GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language GeoSciML: enabling the exchange of geological map data Bruce Simons, GeoScience Victoria

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Co-authors Eric Boisvert – Geological Survey of Canada Boyan Brodaric – Geological Survey of Canada Simon Cox – CSIRO Tim R. Duffy – British Geological Survey Bruce R. Johnson – US Geological Survey John L. Laxton – British Geological Survey Steve Richard – Arizona Geological Survey/USGS Acknowledgements Alistair Ritchie – GeoScience Victoria Oliver Raymond– Geoscience Australia Robyn Gallagher– Queensland Geological Survey

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language  Geological map interoperability via web services  Developing a geoscience GML data format standard  Testing the standard  Public release and evaluation Outline

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Motivation - Interoperability USA Canada  availability of open geospatial technologies (OGC, ISO)  commitment to these standards Europe North America Asia Australia Federal NT SA WA NSW Qld Tas. Victoria Japan Korea France Sweden Czech Finland Netherlands Poland UK Germany Denmark “the ability of software and hardware on different machines from different vendors to share data”

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Victoria South Australia Schematic and semantic map data heterogeneity synonomy polysemy geological age eraperiodseries rock type volcanic semantic heterogeneity

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Victoria South Australia Schematic and semantic map data heterogeneity rock type schematic heterogeneity

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language systems syntax schematic semantic interoperability GeoSciML (data structure) Ontology (data content) Geoscience GML (data language) WFS, WMS, … (data systems) OpenGIS Interoperability in OpenGIS

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Objectives GML Client WMS WFS WMS WFS WMS WFS WMS WFS GeoSciML GA BGS USGS GSC USGS schema BGS schema GA schema GSC schema  a standard GML schema for geological data

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language  a standard GML schema for geological data  conduct a multi-country testbed GML Client WMS WFS WMS WFS WMS WFS WMS WFS GeoSciML GA BGS USGS GSC USGS schema BGS schema GA schema GSC schema Canada USA UK Australia Objectives Immature clients (GML 2 vs GML 3)

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language  a standard GML schema for geological data  conduct a multi-country testbed  demonstrate need for data content standards GML Client WMS WFS WMS WFS WMS WFS WMS WFS GeoSciML GA BGS USGS GSC USGS schema BGS schema GA schema GSC schema Objectives

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Approach—GeoSciML Design UML to GML Conceptual GML schemaLogical

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language  International consensus CGI-IUGS Data Model Working Group  Re-use, revise and extend existing standards Geography Mark-up Language (GML) ISO, OGC, NADM, XMML Approach—Developing a Standard

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language November 2003  15 countries represented  established the CGI-IUGS working group  created three task groups: Activities: Data Model Working Group Data Interchange Task Group: develop the schema Testbed Task Group: test the schema Vocabulary Task Group: identify classifications

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language  reviewed existing models  defined initial scope  geological units, earth materials, structures, boreholes  demonstrated Testbed 1 – sharing boreholes  initiated Testbed 2 – sharing geological maps  finalised GeoSciML 1.1  identified required classifications Activities: Data Model Working Group

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Participants Canada, USA, UK, France, Australia, Sweden Use cases  display map, query one feature, return attributes in GeoSciML  query several map features, return GeoSciML file for download  reclassify map features based on GeoSciML GeologicAge or Lithology Activities: Testbed 2

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Hornblende-biotite-pyroxene syenite: grey to pale orange, medium to coarse grained, equigranular </gml:descri MacFarlane Syenite typicalNorm <value codeSpace=" cgi.org/geologicAgeEventVocabulary">intrusion Triassic Use Case 1—Display and Query Feature  display map  query feature  return GeoSciML

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Use Case 2—Multiple Feature Download  select area  download GeoSciML

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Use Case 3—Reclassify by Age or Lithology AGE LITHOLOGY RECOLOUR MAP BY: RECOLOUR MAP BY APPLYING IUGS CLASSIFICATION SCHEME:

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Data Content Standards

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Future Activities  September 2006, Liege, Belgium  GeoSciML Session/Workshop (IAMG06)  Testbed 2 wrap-up  acceptance as CGI-IUGS standard  GeoSciML 2.0

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language  international collaboration for standard geological map data format  an application using international geospatial standards  derived from pre-existing data models  to be released as CGI-IUGS standard in 2006  multi-country testbed currently in progress Summary

GeoSciML: Enabling the exchange of geological map data DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES GeoSciML: a geoscience exchange language Questions? Web sites Data Model Working Group home Data Model Working Group twiki