european spatial data infrastructure - inspire and beyond

European Spatial Data Infrastructure -

INSPIRE and beyond

European Commission Joint Research Centre

www.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Serving societyStimulating innovationSupporting legislation

Robert Tomas, Ph.D

2/16InGeoCloudS 2nd Workshop: Brussels, 21 November

Outline

• INSPIRE IRs development progress

• INSPIRE Maintenance & implementation (MIF)

• INSPIRE and ISA Actions

• JRC led ISA actions ARE3NA, EULF

• Answers to INGeoCloudS Questions


INSPIRE ComponentsINSPIRE is a Framework Directive – 2007/2/EC Detailed technical provisions are laid down in Implementing Rules on

• Metadata – (Reg. 1205/2008)• Interoperability of spatial data sets and services (Reg.

1089/2010)• Network services (discovery, view, download, transform,

invoke) (Reg. 976/2009)• Data and Service sharing (policy) (Reg. 268/2010)• Coordination and measures for Monitoring & Reporting (EC

Decision 2009/442)

Once adopted, Implementing Rules become European legislative acts and national law in 28 Member States and in some EFTA countries

Entry into force 15 May 2007


Implementation Roadmap

What When

Metadata available for Annex I+II spatial data

Discovery and view services IOC

Discovery and View Services operational

Download and Transformation Services IOC

Download and Transformation Services operational

Access to (newly collected / all) Annex I spatial data sets under harmonised conditions

Metadata available for Annex III spatial data

Access to (newly collected / all) Annex II+III spatial data sets under harmonised conditions

Dec 2010

May 2011

Nov 2011

June 2012

end 2012

end 2012 / 2017

Dec 2013

Dec 2015 / 2020

http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/44


INSPIRE Thematic – Data Scope• Annex I

1. Coordinate reference systems

2. Geographical grid systems

3. Geographical names4. Administrative units5. Addresses6. Cadastral parcels7. Transport networks8. Hydrography9. Protected sites • Annex II1. Elevation2. Land cover3. Ortho-imagery4. Geology

• Annex III1. Statistical units2. Buildings3. Soil4. Land use5. Human health and

safety6. Utility and

governmental services7. Environmental

monitoring facilities8. Production and

industrial facilities9. Agricultural and

aquaculture facilities10.Population distribution

– demography

11. Area management/ restriction/regulation zones & reporting units

12. Natural risk zones13. Atmospheric

conditions14. Meteorological

geographical features15. Oceanographic

geographical features16. Sea regions17. Bio-geographical

regions18. Habitats and biotopes19. Species distribution20. Mineral resources21. Energy Resources

21st October 2013: EC adopted the amendment to the Regulation (1089/2010) on the interoperability of spatial data sets and services regarding the Annex II+III spatial data themes.

21st October 2013: EC adopted the amendment to the Regulation (1089/2010) on the interoperability of spatial data sets and services regarding the Annex II+III spatial data themes.

Study visit of INSPIRATION Project beneficiaries

Impl. Rules vs. Technical Guidelines

DirectiveDirective

IRs for Metadata, Network ServicesInteroperability Spatial data sets

and services

IRs for Metadata, Network ServicesInteroperability Spatial data sets

and services

CommissionRegulation

CommissionRegulation

Technical GuidanceTechnical Guidance

“What Member States must implement”

(abstractspecification)

“How Member States might implement it”

(implementationspecification)

TG for the Implementation of Discovery Services

ImplementationRequirements &

Recommendations

TG for the Implementation of Discovery Services


Recommendations

TG – Data Specification on

Addresses


Recommendations

TG – Data Specification on

Addresses


Recommendations

INSPIRE Directive

2007/2/EC

INSPIRE Directive

2007/2/EC

legally binding

not legally binding

e.g.


• General/theme executive summaries, overview - description of the data theme scope

• Application schema(s) in UML / Feature catalogue(s)• spatial object types• attributes & attribute values • relationships between spatial objects• use of covarages, rules for unique identifiers, code lists …

• Coordinate & temporal reference systems• Data quality and theme specific metadata• Delivery - Encoding rules• Simple portrayal rules for the INSPIRE View Service

INSPIRE Data specifications - Content

Based on the EN ISO 19131


Data specifications – Technical Guidelines Annexes

• Annex A (normative) – Abstract Test Suite (set of Conformance classes (e.g. Application schema, Reference system, MD, Portrayal, …)

• Annex B (informative) – Use cases• Annex C (normative) – Code lists / values• Annex D (informative) – Extensions• … theme specific best practise, templates (e.g. use of MD Lineage)

