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Consultation and Testing

INSPIRE Data Specifications v2.0

Eionet NRC EIS workshop, 16-17 June 2011

Vanda Nunes de LimaJRC, IES, SDI Unit

Coordinator of INSPIRE data specifications development

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What is INSPIRE?What is INSPIRE?

European legislation

“Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community”

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rule

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lish

men

tEnvironment

Distributed infrastructure

27 countries

21 languages

34 Spatial Data Themes

Entry into force 15/5/2007

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INSPIRE Legal Acts published in the INSPIRE Legal Acts published in the Official JournalOfficial Journal

•Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) 14.03.2007

•INSPIRE Metadata Regulation 03.12.2008

•Commission Decision regarding INSPIRE monitoring and reporting 05.06.2009

•Regulation on INSPIRE Network Services 19.10.2009 (View and discovery)

•Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation 15.12.2009

•Regulation on INSPIRE Data and Service Sharing 29.03.2010

•Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards download services and transformation services 10.12.2010

•COMMISSION REGULATION implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 10.12.2010 (Annex I)

•COMMISSION REGULATION amending Regulation 1089/2010 as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 05.02.2011 (code list)

European law affecting 30+ countries, 21+ languages

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• Two separate, but closely related activities:– Consultation: Commenting the Data Specification– Testing: Testing of Data Specifications against real spatial data

• Main aim of consultation:– Review of data specification documents (V.2.0)– Domain-specific aspects– Cross-thematic aspects (overlaps and gaps, inconsistencies)

• Main aims of testing:– To review of data specifications (V2.0) under real-world conditions – To provide the first test bed for interaction with and between the

participating stakeholders (teaming up, exchange of experience) – To report back to the INSPIRE CT and TWGs gained experience

• will be used to improve the data specifications for v3.0

• the basis for amendment of the legal act

Consultation & Testing: Aims

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ScopeScope/Content/Content• For Consultation & Testing

– D2.8.I.x Data Specification on <Theme Name> – Draft Guidelines: 24 PDF documents

– D2.5 GCM updates only– INSPIRE O&M Guidelines

• For Reference– GML Application Schemas: 1 ZIP archive– UML Model (XMI, EAP, HTML)– The “INSPIRE Data Specifications Cost-benefit

considerations” document– INSPIRE Annex I testing summary report

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CommunicationCommunication

• Calls for participation on testing– Initial set of information- Still possible to register!

Only for registered SDICs/LMOs

http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/7/type/register

• Testing Kick off meeting: 22 June 2011– Dedicated presentations – Questions & answers session

• INSPIRE Forum– Exchange testing releated information– Source of relevant information– Communication platform– Uploading and sharing results of the testing

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• Feasibility testing main focus of testing– measure technical feasibility and effort related to transforming

existing data (e.g., from Member States’ organisations) into data compliant with the requirements and schemas proposed in the data specification documents

• Fitness for purpose testing– assess the benefits of harmonised data specifications from an end-

user or application point of view • Provide cost-benefit information

– Related to the testing– Contextual / not directly related to testing

Testing – Overview

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Testing20.06.2011-21.10.2011

Consultation20.06.2011-01.10.2011

Call for TestingOut

08.04.2011

Call for ConsultationTo be published

16.06.2011

JiraSDIC/LMO

DB

Testing Reports

(WebForm)

XLS templatefor comments

01.06.2011

XLS templatefor comments

01.06.2011

Outcomes

From Testing– SDICs/LMOs: Testing

report via WebForm– SDICs/LMOs:

Comments delivered via XLS

spredsheet– INSPIRE CT: Import of

XLS comments to JIRA

From Consultation– SDICs/LMOs:

Comments delivered via XLS

spreadsheet– INSPIRE CT:Import of

XLS comments to JIRA

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Thematic scope: spatial data themesThematic scope: spatial data themesAnnex I

Coordinate reference systems

Geographical grid systems

Geographical namesAdministrative units

AddressesCadastral parcels

Transport networksHydrography

Protected sites

Annex II

ElevationLand cover

Ortho-imageryGeology

Annex III

Statistical unitsBuildings

SoilLand use

Human health and safetyUtilities and government

service Environmental monitoring

facilitiesProduction and industrial

facilitiesAgricultural and

aquaculture facilitiesPopulation distribution -

demography

Area management/restriction/

regulation zones & reporting units

Natural risk zonesAtmospheric conditions

Meteorological geographical features

Oceanographic geographical features

Sea regionsBio-geographical regions

Habitats and biotopesSpecies distributionEnergy resourcesMineral resources

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Status of registrations for testingStatus of registrations for testing

• Total of registered proposals: 61 (at 14 June 2011)• Testers for Annex I 11• Testers for Annex II 35• Testers for Annex III 58

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Status of registrations for testingStatus of registrations for testingFeasibility Fitness for purpose

•Coordinate reference systems 2 2

•Geographical names 1 1

•Administrative units 3 1

•Addresses 3 1

•Cadastral parcels 4 2

•Transport networks 2 1

•Hydrography 3 3

• Protected sites 3 2

•Elevation 14 5

•Land cover 21 6

•Ortho-imagery 10 6

•Geology 14 7

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Status of registrations for testingStatus of registrations for testingFeasibility Fitness for purpose

•Statistical units 4 1

•Buildings 12 6

•Soil 12 6

•Land use 22 8

•Human health and safety 2 1 •Utilities and government service 10 5

•Environmental monitoring facilities 14 5

•Production and industrial facilities 5 2

•Agricultural and aquaculture facilities 4 2 •Population distribution – demography 4 2 •Area management/restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units 11 4

•Natural risk zones 13 5

•Atmospheric conditions 5 3

•Meteorological geographical features 4 2

•Oceanographic geographical features 2 1

•Sea regions 3 2

•Bio-geographical regions 12 5

•Habitats and biotopes 16 5

•Species distribution 14 4

•Energy resources 3 2 •Mineral resources 8 3

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Consultation and testing: 20 June until Consultation and testing: 20 June until 21 October 201121 October 2011

• Testing Kick-Off web Meeting 22 June 2011 14:00-16:30

• Instructions communicated with the invitation and the Agenda

• Invitation sent to the Contact person registered for testing

• Kick-off will be recorded and make available• Team-up is encouraged

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Consultation and testing: What nextConsultation and testing: What next

• Several initiatives at National and European level to prepare this step: need to inform stakeholders and INSPIRE Team

Comment resolution : • Comments resolution including TWG “extended” meetings

24 October-02 December 2011• CRW 05-07 December 2011• Comment resolution (cont.) 08 December to 27 January 2012

Delivery DS v2.9: 24 February 2012

• Internal revision DS v2.9: 27 Febr.- 23 March 2012

• Preparation DS v3.0 RC: 26 March – 20 April 2012

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INSPIRE RoadmapINSPIRE Roadmap

• Preparing draft IR: 23 April- 29 June 2012

Done by JRC data specification team with support from TWGs

• ISC: 02- 27 July 2012• Draft IR: 03-21 September 2012

Done by JRC data specification team with support from TWGs

Until there:

Still time and need to participate at the development process

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What is INSPIRE in a nutshell?What is INSPIRE in a nutshell?

• Comprehensive Data inventory • Formal (standardised) documentation (Metadata Implementing Rule Legal

Act)• Facilitate Data discovery through standardised Discovery Services

(Network Service IR Legal Act)• Data Sharing • Facilitate Data Use by allowing view, download and transformation (IR

Network Service)• Promote long term Data Harmonisation by adopting common models to

“expose” the data (IR data interoperability)• Leave to Member States responsibility for addressing cross-border

issues

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Scope INSPIRE DirectiveScope INSPIRE Directive• Spatial data held by or on behalf of a public authority

operating down to the lowest level of government when laws or regulations require their collection or dissemination

• INSPIRE covers 34 Spatial Data Themes laid down in 3 Annexes – required to successfully build environmental

information systems

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INSPIRE’s participatory approach INSPIRE’s participatory approach • To-date, over 650 organizations are registered as INSPIRE stakeholders

– Providing experts, reference material, projects– Participate in user requirements survey– Participate in reviewing and testing of specifications– And learn from each other

• INSPIRE contributes to global solutions– INSPIRE is EU contribution to Global Earth Observation System of Systems

• Stakeholders participating in INSPIRE are international– Group on Earth Observations– United Nations Geospatial Information Working Group– Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) of the United Nations– EuroGeographics– World Meteorological Organisation Region VI grouping (RAVI)– WMO Global Runoff Data Centre

Interested? Register! http://inspire.ec.europa.eu