SK INSPIRE Data sharing

Martin Tuchyňa

04.07.2013, TAIEX Study visit on INSPIRE interoperability data sets and services

Slovak environmental agency, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

access to spatial data sets and services under harmonised conditions

Content • Purpose • Analysis of requirements• INSPIRE Licensing framework • SK State of play• Implementation scenarios• Licensing framework• Processes allowing access, sharing and use• Remaining open issues

Purpose • Establish harmonised conditions for access and sharing INSPIRE spatial data and services

– From Memeber states MS to Community institutions and bodies– Within the MS

„Searching the ballance“ Restrictions should not be seen as all or nothing

– Although restrictions can be neccessary, INSPIRE aims to improve sharing– MS or involved stakeholders should quote under which conditions is possible to grant access to restricted data and services (e.g. removal of sensitive information, generalisation, etc)– Possible restriction exemptions (forest fire near a military base)– Support for wide access to data & services to stimulate added value generation potential

Analysis of requirements

• INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC)• Implementing rules (Commission Regulation on INSPIRE data and services sharing)• Guidance on access to spatial data sets and services of the Member States by Community institutions and bodies under harmonised conditions • Examples of good practice in data and service sharing from various countries.

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Analysis of requirements

Analysis of requirements• Harmonised conditions should :

– Improve access and sharing for INSPIRE spatial data and services– Make more transparent and where possible eliminate the possible restrictions for access and sharing

• Role of:– Metadata– Transparency– Response times (20 days)– Acknowledgement of intellectual property rights– Emergency access and use– Public access

Licensing framework

• Requirements for licences:– Any arrangements concerning access to spatial data sets and services shall be fully compatible with the requirements of the Regulation– Definitions laid down in Article 3 of Directive 2007/2/EC shall be used in any arrangements concerning access to spatial data sets and services

Licensing framework• Type of INSPIRE licences:

– Prepared in advance before the need for the execution:• INSPIRE Framework Agreement

– Prepared either in advance, but mainly at the moment of need for the execution:

• The Basic INSPIRE Agreement: Access to data and services in INSPIRE context without any restrictions, or conditions and free of charge:

– Basic INSPIRE Licence for spatial data sets– Basic INSPIRE Service Level Agreement for spatial data services

• Specific INSPIRE AgreementAccess to data and services, allowing to address specific harmonised rights and responsabilities and where needed charging conditions.

– Specific INSPIRE Licence for spatial data sets)– Specific INSPIRE Service Level Agreement for spatial data services

Licencing framework• Licences classifications

– Scope• One dataset/service• More datasets/services

– Involved parties• Bilateral level• Framework level

– Form• e-mail; • non-transactional statement on website • click-licence on-line• Machine-readable licences

– Multilinguality• SK mandatory• EN recomended

SK State of play•Organisation

– Individual ad hoc licences/agreements – Non harmonised structure of the agreements– Absence of licence registry (overview of agreements defining conditions for spatial data and services access and use)– Emergency situations covered by Ministry of Interior (Civil protection)

• Requirements to create and maintain organisational structure allowing effective spatial data and services access and use (Including appropriate processesand tools)

Implementation scenarios• Aim: Fullfillment of requirements on data sharing:

– Licensing framework (Legal and technical (suportive) dossier); – Processes allowing access, sharing and use

• Possible scenarios:– Individual decentralised agreements (Close to current status): Low level of harmonisation – Centralised licensing framework (Full centralised control of INSPIRE data and services sharing): Difficulties to implement because of heterogenity of environment– Combined scenario (Allowing flexibility, whilst ensuring minimal level of harmonisation):

• Licensing framework – (step wise implementation):• Definition of NSDI license policy

– Methodological/strategic document sumarising conditions of licensing framework for SK NSDI, experience identified in the process of implementation and providing recomendations for further development in area of legislation (harmonisation with relevant initiatives eGov, Emergency activities) as well as in the area of practical implementation (eg. Machine readable licenses).

• Preparing SK localisation of INSPIRE license templates:– Benefits: Partial level of licenses structure harmonisation, fast implementation – Limitations: Relatively still high level of admin burden, still relatively time consuming mainly from the coordination point of view.

