1 Consultation and Testing INSPIRE Data Specifications v2.0 Eionet NRC EIS workshop, June 2011 Vanda Nunes de Lima JRC, IES, SDI Unit Coordinator of INSPIRE data specifications development

2 What is INSPIRE? European legislation “Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community” General rules for establishment Environment Distributed infrastructure 27 countries 21 languages 34 Spatial Data Themes Entry into force 15/5/2007

3 INSPIRE Legal Acts published in the Official Journal Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) INSPIRE Metadata Regulation Commission Decision regarding INSPIRE monitoring and reporting Regulation on INSPIRE Network Services (View and discovery) Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation Regulation on INSPIRE Data and Service Sharing Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards download services and transformation services COMMISSION REGULATION implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services (Annex I) COMMISSION REGULATION amending Regulation 1089/2010 as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services (code list) European law affecting 30+ countries, 21+ languages

4 Two separate, but closely related activities: – Consultation: Commenting the Data Specification – Testing: Testing of Data Specifications against real spatial data Main aim of consultation: –Review of data specification documents (V.2.0) –Domain-specific aspects –Cross-thematic aspects (overlaps and gaps, inconsistencies) Main aims of testing: – To review of data specifications (V2.0) under real-world conditions – To provide the first test bed for interaction with and between the participating stakeholders (teaming up, exchange of experience) – To report back to the INSPIRE CT and TWGs gained experience will be used to improve the data specifications for v3.0 the basis for amendment of the legal act Consultation & Testing: Aims

5 Scope/Content For Consultation & Testing –D2.8.I.x Data Specification on – Draft Guidelines: 24 PDF documents –D2.5 GCM updates only –INSPIRE O&M Guidelines For Reference –GML Application Schemas: 1 ZIP archive –UML Model (XMI, EAP, HTML) –The “INSPIRE Data Specifications Cost-benefit considerations” document –INSPIRE Annex I testing summary report

6 Communication Calls for participation on testing –Initial set of information- Still possible to register! Only for registered SDICs/LMOs Testing Kick off meeting: 22 June 2011 –Dedicated presentations –Questions & answers session INSPIRE Forum –Exchange testing releated information –Source of relevant information –Communication platform –Uploading and sharing results of the testing

7 Feasibility testing  main focus of testing –measure technical feasibility and effort related to transforming existing data (e.g., from Member States’ organisations) into data compliant with the requirements and schemas proposed in the data specification documents Fitness for purpose testing –assess the benefits of harmonised data specifications from an end- user or application point of view Provide cost-benefit information –Related to the testing –Contextual / not directly related to testing Testing – Overview

8 Testing Consultation Call for Testing Out Call for Consultation To be published Jira SDIC/LMO DB Testing Reports (WebForm) XLS template for comments XLS template for comments Outcomes From Testing –SDICs /LMOs: Testing report via WebForm –SDICs /LMOs: Comments delivered via XLS spredsheet –INSPIRE CT: Import of XLS comments to JIRA From Consultation –SDICs /LMOs: Comments delivered via XLS spreadsheet –INSPIRE CT:Import of XLS comments to JIRA

9 Thematic scope: spatial data themes Annex I Coordinate reference systems Geographical grid systems Geographical names Administrative units Addresses Cadastral parcels Transport networks Hydrography Protected sites Annex II Elevation Land cover Ortho-imagery Geology Annex III Statistical units Buildings Soil Land use Human health and safety Utilities and government service Environmental monitoring facilities Production and industrial facilities Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Population distribution - demography Area management/restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units Natural risk zones Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Oceanographic geographical features Sea regions Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Species distribution Energy resources Mineral resources

10 Status of registrations for testing Total of registered proposals: 61 (at 14 June 2011) Testers for Annex I11 Testers for Annex II35 Testers for Annex III58

11 Status of registrations for testing FeasibilityFitness for purpose Coordinate reference systems 22 Geographical names11 Administrative units31 Addresses31 Cadastral parcels42 Transport networks21 Hydrography33 Protected sites32 Elevation145 Land cover216 Ortho-imagery106 Geology147

12 Status of registrations for testing FeasibilityFitness for purpose Statistical units41 Buildings126 Soil126 Land use228 Human health and safety21  Utilities and government service 105 Environmental monitoring facilities145 Production and industrial facilities52 Agricultural and aquaculture facilities42  Population distribution – demography42  Area management/restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units114 Natural risk zones135 Atmospheric conditions53 Meteorological geographical features42 Oceanographic geographical features21 Sea regions32 Bio-geographical regions125 Habitats and biotopes165 Species distribution144 Energy resources32  Mineral resources83

13 Consultation and testing: 20 June until 21 October 2011 Testing Kick-Off web Meeting 22 June :00-16:30 Instructions communicated with the invitation and the Agenda Invitation sent to the Contact person registered for testing Kick-off will be recorded and make available Team-up is encouraged

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15 Consultation and testing: What next Several initiatives at National and European level to prepare this step: need to inform stakeholders and INSPIRE Team Comment resolution : Comments resolution including TWG “extended” meetings 24 October-02 December 2011 CRW December 2011 Comment resolution (cont.) 08 December to 27 January 2012 Delivery DS v2.9 : 24 February 2012 Internal revision DS v2.9: 27 Febr.- 23 March 2012 Preparation DS v3.0 RC : 26 March – 20 April 2012

16 INSPIRE Roadmap Preparing draft IR: 23 April- 29 June 2012 Done by JRC data specification team with support from TWGs ISC: July 2012 Draft IR: September 2012 Done by JRC data specification team with support from TWGs Until there: Still time and need to participate at the development process

17 What is INSPIRE in a nutshell? Comprehensive Data inventory Formal (standardised) documentation (Metadata Implementing Rule Legal Act) Facilitate Data discovery through standardised Discovery Services (Network Service IR Legal Act) Data Sharing Facilitate Data Use by allowing view, download and transformation (IR Network Service) Promote long term Data Harmonisation by adopting common models to “expose” the data (IR data interoperability) Leave to Member States responsibility for addressing cross-border issues

18 Scope INSPIRE Directive Spatial data held by or on behalf of a public authority operating down to the lowest level of government when laws or regulations require their collection or dissemination INSPIRE covers 34 Spatial Data Themes laid down in 3 Annexes –required to successfully build environmental information systems

19 INSPIRE’s participatory approach To-date, over 650 organizations are registered as INSPIRE stakeholders –Providing experts, reference material, projects –Participate in user requirements survey –Participate in reviewing and testing of specifications –And learn from each other INSPIRE contributes to global solutions –INSPIRE is EU contribution to Global Earth Observation System of Systems Stakeholders participating in INSPIRE are international –Group on Earth Observations –United Nations Geospatial Information Working Group –Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) of the United Nations –EuroGeographics –World Meteorological Organisation Region VI grouping (RAVI) –WMO Global Runoff Data Centre Interested? Register!