Requirements by WMO Core Metadata Profile v1.3
resourceFormat found - preferred place is distributionInfo/*/distributionFormat.
geographicIdentifier found - preferred place is MD_Keyword[type='place'].
MD_Format/formatDistributor found - preferred place is distributionInfo/*/distributor.
distributorFormat found - preferred place is distributionInfo/*/distributionFormat.
transferOptions found - preferred place is distributor/*/distributorTransferOptions.
it is not preferred to describe MD_Identifier.authority in CI_Citation.identifier. That will cause too much bloating.
it is suggested (as the most interoperable style) to have text content (now "") same as @codeListValue ("").