GeoSciML v4.1 103rd OGC Technical Committee Meeting St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Eric Boisvert – Geological Survey of Canada 26 June 2017 Copyright © 2017 Open Geospatial Consortium
Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium A Brief History Born in Edinburgh in 2003, as a collaboration to bring together global geological data modelling activities in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. e.g., North American Data Model (NADM) British Geological Survey’s Digital Map Data Model Exploration and Mining Markup Language (XMML) Sponsored by IUSG (Int. Union of Geological Sciences) Global collaboration over 13 years British Geological Survey, UK Geological Survey of Sweden CSIRO, Australia Geological Survey of Italy (ISPRA) Geological Survey of Canada Geological Survey of Finland US Geological Survey GNS Science, New Zealand Arizona Geological Survey, USA Landcare Research, New Zealand Geoscience Australia BGR, Germany Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia Geological Survey of Japan BRGM, France and many observers… Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium What is GeoSciML? GeoScience Markup Language Cover features typically found on a geological map Describes geologic units, geologic time, faults, folds, etc. Includes observation artefacts Boreholes, samples, analysis (geochemistry, etc.) Does not include Mineral Resources / Energy Mineral Resource covered by ERML extension (deposits, commodities, etc.) Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
Geological Sampling & Analysis Version 4 packaging GeoSciML Basic Geological Timescale Borehole GeoSciML Lite import Extension Geological Sampling & Analysis GML Simple Feature (suitable for simple WFS) Minimal set of properties for common geological features Meets INSPIRE requirements Used in OneGeology portal (previous version, will upgrade) Extended set of properties Detailed geological timescale Borehole, samples, analysis (O&M) Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
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