Based on the EN ISO 19131

Final Data specification – Technical Guidelines V3.0 till the end of 2013Final Data specification – Technical Guidelines V3.0 till the end of 2013

Study visit of INSPIRATION Project beneficiaries

Data specification thematic extensions+ G

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INSPIRE Annex III Themes

INSPIRE data application schemas

INSPIRE Data specifications contain 138 Use casesINSPIRE Data specifications contain 138 Use cases

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Outline



• INSPIRE and ISA Actions




INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation Framework (MIF)

• Organisation of the MIF

Pool of experts

Registers

DSS

DS

NSMD

M&R

Communication

Sub-group (e.g. fo

r a

dedicated m

aintenance task)

INSPIRE stakeholders

nominate experts

NCPs

Commission expert group on INSPIRE maintenance and

implementation (MIG)

EC EEA

UK

NL ET

PL PT ...

nominate representatives

set up &select experts

1st Kick-off meeting of MIF 14.10.2013, Copenhagen


MIG – Tasks• Exchange of experience and good

practice related to the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and IRs

• Identify and give advice about the priority issues to be addressed in the maintenance of the INSPIRE Directive, IRs and/or TG documents

• Identify issues related to INSPIRE implementation and advise the Commission on how to address them

• Prepare and regularly update the rolling work programme to be agreed by the INSPIRE Committee and the Commission


Pool of experts – Tasks Ad-hoc input to discussions related to

INSPIRE implementation • Help answering questions related to implementation• Share implementation experiences• Promote INSPIRE-related activitiesParticipate in sub-groups set up by

the MIG to address specific maintenance or implementation tasks

• based on M&I work programme• sub-groups to be disbanded once

task is completed• ToR to be defined by the MIG


The “pool of experts”– 162 registered experts by countries


The “pool of experts” – 162 registered experts by technical expertise

(by 21. 11. 2013)


Main topics (priority issues)• Improve accessibility and readability of TGs• Better information on frequently asked questions • Guidelines and best practices for access control (authentication, authorisation and accounting - AAA)• Managing and using http URIs for INSPIRE identifiers• Validation and conformity testing• INSPIRE Registry and registers• Extension of Download Service TG for observation, coverage and tabular data• Annex I updates• Update of Metadata TG• Encoding, GML• Theme specific issues• Support to thematic legislation (e-Reporting)


Outline





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… and effective electronic cross-border and cross-sector interaction between European public administrations.

… share and re-use existing successful or newInteroperability solutions,common frameworks and servicesand generic tools.

…IT systems allow smooth implementation of Community policies and activities.

EfficientEuropean publicadministrations

Flexible andinterlinked

Programme Objectives

INSPIRE-related activities in the ISA*

*Interoperability solutions for European Public Administrations

• Commission: DG DIGIT.B2• Stakeholders: Other DGs and

Members StatesWho?

How?

• Programme based, via actions• Revised every year• Actions implemented by

Framework Contracts or Call for Tenders

Duration? • 2010-2015

http://ec.europa.eu/isa

Cooperation structure

Working GroupTrusted Information

Exchange

Working GroupInteroperability

Architecture

Working GroupExchange of Best

Practice

Coordination GroupAssists COM in translatingstrategy into actions and in coordinating across actions

ISA CommitteeManagement committee

Work programme opinion and strategic issues

Working GroupSpatial Information

and Services

JRC ChairFirst meeting 16-17/10/2013

ISA Cluster on Spatial Information and Services


Interoperability Solutions for European public Administrations

ISA a key enabler for Public Administrations to join forces, bring down e-barriers and overcome financial constraints

1st Kick-off meeting of the ISA WORKING GROUP on SPATIAL INFORMATION AND

SERVICES16-17 October 2013

Interoperability

Openness

Reuse Collaboration

… sharing reusable components for INSPIRE implementation and for interoperability in cross-border/cross-sector contexts.… sharing reusable components for INSPIRE implementation and for interoperability in cross-border/cross-sector contexts.

