Metadata about the whole timeseries.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TO EDIT<br /></p><p>In the context of this profile, metadata at the Observation level is used as the carrier of first class elements required for data exchange and/or discovery (e.g. identifiers, spatiotemporal context, connections to features, procedures, phenomena and so on). Metadata at the Timeseries level is metadata that describes the structure and nature of the series, such as quality interpolation types, whether the series is cumulative etc. It should be noted that the <i>Timeseries </i>class is available for use without the <i>TimeseriesObservation </i>feature type; this would be useful, for example, where existing systems are communicating that have previously agreed upon identifiers and/or context that allows sufficient context for exchange to occur.<br /></p>