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INSPIRE maintenance and implementation

– What’s new?

Michael Lutz

INSPIRE Conference, Barcelona27 September 2016

Why?

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/inspire-roadmap/61

Support MS in implementation

Why?

Maintain 6 legal acts and 40+ Technical Guidelines

Why?

Develop and maintain central infrastructure components and tools

Why?

Support technical evolution and use of INSPIRE data & services

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Why?

Coordinate with other policies and discuss strategic direction

How?

• Main pillars Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Maintenance &

Implementation (MIG) Permanent technical sub-group (MIG-T) Members for both proposed by MS

• In addition: Ad-hoc sub-groups for specific tasks Members from a “pool of experts” (proposed by SDICs

and LMOs)

• Commonly (MS/EC/EEA) agreed multi-annual rolling work programme (MIWP) to govern the work by the MIG.

Status MIWP actions Sep 2016 & ETA5 Validation Draft ATS for NS, SDS and MD; 1st release

Testing framework and ETS 6/2017

6 Registers Sub-group draft of TG/BP, Tested RoRprototype 10/2016

7a SOS MIG-T review completed 12/2016

7b WCS MIG-T review completed 12/2016

8 Metadata MIG-T review completed 12/2016

10 Data specs Completed

14 Thematic Clusters

platform operational, TG change proposals and IR issues endorsed by MIG-P on-going

16 Monitoring Completed 12/2015

18a xsds Completed

sds SDS MIG-T & MIG-P review completed 12/2016

ext Extensions Study & inventory completed

Overview

• Validation & conformity testing (MIWP-5)• Registers and registries (MIWP-6)• TGs & tools for observation & coverage data

(MIWP-7a+b)• Updated Metadata TG (MIWP-8)• Theme-specific issues (MIWP-14)• INSPIRE monitoring dashboard (MIWP-16)• Updated SDS TG• Best practices for data model extensions

Validation & conformity testing – Why?

• In the implementation phase there is a need for tools for validation (of metadata, services, data) for implementers to understand where they are with their

implementation & where there are gaps for national coordinators for monitoring the

implementation in their countries for DG ENV/JRC/EEA to monitor the implementation

across Europe for solution providers to check their software solutions

against the INSPIRE requirements

• Validation service available from JRC and in some Member States and projects duplication of effort potentially inconsistent results

Validation & conformity testing – Status• Start ARE3NA activity on validation, Dec 2015• Completion ATS development (MD+NS), June 2016• 1st release INSPIRE testing framework and ETS: Aug 2016• Completion ARE3NA activity on validation, June 2017

Robin Smith & Jon Hermann: INSPIRE Validation, Conformance and Interoperability TestingWed, 28/9, 9:00 – The INSPIRE Toolbox, H3

INSPIRE testing framework and ETS (1st release)Wed, 28/9, 12:30 – INSPIRE standThu, 29/9, 13:30 – INSPIRE stand

Registries and registers – Why?

• MS need to build registries and use the central INSPIRE registers

• Guidelines needed for extending central INSPIRE registers register federation

• Priorities for the further development (functionality and content) of the central INSPIRE registry to be discussed between EC and MS

• Procedures and decision-makingrules needed for a control body for the central INSPIRE registers

Registries and registers – Status

• Guidance / best practices document finalised Best practices for setting up registers / registries

– for register managers & users INSPIRE Register Federation – Overview How to join the INSPIRE register federation

– for register managers How to use the INSPIRE register federation

– for register users Annexes (examples of descriptors, validation stylesheet)

• Register of Registers (RoR) prototype http://inspire-regadmin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ror

• Support of Register federation exchange format in central INSPIRE registry service

Registries and registers – Status

Registries and registers – Status

Registries and registers – Status

• Re3gistry software Version 1.2 (additional authentication method, new

webapp for the service) Version 1.3 being tested

– Support for Register Federation formats – Support for re-use of externally defined values

Daniele Francioli: Re3gistry – A tool to manage and share reference codesWed, 28/9, 9:00 – The INSPIRE Toolbox, H3

Re3gistry & INSPIRE registry serviceWed, 28/9, 15:30 and Fri, 30/9, 10:30 – INSPIRE standRegister federationThu, 29/9, 15:30 – INSPIRE stand

TGs & tools for observation &coverage data – Why?• Many Annex II+III data sets are

based on observations or coverages

• Available solutions in TGs for Download services (WFS and Atom) not suited for providing direct access to observation or coverage data

• Additional opportunities by sharing data using SOS/WCS

TGs & tools for observation & coverage data – Status• Technical Guidelines for Download Services based on SOS

and WCS (INSPIRE SOS/WCS profiles) MIG-T review completed

• Update of D2.9 Guidelines for the use of O&M and SWE MIG-T review completed Focus on implementers Guidance tailored to INSPIRE Previously existing content as Annexes Simpler and shorter document Alignment with TG for download services

• SOS Open Source Implementation (52North) with support for additional observation types (e.g. PointObservation, ProfileObservation, TrajectoryObservation, …)

TGs & tools for observation & coverage data – Status

Workshop Choosing the Right INSPIRE Download Service Technologies, Mon, 26/9, 9:00 & 11:00, H1

Workshop Enabling access to spatio-temporal observation data in a spatial data infrastructure through SOS and O&M, Mon, 26/9, 11:00, H3

Workshop Implementation and potential of INSPIRE coverage data and WCS, Fri, 30/9 9:00 & 11:00, B3

Session Network services, Wed, 29/9, 14:00, H2

Updated Metadata TG – Why?