• Framework agreement preparation – delineating generic harmonised framework for data and services provision for EU as well as national level:

– Benefits: High level of harmonisation of licence structure and overal coordination, increased speed in processing of data and services access requests, clear rules and processes– Limitation: Higher time needed in order to achieve the consensus on national level (heterogenic spectrum of requirements and expectations)

Licensing framework: License policy• Possibility of implementation of license policy of NSDI

– NSDI Licence policyDefining frame for transparent and consistent exchange of digital spatial data and services:

• Preamble• Legislation framework• Terms definitions • Principles• Subject matter and scope• Objectives• Data and services provision• Access to and redistribution of data and services• Agreements/Licenses register• Warranty• Quality• Review• Annex(es): license templates

Licensing framework: Licence templates• INSPIRE SK localised license Templates 1/2

Basic INSPIRE license Specific INSPIRE license

Article Common part

License for spatial datasets

Service level agreement

Common part

License for spatial

datasets

Service level agreement

1.Preamble / Preambula: X X

2.Parties/Dotknuté strany: X

3.Definitions/Definície: X X

4.Subject/Predmet: X X X X

5.Grant/Podmienky dohody: X X

6.Allowed use/Prípustné použitie: X X

7.Public access and use / Verejný prístup a použitie:

X X

8.Unauthorised use/Neoprávnené použitie:

X X

9.Intelectual property rights/Intelektuálne vlastníctvo:

X X X X

10.Warranties/Záruky: X

11.Security/Zabezečenie: X

12.Liability/Zodpovednosť: X X

Licensing framework: Licence templates• INSPIRE SK localised licence Templates 2/2

Basic INSPIRE license Specific INSPIRE license

Article Common part

License for spatial

datasets

Service level agreement

Common part

License for spatial datasets

Service level agreement

13.Quality and conformance/Kvalita a súlad: X X

14.Pricing and payment/ Cenotvorba a platba: X X

15.Access and delivery: Prístup a doručenie: X X

16.Personal data/Osobné údaje: X X

17.Assignment, sub-licensing and sub-contracting/ Priradenie sub-licencovania a subdodávky:

X

18.Force majeure/Vyššia moc: X X

19.Contact person/Contaktná osoba: X

20.Conflict resolution/Riešenie rozporov: X X

21.Applicable law and jurisdiction/Aplikovateľné právo a súdna príslušnosť:

X

22.Termination/Ukončenie: X X X X X

Licensing framework: Framework agreement

• NSDI Framework agreementDelineation of generic, but flexible enough framework allowing harmonised access and exchange of spatial data and services on Eu and national level:

• Licensing• Duration and renewal• Openness• Private Participation / Partnership• Stepwise implementation• + where needed articles from INSPIRE license templates

Processes allowing access, sharing and use

• Possible scenarios to deploy relevant processes:

– Centralised• Central national licensing coordination (Ministry of Environment, MSCP, Coordination Group ?) • Agreement achieved with all involved stakeholders in order to ensure consistent communication and sharing of digital spatial content on national level• Following that central coordination authority will initiate agreement/s with relevant EU authority(ies).

– Distributed• Each stakeholder will sign agreement individually on national and international level, following agreed rules for harmonised data sharing.

– Combined•Combination of above scenrios

Remaining open issues• Detailed work to be initiated via Specific WG on Data sharing • Provision for SK implementation roadmap• Identification of most suitable licence framework

• Selection of suitable process to ensure access and exchange of digital spatial content in context of INSPIRE

• Improve awareness raising

Relevant sources• INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/ES• Comission regulation (EU) n. 268/2010 from 29. March 2010• Guidance on access to spatial data sets and services of the Member States by Community institutions and bodies under harmonised conditions (ver.5, 09/01/2013)• Examples of good practice in data and service sharing from various countries (ver.3, 09/01/2013).• INSPIRE Reporting deliveries 2013

Thank you!

martin.tuchyna@sazp.sk

04.07.2013, TAIEX Study visit on INSPIRE interoperability data sets and services

Slovak environmental agency, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia