‘no’. [r100]
R101	BLOCKER	For drinking water protection areas, protectedAreaObjectivesSet cannot be ‘no’. [R101]
R105	BLOCKER	protectedAreaObjectivesMet cannot be ‘inapplicable’ when protectedAreaObjectivesSet is ‘yes’. [R105]
V101	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V101]
V108	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V108]
V109	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V109]

protectedAreaObjectivesMet

Code	Severity	Description
R105	BLOCKER	protectedAreaObjectivesMet cannot be ‘inapplicable’ when protectedAreaObjectivesSet is ‘yes’. [R105]
V102	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V102]
V110	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V110]
V111	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V111]

Spatial dataset

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• Spatial data - 4th cycle

ProtectedArea

Spatial dataset of the Protected Areas designated under Article 6 and Annex IV of the WFD (drinking water protection areas, designated waters, bathing waters, sensitive areas, nitrate vulnerable zones and Natura 2000 sites), reported as polygon, line or point geometries.

Field	Data type	M	Description
geometry_polygon	MultiPolygon	[0..1]	The geometry representing the spatial extent of the spatial object, when the protected area is reported as a polygon. The geometry of a Management, Restriction or Regulation Zone can be reported using a polygon, a polyline or a point geometry. Only one type of geometry can be used for a given object.
geometry_line	MultiLineString	[0..1]	The geometry representing the spatial extent of the spatial object, when the protected area is reported as a polyline. Only linear geometries are allowed in the ProtectedAreaLine data set.
geometry_point	MultiPoint	[0..1]	The geometry representing the spatial extent of the spatial object, when the protected area is reported as a point.
inspireIdLocalId	string254	[1]	A local identifier, assigned by the data provider. The local identifier is unique within the namespace, that is, no other spatial object carries the same unique identifier. It is the responsibility of the data provider to guarantee uniqueness of the local identifier within the namespace. It is recommended that Data Providers reporting under WFD use a localId value identical to the thematicIdIdentifier value.
inspireIdNamespace	string254	[1]	Namespace uniquely identifying the data source of the spatial object. For Data Providers in countries not implementing the INSPIRE Directive, the country code can be used as placeholder.
inspireIdVersionId	string25	[0..1]	The identifier of the particular version of the spatial object, with a maximum length of 25 characters. The maximum length has been selected to allow for time stamps based on ISO 8601, for example, ‘2007-02-12T12:12:12+05:30’ as the version identifier.
thematicIdIdentifier	wiseIdentifier	[1]	Unique identifier used to identify the spatial object within the specified identification scheme. Must have the same value as euProtectedAreaCode, used in the River Basin Management Plans reporting. Protected Areas reported here must not share the same thematicIdIdentifier as any water body.
thematicIdIdentifierScheme	IdentifierScheme	[1]	Identifier defining the scheme used to assign the identifier. Data Providers must use the value ‘euProtectedAreaCode’.
beginLifespanVersion	date	[0..1]	Date at which this version of the spatial object was inserted or changed in the spatial data set. The beginLifespanVersion value must be provided if the endLifespanVersion value is provided.
endLifespanVersion	date	[0..1]	Date at which this version of the spatial object was superseded or retired in the spatial data set.
predecessorsIdentifier	wiseIdentifier	[0..n]	In a genealogy, the object(s) that has (have) been deactivated or replaced by the current object. Comma-separated list with the thematicIdIdentifier of the object(s) that were deactivated or replaced. Report if, and only if, the object replaces one or more objects that were previously reported.
predecessorsIdentifierScheme	IdentifierScheme	[0..1]	Identifier defining the scheme used to assign the identifier value(s) in the predecessorsIdentifier value. Mandatory if, and only if, one or more predecessors are reported. The value is identical to thematicIdIdentifierScheme.
successorsIdentifier	wiseIdentifier	[0..n]	In a genealogy, the newly active object(s) that replace(s) the current object. Comma-separated list with the thematicIdIdentifier of the object(s) that replace the current object. Report if, and only if, the reported object has been replaced and no longer exists (wiseEvolutionType = ‘deletion’).
successorsIdentifierScheme	IdentifierScheme	[0..1]	Identifier defining the scheme used to assign the identifier value(s) in the successorsIdentifier value. Mandatory if, and only if, one or more successors are reported.