• Implementation experience since 2009• Two updates planned June and December to

address identified issues: Metadata for SDS Integrate metadata for interoperability Language neutral identifiers Unique Resource Identifier Coupled resources Conditions applying to access and use Harmonized restrictions/licenses Integrate Theme specific metadata Relation to ISO19115-1:2014 Conformance classes in registry Metadata for monitoring Add Abstract Test suite

Updated Metadata TG – Status

• Updated TG draft MIG-T review completed Including all requirements on metadata from different

legal acts Conformance classes for– Data sets– Network services– Spatial data services

TG re-structured following ISO 19139 Requirements language improved based on MIWP-5

feedback

Many presentations on metadata, e.g.

Martin Seiler: Quo Vadis Geospatial Metadata? Fri, 30/09/2016, 11:00 - Technologies and tools required to deliver INSPIRE, H3

Theme-specific issues – Why?

• Many implementation questions, approaches, best practices and planned extensions are theme-specific

• A number of theme-specific issues have been raised for several data specification TGs

• TGs still allow some degrees of freedom for implementing the IRs develop “harmonised” approaches for implementation.

• Discuss links to other environmental policies and reporting obligations

Theme-specific issues – Status

• Thematic Clusters platform Discussion of concrete theme-specific implementation

issues Important source for identifying

implementation issues– Simplification / bug-fixing of TGs– Community implementation

knowledge base Dedicated thematic webinars, e.g.

– Coverages, GeoSciML, land cover / land use New facilitators for O&M & EF (Kathi Schleidt, AT) and

Biodiversity & AM Cluster: Stefania Morrone (IT)

• Document of IR issues and TG change requests based on mature discussions on the platform consolidated by MIWP-14 sub-group MIG-T and MIG-P review completed

Some stats (Sep 2016) …• 705 registered members• 50 groups & sub-groups• 441 discussion topics• 1000+ responses• 76 pages on specific topics

Some stats (Sep 2016) …• 705 registered members• 50 groups & sub-groups• 441 discussion topics• 1000+ responses• 76 pages on specific topics

Thematic Clusters – Examples

• Harmonising implementation approaches: Implementation of the Protected Sites simple schema for

CDDA MS datasets https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/view/100536/issu

es-related-to-ps-application-schema

• Capacity building for newcomers INSPIRE and statistical units datasets https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/discussion/view/68521/c

ompletely-beginner-needs-help

• Sharing best practices eENVplus Schematron library for dataset validation https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/discussion/view/36149/s

chematron-library

Thematic clusters – Community meetingsEnvironmental Monitoring and Observations –Mon, 26.9. 17-18.00, K2Statistics and Human Health – Mon, 26.9. 15.30-16.00, K2

Biodiversity & Management Areas – Wed, 28.9. 11:00-11:30, K2 Topographic and Cadastral Reference Data – Tue, 27.9. 16:30-17:30 INSPIRE stand/K2 Land cover and Land Use – Wed, 28.9. 10:30-11:00, K2 Elevation, Orthoimagery, Reference Systems and Grid Systems – Tue, 27.9. 16:30-17:30 INSPIRE stand/K2 Earth Science – Tue, 27.9. 15:30-16:30 room K2 Facilities, Utilities & Public Services – Tue, 27.9. 10:30-11:00, K2

Workshop Merging statistics and geospatial information – Lessons learned towards INSPIRE –Mon, 26/9 14.00-18.00, H1

INSPIRE monitoring dashboard – Why?

• Need to improve the usefulness and reliability of monitoring information

• Investigate how to automate the calculation of monitoring indicators while relying on metadata

• Design (and prototype) a dashboard providing access to all monitoring information and related indicators for every Member State

INSPIRE monitoring dashboard – Status

• Mapping between metadata and monitoring variables

• Proposal for discarding (and adding) some monitoring indicators

• Implementation of dashboardhttps://inspire-dashboard.eea.europa.eu/official

• Dashboard published as Open Sourcehttps://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/daobs/

Stefan Jensen: INSPIRE monitoring 2016 -report on member state progress in implementing the directive – This Session

Updated SDS TG – Why?

• Unclear what “Spatial data services” are• Relationship SDS – NS unclear• Requirements for SDS in different legal acts

(metadata, data interoperability)• Current TGs require extensions of standard ISO

19115/19119/19139 metadata (link to MIWP-8)

Updated SDS TG – Status

• Updated TG was developed by an ad-hoc sub-group of MIG-T

• TG for SDS metadata have been incorporated in updated MD TG

• MIG-T and MIG-P review completed

No presentations on SDS?

Data model extensions – Why?

• Data sets in MS are often much richer (and thus more valuable/useful for many applications) than the data models in the data interoperability IRs and TGs

• To preserve this richness and value specifications have to be extended.

• Extensions can be done in many different ways, and data providers often don’t know where/how to start or which approaches are recommended under which conditions

• Aim: Collect, analyse and document patterns for extending INSPIRE data models

Data model extensions – Status

• 2 workshops to collect existing examples and discuss patterns with community experts

• Outcomes: Inventory of existing Model Extensions Extension Methodology and MDA Summary Pattern Catalogue End-to-End Tutorial Project Documentation – http://inspire-extensions.wetransform.to/

Workshop INSPIRE Extensions: Guidance for building data models on the Data Specifications, Mon, 26/9, 9:00 & 11:00, B1-B2

Session Extending INSPIRE, Wed, 28/9, 9:00, H2

Find out more! Get involved!

• Check out the MIG in the INSPIRE knowledge base http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/inspire-maintenance-and-

implementation/

• Register in the pool of experts http://europa.eu/!yP87VM

• Participate in the thematic clusters https://themes.jrc.ec.europa.eu

• Join a temporary sub-group http://europa.eu/!Hy67Fu

• Come to the INSPIRE stand(we’ve got sweets…)