iso19139template.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import os

namespaces = {'gmd': 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd','gco': 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco', 'gml': 'http://www.opengis.net/gml', 'gfc': 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gfc'}

ET.register_namespace('xsi', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance')
ET.register_namespace('gmd', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd')
ET.register_namespace('gco', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco')
ET.register_namespace('gts', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gts')
ET.register_namespace('gss', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gss')
ET.register_namespace('gsr', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gsr')
ET.register_namespace('gfc', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gfc')
ET.register_namespace('gmx', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx')
ET.register_namespace('gmi', 'http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi')
ET.register_namespace('gml', 'http://www.opengis.net/gml')

template = 'templates/template_iso.xml'
#copy template to new file named for each layer
def applyTemplate():
    tree = ET.parse(template)
    root = tree.getroot()
    new_file = filePath[:-4] + '.xml'
    tree.write(new_file)
    print (f)
    
#walk through the directory and locate shapefiles
for dirName, subDirs, fileNames in os.walk('.'):
    for f in fileNames:
        if f.endswith('.shp'):
            filePath = os.path.join(dirName, f)
            applyTemplate()