wiseEvolutionType	WiseEvolutionType	[1]	Type of event that produced or modified the version of the object being reported (for example ‘creation’, ‘change’, ‘deletion’, ‘aggregation’, ‘splitting’). Determines the acceptable number of identifiers in the predecessorsIdentifier attribute.
nameTextInternational	string254	[1]	Name, in English. English exonym, or understandable English version of the name of the protected area. If an English version does not exist, report a transliteration of the national name to the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
nameText	string254	[1]	Name of the protected area, in the national language.
nameLanguage	Language	[1]	Language code of the language used in the nameText value. Use the ISO 639-2/B code of the national language.
designationPeriodBegin	date	[1]	Beginning of the time period defining when the management, restriction or regulation zone was legally designated or became effective in the real world.
designationPeriodEnd	date	[0..1]	End of the time period defining when the management, restriction or regulation zone was legally designated or became effective in the real world. Report if, and only if, the end of the validity period is known, or if the object has wiseEvolutionType = ‘deletion’. If not reported, the zone is assumed to remain in force indefinitely.
zoneType	ZoneType	[1]	High-level classification defining the type of Management, Restriction or Regulation Zone. Data Providers reporting under WFD may use ‘drinkingWaterProtectionArea’ or ‘designatedWaters’. Data Providers reporting under BWD must use ‘bathingWaters’. Data Providers reporting under UWWTD must use ‘sensitiveArea’. Data Providers reporting under the Nitrates Directive must use ‘nitrateVulnerableZone’.
specialisedZoneType	SpecialisedZoneType	[1]	Additional classification value which further specialises the type of management, regulation or restriction zone. The allowed values depend on the dataflow through which the protected area is reported (zoneType). For drinking water protection areas (reported under the recast DWD), the value must be one of ‘catchmentArea’, ‘waterBody’ or ‘waterAbstractionSafeguardZone’. For freshwater fish or shellfish designated waters (zoneType = ‘designatedWaters’), the value must be ‘freshwaterFishDesignatedWater’ or ‘shellfishDesignatedWater’. For nitrate vulnerable zones (zoneType = ‘nitrateVulnerableZone’), no specialised value applies. For UWWTD sensitive areas (zoneType = ‘sensitiveArea’), the value must be one of ‘catchmentOfSensitiveArea’, ‘lessSensitiveArea’, ‘coastalSensitiveArea’, ‘transitionalSensitiveArea’, ‘lakeSensitiveArea’ or ‘riverSensitiveArea’. For bathing waters (zoneType = ‘bathingWaters’), the value must be one of ‘transitionalBathingWater’, ‘lakeBathingWater’ or ‘riverBathingWater’.
legalBasisName	string254	[1]	Name of the legislative instrument establishing the protected area. If legalBasisLevel is ‘european’, a default value applies depending on zoneType/specialisedZoneType (for example, Directive 98/83/EC for drinking water protection areas, Directive 2006/7/EC for bathing waters, Directive 91/271/EEC for sensitive areas, Directive 91/676/EEC for nitrate vulnerable zones).
legalBasisLink	URL	[1]	Link to an online authoritative version of the document. If legalBasisLevel is ‘european’, the link corresponding to the default legalBasisName value must be used.
legalBasisLevel	LegislationLevelValue	[1]	The level at which the legislative instrument is adopted (‘european’, ‘international’, ‘national’ or ‘sub-national’).
relatedZoneIdentifier	wiseIdentifier	[1..n]	Reference(s) to the related water body/bodies (or, for drinking water protection areas, the related catchment area), via its thematic identifier(s). Mandatory. Unlike previous cycles, the association between the protected area and the related water body is now reported only once, in this spatial dataset (it is no longer requested in the WFD descriptive data reporting, except for Natura 2000 protected sites). The specific constraints depend on the dataflow (i.e. on the type of protected area).
relatedZoneIdentifierScheme	IdentifierScheme	[1]	Identifier defining the scheme used to assign the identifier value(s) in the relatedZoneIdentifier value. Mandatory. For example, if zoneType is ‘bathingWaters’, must be ‘euSurfaceWaterBodyCode’ (or ‘eionetSurfaceWaterBodyCode’ if the related zone is not a WFD water body).
confidentialityStatus	ConfidentialityStatusValue	[0..1]	Information about the sensitivity and confidentiality status of the protected area. New attribute, added to allow Data Providers to flag spatial data that will not be published — in particular for drinking water protected areas, to address concerns about publishing the location of some abstraction points/catchment areas.
link	URL	[0..1]	Hyperlink to where additional information about the object is available on the internet. Report only if a stable and resolvable URL can be provided to the specific object being reported. Do not provide generic URLs to institutional domains or webpages.

