Overview

This chapter is for validators, i.e. users assigned to validate items submitted for publication. At present, only members of the ELG consortium can assume the validator role.

In the following sections, you will be provided with information on the validation procedure. Depending on the type and source of the contributed item, a validation process is foreseen as follows:

When approved by all validators, the item is published at the ELG catalogue.

The following table shows the validation operations foreseen for each item type / source of metadata.

Type of records

Validation type

Metadata

Technical

Legal

Harvested metadata

N/A

N/A

N/A

Metadata records uploaded by ELG admin

Yes

N/A

N/A

Metadata only records 1

Yes

N/A

N/A

ELG compatible services

Yes

Yes

Yes

LRTs uploaded (hosted) in ELG

Yes

Yes

Yes

1

Metadata only records are records for projects, organizations but also for LRTs that are not uploaded in ELG. These records are considered automatically technically and legally valid.