Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users.

Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

2. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

3. Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

4. The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

The HRL Small Woody Feature Raster Product is primarily based on a supervised classification of satellite image time-series from VHR_IMAGE_2018 acquired from May 2017 to September 2019.

Geometric specifications: The Pixel resolution is 5m x 5 m. MMU, MML and MMW is applied on the vector product from which the raster product is derived.

Vector product: For patchy structures of trees and scrub the MMU is >200 m2 (size limit of 50 000m2). The MMW for linear structures/elements is < 30m. The MML for linear structures/elements is of > 30 m length.

The positional accuracy is less than 5 m.

Quality assurance follows the ISO 9001:2015 standards for Quality Management and comprises of dedicated procedures of quality checks (QA breakpoints) during implementation of the production chain, in order to keep persistent control over the various stages of production, assure fitness-for-purpose of the end-products and that all quality requirements are fulfilled. Priority has been given to the target thematic accuracy to be achieved by each product, as well as to the issues of product consistency (spatial, thematic, temporal) and homogeneity.

Quality Assessment: The quality assessment has been performed according to INSPIRE Data Specifications. The data quality elements considered are: (i) Completeness, (ii) Logical Consistency, (iii) positional accuracy, (iv) Thematic Accuracy, (v) Temporal quality and (vi) Usability.

Accuracy assessment approach: stratified random point sampling. Interpretation of sampling points has been performed on the best available reference data. The general accuracy level of the HRL SWF products shall be in the order of 80 % for Overall thematic Accuracy, User’s Accuracy and Producer’s Accuracy.