Code	Severity	Description
RF001	BLOCKER	A valid ‘eu’ thematic identifier exists in the register but was not reported in the spatial file (either as a spatial object or as a predecessor).[RF001] Number of missing identifiers: {%NUMBEROFRECORDS%}. Missing identifiers: {%IDENTIFIERS%}
S018	BLOCKER	ProtectedArea geometries use more than one CRS : {%srid_list%} [S018]
TU001	BLOCKER	Mandatory table has no records [TU001]
TU002	BLOCKER	The inspireIdLocalId and inspireIdNamespace combination must be unique for each object. [TU002]
TU003	BLOCKER	The thematicIdIdentifier and thematicIdIdentifierScheme combination must be unique for any ProtectedArea [TU003]

geometry_polygon

Code	Severity	Description
R048	BLOCKER	The geometry must not be missing or empty. [R048]
S005	BLOCKER	The coordinate reference system (CRS) is not valid. (It must be one of the following:ETRS89-GRS80 (urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258),ETRS89-LAEA [S005]
S006	ERROR	The geometry must not have anomalous geometric points, such as self-intersections [S006]
S012	BLOCKER	Geometry is not valid. Reason: {%reason%} [S012]
S014	WARNING	The geometry of the protected areas must be covered by or be within 200 metre of the geometry of the associated water body.[S014]
S015	ERROR	The position of the element has changed in more than 10 km. [S015]
S016	BLOCKER	Unsupported SRID [S016]
S017	BLOCKER	The value does not follow the expected syntax for a valid multipolygon {%reason%} [S017]
S019	ERROR	The geometry of the protected areas must not be disjoint of the geometry of the surface water body’s river basin district (except for coastal and territorial waters).[S019]
XC002	BLOCKER	More than one geometry type detected in the same record. [XC001]

geometry_line

Code	Severity	Description
R048	BLOCKER	The geometry must not be missing or empty. [R048]
S005	BLOCKER	The coordinate reference system (CRS) is not valid. (It must be one of the following:ETRS89-GRS80 (urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258),ETRS89-LAEA [S005]
S006	ERROR	The geometry must not have anomalous geometric points, such as self-intersections [S006]
S007	BLOCKER	Geometry is not valid. Reason: {%reason%} [S007]
S008	BLOCKER	Unsupported SRID [S008]
S009	BLOCKER	The value does not follow the expected syntax for a valid multilinestring {%reason%} [S009]
S014	WARNING	The geometry of the protected areas must be covered by or be within 200 metre of the geometry of the associated water body.[S014]
S015	ERROR	The position of the element has changed in more than 10 km. [S015]
S019	ERROR	The geometry of the protected areas must not be disjoint of the geometry of the surface water body’s river basin district (except for coastal and territorial waters).[S019]
XC002	BLOCKER	More than one geometry type detected in the same record. [XC001]

geometry_point

Code	Severity	Description
R048	BLOCKER	The geometry must not be missing or empty. [R048]
S002	BLOCKER	Unsupported SRID [S002]
S005	BLOCKER	The coordinate reference system (CRS) is not valid. (It must be one of the following:ETRS89-GRS80 (urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258),ETRS89-LAEA [S005]
S006	ERROR	The geometry must not have anomalous geometric points, such as self-intersections [S006]
S010	BLOCKER	The value does not follow the expected syntax for a valid multipoint {%reason%} [S010]
S011	BLOCKER	Geometry is not valid. Reason: {%reason%} [S011]
S014	WARNING	The geometry of the protected areas must be covered by or be within 200 metre of the geometry of the associated water body.[S014]
S015	ERROR	The position of the element has changed in more than 10 km. [S015]
S019	ERROR	The geometry of the protected areas must not be disjoint of the geometry of the surface water body’s river basin district (except for coastal and territorial waters).[S019]
XC002	BLOCKER	More than one geometry type detected in the same record. [XC001]

