diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.spec.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.spec.ts
index 0a92d0800c..e85eb58cf5 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   writeResourceCreated,
   writeResourcePublished,
   writeResourceUpdated,
+  writeSpatialRepresentation,
 } from './write-parts'
 import {
   createElement,
@@ -605,6 +606,34 @@ describe('write parts', () => {
             </mri:pointOfContact>
         </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
     </gmd:identificationInfo>
+</root>`)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('writeSpatialRepresentation', () => {
+    it('writes the corresponding element', () => {
+      writeSpatialRepresentation(datasetRecord, rootEl)
+      expect(rootAsString()).toEqual(`<root>
+    <gmd:identificationInfo>
+        <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
+            <mri:spatialRepresentationType>
+                <mcc:MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode codeList="https://standards.iso.org/iso/19115/resources/Codelists/cat/codelists.xml#MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode" codeListValue="grid">grid</mcc:MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode>
+            </mri:spatialRepresentationType>
+        </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
+    </gmd:identificationInfo>
+</root>`)
+    })
+    it('clears the corresponding element if the record has no spatial representation', () => {
+      writeSpatialRepresentation(datasetRecord, rootEl)
+      const modified: DatasetRecord = {
+        ...datasetRecord,
+        spatialRepresentation: null,
+      }
+      writeSpatialRepresentation(modified, rootEl)
+      expect(rootAsString()).toEqual(`<root>
+    <gmd:identificationInfo>
+        <gmd:MD_DataIdentification/>
+    </gmd:identificationInfo>
 </root>`)
     })
   })
diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.ts
index feb3443acd..c0e9a34032 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19115-3/write-parts.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ export function writeSpatialRepresentation(
   record: DatasetRecord,
   rootEl: XmlElement
 ) {
+  if (!record.spatialRepresentation) {
+    pipe(
+      findOrCreateIdentification(),
+      removeChildrenByName('mri:spatialRepresentationType')
+    )(rootEl)
+    return
+  }
   pipe(
     findOrCreateIdentification(),
     findNestedChildOrCreate(
diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.spec.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.spec.ts
index 820c0edb5a..5138819570 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   writeResourcePublished,
   writeResourceUpdated,
   writeSpatialExtents,
+  writeSpatialRepresentation,
   writeTemporalExtents,
 } from './write-parts'
 
@@ -926,4 +927,32 @@ describe('write parts', () => {
       ).toEqual('P0Y0M3D')
     })
   })
+
+  describe('writeSpatialRepresentation', () => {
+    it('writes the corresponding element', () => {
+      writeSpatialRepresentation(datasetRecord, rootEl)
+      expect(rootAsString()).toEqual(`<root>
+    <gmd:identificationInfo>
+        <gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
+            <gmd:spatialRepresentationType>
+                <gmd:MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode codeList="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode" codeListValue="grid"/>
+            </gmd:spatialRepresentationType>
+        </gmd:MD_DataIdentification>
+    </gmd:identificationInfo>
+</root>`)
+    })
+    it('clears the corresponding element if the record has no spatial representation', () => {
+      writeSpatialRepresentation(datasetRecord, rootEl)
+      const modified: DatasetRecord = {
+        ...datasetRecord,
+        spatialRepresentation: null,
+      }
+      writeSpatialRepresentation(modified, rootEl)
+      expect(rootAsString()).toEqual(`<root>
+    <gmd:identificationInfo>
+        <gmd:MD_DataIdentification/>
+    </gmd:identificationInfo>
+</root>`)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.ts b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.ts
index 34a80e1b80..0cbe91ee43 100644
--- a/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.ts
+++ b/libs/api/metadata-converter/src/lib/iso19139/write-parts.ts
@@ -953,6 +953,13 @@ export function writeSpatialRepresentation(
   record: DatasetRecord,
   rootEl: XmlElement
 ) {
+  if (!record.spatialRepresentation) {
+    pipe(
+      findOrCreateIdentification(),
+      removeChildrenByName('gmd:spatialRepresentationType')
+    )(rootEl)
+    return
+  }
   pipe(
     findOrCreateIdentification(),
     findNestedChildOrCreate(