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Published on 27 November 2025

Standards and models

Revision of the Swiss metadata standards

The eCH-0271 standard has been approved and published:

eCH-0271 Profil für Geometadaten V1.0.0 | eCH E-Government Standards

From a legal perspective, the ‘previous’ version, standard GM03 (SN 612050:2005), remains in force until the amendment and publication of the GeoIV-swisstopo ordinance.

Overview of relevant standards

The geometadata standard for Switzerland

GM03 - the metadata standard for Switzerland

The Swiss metadata model GM03 is a Swiss standard SN 612050. GM03 is a profile of the international metadata standard ISO 19115. Several extensions have been made to meet the various requirements of Swiss partners.

GM03 consists of the following two models :

- GM03 Comprehensive, the extended model

The GM03 models can be found at models.interlis.ch/geocat.ch/. The models with some accompanying files on GM03 can also be downloaded here.

Note: If the version of the INTERLIS model published here differs from the version published in the Model Repository, the version posted in the Model Repository applies.

eCH-0271 - the profile for geometadata