inspireIdLocalId

Code	Severity	Description
V002	BLOCKER	The inspireIdLocalId value must be a non-empty string with less than 255 characters [V002]
V015	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V015]

inspireIdNamespace

Code	Severity	Description
V003	BLOCKER	The inspireIdNamespace value must be a string with less than 255 characters [V003]
V019	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V019]

inspireIdVersionId

Code	Severity	Description
R002	BLOCKER	The beginLifespanVersion value must be reported, if the inspireVersionId value is reported. [R002]
R022	WARNING	The inspireIdVersionId value must be reported, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘change’.[R022]
V004	BLOCKER	If present, the inspireIdVersionId value must be less than 25 characters [V004]

thematicIdIdentifier

Code	Severity	Description
R017	BLOCKER	An ‘eu’ thematic identifier must not be replaced by an ‘eionet’ thematic identifier. [R017]
R029	BLOCKER	If an identifier is the predecessor of 2 or more objects, then those objects must have wiseEvolution in (‘splitting’,’changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’) [R029]
RF021	BLOCKER	A thematic identifier cannot be equal to an existing thematic identifier for a different type of ProtectedArea. [RF021]
RF022	BLOCKER	A ProtectedArea thematicIdIdentifier can not be the same as the thematicIdIdentifier of a waterbody. [RF022]
V005	BLOCKER	The thematicIdIdentifier value must be a string starting with the 2-letter country code. Upper case letters (A to Z) and digits (0 to 9) are allowed in the remaining part (the hifen and the underscore can be used as non-consecutive separators) [V005]
V024	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V024]

thematicIdIdentifierScheme

Code	Severity	Description
R038	BLOCKER	A spatial object with an ‘eu’ thematicIdIdentifierScheme must be associated with a related zone with an ‘eu’ relatedZoneIdentifierScheme. [R038]
V016	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V016]
V032	BLOCKER	The thematicIdIdentifierScheme value is not valid (see http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/IdentifierScheme).[V032]
V052	BLOCKER	WFD thematic identifiers must be used for all spatial objects [V052]

beginLifespanVersion

Code	Severity	Description
R002	BLOCKER	The beginLifespanVersion value must be reported, if the inspireVersionId value is reported. [R002]
R003	BLOCKER	The beginLifespanVersion date must not be after the endLifespanVersion.[R003]
R013	BLOCKER	The beginLifespanVersion value must be reported, if the endLifespanVersion value is reported [R013]
R024	WARNING	The beginLifespanVersion value must be reported, unless the wiseEvolutionType is ‘creation’ or ‘noChange’.[R024]
V069	BLOCKER	The date must have the format YYYY-MM-dd [V069]

endLifespanVersion

Code	Severity	Description
R003	BLOCKER	The beginLifespanVersion date must not be after the endLifespanVersion.[R003]
R013	BLOCKER	The beginLifespanVersion value must be reported, if the endLifespanVersion value is reported [R013]
R025	WARNING	The endLifespanVersion value must be reported, if and only if the wiseEvolutionType is ‘deletion’.[R025]
V070	BLOCKER	The date must have the format YYYY-MM-dd [V070]

predecessorsIdentifier

Code	Severity	Description
R014	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifier value must be reported, if the predecessorsIdentifierScheme value is reported.[R014]
R015	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifier and predecessorsIdentifierScheme combination must not be equal to the thematicIdentifier and thematicIdentifierScheme combination (an identifier must not replace itself).[R015]
R016	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifierScheme value must be reported, if the predecessorsIdentifier value is reported.[R016]
R029	BLOCKER	If an identifier is the predecessor of 2 or more objects, then those objects must have wiseEvolution in (‘splitting’,’changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’) [R029]
R031	BLOCKER	The spatial object reported as predecessor, cannot be reported again..[R031]
RF005	BLOCKER	If an object is reported as ‘deletion’, it must have the same predecessors as before [RF005]
RF007	BLOCKER	The object has a predecessor with a different zone type.[RF007]
RF008	BLOCKER	The object has a predecessor that does not exist in the register [RF008]
V040	BLOCKER	The value does not match the pattern to be used for a WISE Identifier. Several identifiers can be reported separated by comma. [V040]
V071	BLOCKER	The predecessorIdIdentifier value must be a string with less than 501 characters. [V071]