A Reusable INSPIRE Reference Platform

ISA Action 1.17

Examples of what has been done

• Creation of ARE3NA community on JoinUp to share and organise assets and in INSPIRE Forum

• Populating ARE3NA inventories (+ plans to share outputs via JoinUp)

• Creation and publication of a reusable Re3gistry and INSPIRE Registry as an operational service instance (plus user feedback for development)*

• Designing and developing a prototype open source platform for processing, integrating and visualizing volunteered/crowd-sourced data

• Updated INSPIRE metadata guidelines (just published)

• Contributing to other ISA actions to help reuse of components

*http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry

ARE3NA main goals 2014

• A study and open source testbed for Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) to data and services

• Common methodology for publishing INSPIRE as linked data and study for the governance of persistent identifiers for location in Europe (with EULF)

• Open Source reference implementation of the sensor observation service standard compliant with INSPIRE download services

• PLUS Identify more existing components and address more missing items (in INSPIRE and with other interoperability activities) through the ARE3NA ‘Survey’ (deadline 30 Nov ‘13)

tinyurl.com/are3na1

ISA Action 2.13European Union Location Framework

EULF Study EULF Study Extension WP 2014

EULF

Strategic

Vision

v0/v1/v2

EULF

Assessment

of the

Conditions

for anEULF

v1

EULF

Blueprint

v1/v2

EULF

Roadmapv1

Policy

and S

trate

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Alignm

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Standar

disat

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and

Inte

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Focus Areas EULF Study Focus Areas

Policy Domains

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Deliverables

Transport and Marine Pilots Output is series of reports (“Blueprint”) including•Vision•Concrete proposals for alignment of strategies and policies, and governance•Case studies and best practices•Methodologies for sharing and re-use of spatial data•Promotion of standards•Guidelines (e.g.,procurement)•Training•Pilots

EULF Strategic Vision V0

• Sets the strategic direction of what the EULF will achieve in the next few years

• identifies the relevant stakeholders within ISA, INSPIRE, other EU institutions, Member States, Interest Groups and Communities, and associated projects.

http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/documents/isa-2.13_eulf-strategic-vision-lite-v0-3_final_en.pdf


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https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eulf/description

http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/228519/european-union-location-framework-the-study/

https://twitter.com/EULocation#EULF

http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/02-interoperability-architecture/2-13action_en.htm https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/

community/are3na/description

http://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/120868/a-reusable-inspire-reference-platform/

http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/01-trusted-information-exchange/1-17action_en.htm

#ARe3NA

Delivering growth and better services through "location-enabled government"


Summary

• INSPIRE is a process (full implementation beyond 2020)• The legal framework has been established (last IR on SDS in

mid 2014)• Implementation of INSPIRE is entering a new phase (the

focus is now on MSs)• INSPIRE MIF established • Evolution of INSPIRE (e-Reporting, Powered by INSPIRE)• INSPIRE is integrated into wider EU ICT activities (ISA, EIF,

Open Data, Standardisation, 7th EAP)• INSPIRE is the opportunity for EU innovation!! (smeINSPIRE)


INGeoCloudS possible interactions with INSPIRE/ISA/JRC

• Registering of experts for the INSPIRE MIF• Providing reference material, best practices, identified gaps, re-usable SW tools etc.

• to INSPIRE MIF (INSPIRE Forum, MIF Forum?)• to ISA ARE3NA joinup platform

• Providing feedback to • ISA ARE3NA survey for missing re-usable SW components• INSPIRE Directive mid term evaluation consultation (survey from 1.1. 2014)• update of the PSI Directive (public consultation – now!)

• Organize a joint Technical workshop at JRC – ISPRA (Jan/Feb 2014) – Open, Big data, cloud computing..


Outline






1. Is fulfilling INSPIRE performance requirements a regular issue for organisations? - In some cases yes, but we provide almost on-line technical help which usually helps.

2. Other known examples of cloud usage? – Yes, UK (Ordnance Survey).

3. Our infrastructure supports sharing and mutual usage by different data provider: is it the right trend to go? National/Regional, Domain, European? – Yes it is a possible scenario.

Answers to the INGeoCloudS questions:


4. About conceptual modelling, are there at JRC some exploratory actions (or more advanced ones) towards usage of LinkedData / Semantic web technologies? – Yes, some exploratory work has been done on Metadata (DCAT, EU Open Data portal) + some on the INSPIRE data themes e.g. road, addresses, administrative units – pilot in the framework of the ISA CORE Location Vocabulary + the use of http URIs is recommended (INSPIRE GCM 3.4).

5. Are there other works currently investigated about INSPIRE (AAA, URIs, taking into account SOS... )? – yes, individually each of these should be investigated within the Are3NA ISA 2014 work program. The AAA also with the relation to the update of the PSI Directive… + INSPIRE Registry in RDF (mid 2014)

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry/

Answers to the INGeoCoudS questions:


Thank you for your attention!Robert [email protected]

INSPIREhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu

INSPIRE Forumhttp://inspire-forum.ec.europa.eu

INSPIRE Geoportalhttp://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/

INSPIRE data specificationsOverview


Data modelshttp://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/datamodels

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