Identification

Title

Water Framework Directive Classification Item Hierarchy

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

This spreadsheet defines the relationships between Water Framework Directive (WFD) classification items. Classifications are arranged according to the classification hierarchy. Data are sourced from the Environment Agency Catchment Planning System (CPS). A classification item is any entity that receives an environmental classification score. At the core of classification is Element, this is generally an individual substance, biological entity or test. Elements are grouped together to form Components, for example biological elements are grouped into the component 'Biological quality elements' component. Some elements are split into Sub Elements for example Fish Element is split into individual fish species Sub Elements. At the top level is the overall waterbody. This is the headline classification for a waterbody. More information about how classification works is available on page 6: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503282/RBMP_Guide_to_accessing_data_and_information.pdf Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/8e8b5f32080f48cf9f59bc3f2cec0925

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Data_download_link

description: Data download link

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

c6628ca9-f9ff-4b78-81bd-51bdc645de0f

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

EC directive

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2016-04-19

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-04-18

date type

publication

effective date

2016-04-18

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

This data was extracted from CPS catchment planning system.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | MS Excel (XLSX)

version of format

2007

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-09-29

Metadata language