predecessorsIdentifierScheme

Code	Severity	Description
R014	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifier value must be reported, if the predecessorsIdentifierScheme value is reported.[R014]
R015	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifier and predecessorsIdentifierScheme combination must not be equal to the thematicIdentifier and thematicIdentifierScheme combination (an identifier must not replace itself).[R015]
R016	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifierScheme value must be reported, if the predecessorsIdentifier value is reported.[R016]
V044	BLOCKER	The predecessorsIdentifierScheme value is not valid (see http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/IdentifierScheme).[V044]
V053	BLOCKER	WFD thematic identifiers must be used for all spatial objects [V053]

successorsIdentifier

Code	Severity	Description
V065	BLOCKER	successorIdentifier must be empty [V065]

successorsIdentifierScheme

Code	Severity	Description
V066	BLOCKER	successorIdentifierScheme must be empty [V066]

wiseEvolutionType

Code	Severity	Description
R011	BLOCKER	The object must have zero predecessors, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘creation’.[R011]
R022	WARNING	The inspireIdVersionId value must be reported, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘change’.[R022]
R023	BLOCKER	The thematic identifier must be a valid identifier in the register, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘deletion’, ‘noChange’ or ‘change’.[R023]
R024	WARNING	The beginLifespanVersion value must be reported, unless the wiseEvolutionType is ‘creation’ or ‘noChange’.[R024]
R025	WARNING	The endLifespanVersion value must be reported, if and only if the wiseEvolutionType is ‘deletion’.[R025]
R026	BLOCKER	The object must have one and only one predecessor, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘changeCode’ or ‘splitting’.[R026]
R027	BLOCKER	The object must have two or more predecessors, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘aggregation’ or ‘changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’.[R027]
R028	BLOCKER	The object must have zero predecessors, if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘change’ or ‘noChange’.[R028]
R030	BLOCKER	The designationPeriodEnd date must be reported, if and only if, the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘deletion’.[R030]
R032	BLOCKER	At least one predecessor of an object with wiseEvolutionType value equal to ‘splitting’ or ‘changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’ must be reported as predecessor of another spatial object [R032]
R046	ERROR	If wiseEvolutionType = ‘deletion then the designationPeriodEnd value must not be after @today [R046]
R047	ERROR	If wiseEvolutionType in (‘creation’, ‘splitting’,’aggregation’,’changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’) then the designationPeriodBegin value must not be after @today. [R047]
RF004	BLOCKER	The thematic identifier must not exist in the register, unless the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘deletion’, ‘noChange’ or ‘change’.[RF004]
RF006	BLOCKER	A spatial object with wiseEvolutionType value equal to ‘changeCode’ must not have the same predecessor of another spatial object of the registry table.[RF006]
RF011	BLOCKER	A spatial object with wiseEvolutionType value equal to ‘changeCode’ must not have the same predecessor of another spatial object [RF011]
RF012	BLOCKER	If wiseEvolutionType in (‘deletion’,’change’,’noChange’), the designationPeriodBegin must be equal to the designationPeriodBegin of the object in the register.[RF012]
RF013	ERROR	If wiseEvolutionType in (‘splitting’,’aggregation’,’changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’,’changeExtendedArea’,’changeExtendedDepth’,’changeExtendedAreaAndDepth’,’changeReducedArea’,’changeReducedDepth’,’changeReducedAreaAndDepth’), the designationPeriodBegin value must be higher than the designationPeriodBegin value of the predecessor.[RF013]
RF014	BLOCKER	If wiseEvolutionType = ‘changeCode’, the designationPeriodBegin value must be equal to the designationPeriodBegin value of the predecessor.[RF014]
S013	BLOCKER	The geometry must not be empty or degenerate (e.g. zero-lenth line or zero-area polygon), except if the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘deletion’ [S013]
V017	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V017]
V027	BLOCKER	The wiseEvolutionType value is not valid (see http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/WiseEvolutionTypeValue).[V027]
V061	BLOCKER	Invalid wiseEvolutionType value for this spatial object type. [V061]

nameTextInternational

Code	Severity	Description
V007	BLOCKER	The nameTextInternational value must be a non-empty string with less than 255 characters. Upper case letters (A to Z) and digits (0 to 9) are allowed (spaces and hifens can be used as separators) [V007]
V023	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V023]

nameText

Code	Severity	Description
V001	ERROR	The used encoding is not correct. Strange characters in nameText field. [V001]
V008	BLOCKER	The nameText value must be a string with less than 255 characters [V008]
V022	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V022]

nameLanguage

Code	Severity	Description
V018	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V018]
V028	BLOCKER	The nameLanguage value is not a valid ISO 639-2/B language code [V028]

designationPeriodBegin

Code	Severity	Description
R004	BLOCKER	The designationPeriodBegin date must not be after the designationPeriodEnd.[R004]
R035	BLOCKER	Objects with the same predecessor must have the same designationPeriodBegin value: {%RECORDS%}. [R035]
R047	ERROR	If wiseEvolutionType in (‘creation’, ‘splitting’,’aggregation’,’changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’) then the designationPeriodBegin value must not be after @today. [R047]
RF012	BLOCKER	If wiseEvolutionType in (‘deletion’,’change’,’noChange’), the designationPeriodBegin must be equal to the designationPeriodBegin of the object in the register.[RF012]
RF013	ERROR	If wiseEvolutionType in (‘splitting’,’aggregation’,’changeBothAggregationAndSplitting’,’changeExtendedArea’,’changeExtendedDepth’,’changeExtendedAreaAndDepth’,’changeReducedArea’,’changeReducedDepth’,’changeReducedAreaAndDepth’), the designationPeriodBegin value must be higher than the designationPeriodBegin value of the predecessor.[RF013]
RF014	BLOCKER	If wiseEvolutionType = ‘changeCode’, the designationPeriodBegin value must be equal to the designationPeriodBegin value of the predecessor.[RF014]
V021	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V021]
V067	BLOCKER	The date must have the format YYYY-MM-dd [V067]

designationPeriodEnd

Code	Severity	Description
R004	BLOCKER	The designationPeriodBegin date must not be after the designationPeriodEnd.[R004]
R030	BLOCKER	The designationPeriodEnd date must be reported, if and only if, the wiseEvolutionType value is ‘deletion’.[R030]
R046	ERROR	If wiseEvolutionType = ‘deletion then the designationPeriodEnd value must not be after @today [R046]
V068	BLOCKER	The date must have the format YYYY-MM-dd [V068]

zoneType

Code	Severity	Description
RF007	BLOCKER	The object has a predecessor with a different zone type.[RF007]
V020	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V020]
V029	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V029]

specialisedZoneType

Code	Severity	Description
V046	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list.[V046]
V073	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V073]

legalBasisName

Code	Severity	Description
V011	BLOCKER	The legalBasisName value must be a string with less than 255 characters [V011]
V036	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V036]

legalBasisLink

Code	Severity	Description
V012	BLOCKER	The legalBasisLink value must be a valid URL [V012]
V035	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V035]
V064	BLOCKER	The legalBasisLink value must be an URL with less than 255 characters [V064]

legalBasisLevel

Code	Severity	Description
V033	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V033]
V034	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V034]

relatedZoneIdentifier

Code	Severity	Description
FC140	ERROR	The value must not be missing or empty
R043	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifier value must be reported, if the relatedZoneIdentifierScheme value is reported.[R043]
R044	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifierScheme value must be reported, if the relatedZoneIdentifier value is reported.[R044]
R045	BLOCKER	relatedZoneIdentifier is mandatory. [R045]
RF009	BLOCKER	The object has an ‘eu’ related zone that does not exist in the register [RF009]
RF017	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifier is deprecated.[RF017]
V042	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifier value must be a string starting with the 2-letter country code. Upper case letters (A to Z) and digits (0 to 9) are allowed in the remaining part (the hifen and the underscore can be used as non-consecutive separators) [V042]

relatedZoneIdentifierScheme

Code	Severity	Description
FC141	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty
R038	BLOCKER	A spatial object with an ‘eu’ thematicIdIdentifierScheme must be associated with a related zone with an ‘eu’ relatedZoneIdentifierScheme. [R038]
R043	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifier value must be reported, if the relatedZoneIdentifierScheme value is reported.[R043]
R044	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifierScheme value must be reported, if the relatedZoneIdentifier value is reported.[R044]
R045	BLOCKER	relatedZoneIdentifier is mandatory. [R045]
V030	BLOCKER	The relatedZoneIdentifierScheme value is not valid (see http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/IdentifierScheme).[V030]
V055	BLOCKER	WFD thematic identifiers must be used for all spatial objects [V055]

confidentialityStatus

Code	Severity	Description
V072	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V072]

link

Code	Severity	Description
V014	BLOCKER	The link value must be a valid URL. [V014]
V043	BLOCKER	The link value must be an URL with less than 255 characters [V043]

Documents dataset

dcMetadata

Metadata about the delivery, following the WISE common metadata model (Dublin Core based): who reports it, when, under what licence, and whether it includes the spatial and/or the descriptive dataset for Protected Areas.

Field	Data type	M	Description
title	string4000	[1]	Name given to the dataset. Maximum length: 4000 characters.
creatorOrganisationName	string4000	[1]	Name of the organization doing the reporting. Maximum length: 4000 characters.
creatorElectronicMailAddress	Email	[1]	Email address of the point of contact in the organisation responsible for the dataset. Maximum length: 250 characters.
description	string4000	[0..1]	Description of the dataset. Maximum length: 4000 characters.
created	date	[0..1]	Date/time of creation of the dataset. It must follow the WiseDateTime format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss, YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY.
language	Language	[1..n]	Code of the dataset’s language, from the ‘Language’ codelist.
license	Licence	[1]	A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Provide the URL to the licence text of a CC BY-compatible licence. Use a persistent identifier to an English or multilingual version of the licence agreement. Maximum length: 250 characters.
rights	string4000	[0..1]	Information about rights held in and over the resource. If necessary, provide the attribution text required by the licence, or other relevant information. Maximum length: 4000 characters.
rightsHolder	string4000	[0..1]	A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. This element can be provided if the rights holder reserved rights (e.g. should be contacted for specific uses), or if the rights holder is not the organisation responsible for the dataset. Maximum length: 4000 characters.
licenseDocument	documentCode	[0..n]	Document(s) about licensing information. Must be reported if license is ‘exactMatch_CC_BY_4_0’ or ‘narrowMatch_CC_BY_4_0’. More than one document can be selected; if more than one, values must be separated by a semicolon followed by a whitespace, e.g. “value1; value2; value3”.
metadataDocument	documentCode	[0..n]	Document(s) about metadata information. More than one document can be selected; if more than one, values must be separated by a semicolon followed by a whitespace, e.g. “value1; value2; value3”.
includesSpatialData	SpecialValue	[1]	Choose ‘yes’ if the delivery includes the spatial dataset for Protected Areas. Otherwise, choose ‘no’. Valid values: ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
includesDescriptiveData	SpecialValue	[1]	Choose ‘yes’ if the delivery includes the descriptive dataset (GWAssociatedProtectedArea/SWAssociatedProtectedArea) for Protected Areas. Otherwise, choose ‘no’. Valid values: ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

Code	Severity	Description
RF9999	BLOCKER	The following reference tables have to be updated: {%REFERENCE_TABLES%} . [RF9999] Please, contact helpdesk. [RF9999]
T100	BLOCKER	Mandatory table has no records [T100]
TU100	BLOCKER	dcMetadata must have one record only. [TU100]

title

Code	Severity	Description
V100	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V100]
V117	BLOCKER	The length of the value must be <= 4000 [V117]

creatorOrganisationName

Code	Severity	Description
V102	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V102]
V110	BLOCKER	The length of the value must be <= 4000. [V110]

creatorElectronicMailAddress

Code	Severity	Description
V108	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V108]
V109	BLOCKER	The value does not follow the expected syntax for a valid email [V109]
V132	BLOCKER	The length must be less than or equal to 250 [V132]

description

Code	Severity	Description
V111	BLOCKER	The length of the value must be <= 4000. [V111]

created

Code	Severity	Description
V107	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid date (YYYY-MM-DD) [V107]

language

Code	Severity	Description
V101	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V101]
V103	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V103]
V112	BLOCKER	“language” contains duplicate values [V112]

license

Code	Severity	Description
R005	BLOCKER	Document(s) about licensing information must be reported if license IN (‘exactMatch_CC_BY_4_0’, ‘narrowMatch_CC_BY_4_0’) [R005]
V104	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V104]
V123	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V123]

rights

Code	Severity	Description
V115	BLOCKER	The length of the value must be <= 4000 [V115]

rightsHolder

Code	Severity	Description
V116	BLOCKER	The length of the value must be <= 4000 [V116]

licenseDocument

Code	Severity	Description
V113	BLOCKER	“licenseDocument” contains duplicate values. [V113]
V125	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list.[V125]

metadataDocument

Code	Severity	Description
R004	BLOCKER	metadataDocument must be reported if includesSpatialData = ‘yes’ [R004]
V114	BLOCKER	“metadataDocument” contains duplicate values [V114]
V126	BLOCKER	The value is not a valid member of the referenced list. [V126]

includesSpatialData

Code	Severity	Description
R004	BLOCKER	metadataDocument must be reported if includesSpatialData = ‘yes’ [R004]
V133	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V133]
V134	BLOCKER	includesSpatialData must be a valid YesNo value. [V134]
XC001	BLOCKER	If includesSpatialData = ‘yes’ then Spatial dataset cannot be empty [XC001]
XC002	BLOCKER	If includesSpatialData = ‘no’ then Spatial dataset must be empty [XC002]

includesDescriptiveData

Code	Severity	Description
R003	ERROR	It been reported includesDescriptiveData = no [R003]
V135	BLOCKER	includesDescriptiveData must be a valid YesNo value. [V135]
V136	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V136]
XC003	BLOCKER	If includesdescriptivedata= ‘no’ then it is not possible to report any waterbody related with the protected area [XC003]
XC004	BLOCKER	If includesdescriptivedata= ‘yes’ then you need to report a waterbody related with the protected area [XC004]

Document

Documents (files or hyperlinks) referenced from the dcMetadata or from the descriptive dataset, e.g. supporting licence or metadata documents.

Field	Data type	M	Description
documentCode	wiseIdentifier	[1]	Unique identifier of the document. The identifier must follow the syntax of the WISE identifiers. It must start with the two-letter country code of the Member State, followed by one character that can be a digit or an uppercase letter, followed by a sequence of characters (0 to 38 characters long) that can be digits or uppercase letters, with no consecutive double hyphens or double underscores, but allowing for single hyphens or underscores between characters. The code can optionally end with one character that can be a digit or an uppercase letter. Example: FR123, FR1_XYZ1234_1, FR1-XYZ1234-1, FR1XYZ12341 — but not FR1__XYZ1234__1 or FR1–XYZ1234–1.
documentName	string50	[1]	Name of the document. Maximum length: 50 characters.
hyperlink	URL	[0..1]	URL of the document, if available on the internet. Either hyperlink or documentFile must be reported, but not both.
documentFile	Attachment	[0..1]	Document file provided as an attachment. The size of the file can be up to 100 MB, and the valid file extensions are ‘xlsx’ (Excel), ‘docx’ (Word) and ‘pdf’. Either hyperlink or documentFile must be reported, but not both.

Code	Severity	Description
TU101	BLOCKER	The field documentCode is unique within table. [TU101]

documentCode

Code	Severity	Description
V118	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V118]
V122	BLOCKER	The value of documentCode must follow the syntax of WISE identifiers [V122]

documentName

Code	Severity	Description
V119	BLOCKER	The value must not be missing or empty [V119]
V121	BLOCKER	The length of the value must be <= 50 [V121]

hyperlink

Code	Severity	Description
R101	BLOCKER	Either hyperlink or documentFile must be reported, but not both [R101]
V120	BLOCKER	The value does not follow the expected syntax for a valid URL [V120]
V131	BLOCKER	The length must be less than or equal to 2100. [V131]

documentFile