1. An Overview of Geospatial Standards Support within the ArcGIS Platform
Satish Sankaran
Marten Hogeweg

2. Agenda Interoperability Challenges
Standards Organizations and Standards
Standards – Data formats and API, Metadata and Web Services
ArcGIS – Standards Support
Pragmatic Interoperability (de-facto vs de-jure standards)
Demonstrations

3. Interoperability Challenges
Cloud
Enterprise
Local
Create
Manage
Visualize
Analyze
Collaborate
Discover
Mobile
Desktop
Web
Interoperability Challenges
Multiple Platforms ( Operating Systems, Databases, …)
Multiple Architecture ( Local, Enterprise, Web, Cloud,…)
Multiple Clients ( Desktop, Web, Mobile, …)
Multiple Developer Environments (.NET, Java,…)
Multiple Protocols (SOAP, REST, OGC,….)
Multiple Encodings ( XML, Raster Formats, GML, JSON, ….)

4. The ArcGIS Platform An Open & Interoperable Platform
Supporting a thriving ecosystem of
focused apps and applications.
A Standards Compliant Platform
Supporting many relevant standards including
those from ISO TC 211 and OGC.

5. Procurement personnel Developer
System Integrator
User
Standards
ETL
Open
Interoperability

6. Many Standards Organizations …….
ANSI/INCITS
ISO
IHO
OMA
OGC
FGDC
OASIS
CEN
WS-I
GSDI
DGIWG
ACSM
ASPRS
EPSG

7. Many Standards …… SOS WFS WPS WCS Simple Features WMS Open LS GML
ISO 19115
ISO 19139
OWS Context
GeoXACML
CityGML
FGDC - CSDGM
Geopackage

8. GIS Standardization – functional areas
Basic Geographic Structures (semantic interoperability)
Geometry, topology, coordinate reference systems
Content Description (semantic interoperability)
Standardized Data Models, Feature Catalog
Modeling languages, Application schemas
Metadata
Data Management (semantic and technical)
Database management
Data Formats (technical interoperability)
Structure, Syntax, language, API
Visualization (semantic and technical)
Symbology, cartography, display
GeoWeb Services (technical interoperability)
Web Catalog, Web Services, SOA

9. GIS Standardization – functional areas
Basic Geographic Structures
ISO – Spatial Schema, ISO – Coordinate Reference Systems
Content Description
FACC, SDSFIE, Standardized Data Models
ISO – Feature Catalog Methodology , UML, FGDC Metadata, ISO – Metadata
Data Management
OGC Simple Features
Data Formats
VPF, OGC GML, ISO 19139, 80+ industry and national formats
Visualization
SLD, MIL-STD 2525
Web Services
OGC WMS, WFS, WCS, OpenLS
Registry and catalog services
CAT 1.0, OAI-PMH, CS-W (ebRIM)

10. Standards
Data Formats Metadata Web Services

11. Data Formats CAD formats Simple Features IFC GML NIEM KML …..
Geopackage
Gml JPEG 2000
OWS Context
WaterML, AiXM, …

12. What are simple features?
Simple Feature specification defines:
Data access model
Database schema
2D Geometry model for points, lines, polygons
“Well-Known” data formats for geometry and spatial reference
ISO and OGC specifications for simple feature access
Feature Tables contain rows (features) sharing common properties (Feature Attributes).
Geometry is a Feature Attribute. 10 11 12
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Feature
Feature Attribute
Geometry
Feature Table

13. Simple Feature access model based on SQL
Database
Connection
Query
Cursor
Value
Geometry
Type 1
(e.g. string)
Type 2
(e.g. number)
Spatial
Reference
Geometry
Data Access
Point
Line
Polygon

14. Geography Markup Language (GML)
GML or Geography Markup Language is an XML based encoding standard for geographic information developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
Defines an XML schema for representing geographic features (attributes, geometries, relationships, Topologies, Observations, etc).
GML Simple Features
Initially motivated to help WFS use of GML 3
GML 3 has many optional elements of schema, which complicates GML parsers
GMLSF Profile “fixes” application schemas to only allow the elements prescribed in the profile
This allows WFS servers and clients to be simpler and more efficient; the types of data which they need to anticipate are finite and reasonably structured for faster parsing

15. GML Support in ArcGIS GML Support in ArcGIS Desktop
Simple Feature GML support is available to all ArcGIS users
Import/export data
Use directly as a map layer
Use in a geoprocessing model
Consume GML served by any Web feature Service (WFS)
GML Support in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) using the Data Interoperability Extension
Support for specific Application schemas available using the Data Interoperability Extension.
Several application schemas supported
Custom schemas defined using transformation tools
GML Support in ArcGIS Server – Web Feature Service (WFS) implementation
GML is streamed using the Web Feature Service Protocol

16. Kml Support in ArcGIS
KML is an XML grammar used to visualize geographic data in an earth browser.
KML uses a tag-based structure with nested elements and attributes and is based on the XML standard.
Serve
Using ArcGIS Server
Consume
ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap, PRO)
Runtime
ArcGIS Earth
ArcGIS Online / Portal
Geoprocessing Tools
Layer To KML Tool
The Layer To KML geoprocessing tool allows individual
layers to be exported directly from ArcMap, ArcGlobe or ArcScene.
Map To KML Tool
The Map To KML geoprocessing tool allows multiple layers to be
exported into a single KML source.

17. ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension
Format Support
Adds support for 200+ data formats
Custom Formats
Direct use in ArcGIS Desktop
Quick Data Translation
Data Interoperability Tools Toolbox
Convert between data formats
Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)
Semantic Data Translation
Data Restructuring

18. Standards
Data Formats Metadata Web Services

19. Metadata Leading the way to semantic interoperability
Data about data
Geographic area covered
Currency
Rules of use
Positional accuracy
Data dictionary
Means of encoding
Datum
Map projection
A Key interoperability technology:
Producers explain their product
Users learn about products
Non standard products can be understood
International Metadata Standards
FGDC CSDGM
ISO 19115, Metadata
ISO Metadata XML Schema Implementation …

20. ISO Metadata ( Today  Future )
Ted Haberman : hdfcgroup.org

21. Metadata standards today
Extensions
Profiles
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Aka “FGDC Metadata”
ISO Geospatial Information - Metadata
Aka “ISO Metadata”
<xsd:element name="bounding" type="boundingType"/>
<xsd:complexType name="boundingType">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element ref="westbc"/>
<xsd:element ref="eastbc"/>
<xsd:element ref="northbc"/>
<xsd:element ref="southbc"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>

22. Overview of Metadata Standards

23. ISO 19115 (-1) Profiles Australia-New Zealand Profile
A metadata profile for precision agriculture based on ISO standard.
WMO Core Profile of the ISO Metadata Standard
Transformation of HDF-EOS metadata from the ECS model to ISO based XML
Draft African metadata profile of ISO19115
Samoan profile
NOKIS – an ISO Based Metadata System
The UDK and ISO Standard
Latin American Profile
Núcleo Español de Metadatos (NEM)
UK GEMINI
Biological profile
Coastal zone profile
S100 Metadata profile (IHO)
Australia-New Zealand Profile
North American Profile of ISO :2003 (NAP)
CAN/CGSB
INCITS
INSPIRE Metadata Directive
ISO19115/ISO19119 Application Profile for CSW 2.0
C3Grid ISO Metadata Profile
Marine Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115
Energy Industry Profile of ISO
USGIN ISO Profile
DISDI Geospatial Metadata Profile (DGMP)
National System for Geospatial Intelligence Metadata Foundation (NMF)

24. ArcGIS Metadata Standards Support
ISO (NAP) XML
ISO (INSPIRE) XML
ISO XML
FGDC CSDGM XML

25. Metadata @ Esri ISO Metadata revision ISO 19115-1 ISO 19139:2007
Participate in
development and prepare for support.
Full implementation of profiles
ISO 19139:2007
Create ISO-compliant XML
ISO 19115:2003
Lead and participate in development
Early support for Draft ISO 19115
FGDC CSDGM
Participate in ISO development
Before “metadata”
term
Full CSDGM support in ArcCatalog
Participate in CSDGM development
Early advocate for “metadata”
(data documentation/properties/digital marginalia)

26. ArcCatalog

27. Online Content and Services
ArcGIS Is a Platform
Metadata
Enabling GIS Everywhere
Desktop
Web
Device
Author / Create
Simple
Integrated
Open
Use
Web GIS
Portal
Catalog / Discover
/ search
Serve / Publish
Server
Online Content and Services
Available in the Cloud and On-Premises

28. ArcGIS Platform and Metadata
Items Carrying Metadata
Portal and Online Items
Mxd’s, Datasets, Services
Folders …
Indexing / Access / Discovery
GeoServices REST Spec
OpenSearch
OGC CS-W
Metadata Formats
Item Information
ArcGIS Metadata
Formal Metadata – FGDC, ISO, …
DCAT
Encodings – esri JSON, XML, atom,
Products
ArcGIS Desktop – ArcMap, PRO
ArcGIS for Server
ArcGIS Online / Portal for ArcGIS
ArcGIS OpenData App
Geoportal Server
App Widgets

29. Esri support for metadata
Item Info
Geoportal
ArcMap
ArcGIS Online
Mxd properties
ArcGIS PRO
ArcGIS service
meatadata
Service Metadata
ArcGIS OpenData
WMS metadata

30. What’s Next for ArcGIS?
Investigating how to incorporate support for ISO / into the ArcGIS platform
incorporates existing ISO and XML schemas
Evaluating XML schemas available in new ISO repositories
Continue to Improve metadata support in ArcGIS Pro and throughout the platform
Desktop -> Server -> Online/Portal
Planning next steps

31. Standards
Data Formats Metadata Web Services

32. OGC Web Services
Web Map Service
Web Map Tiling Specification
Web Feature Service
Web Coverage Service
OGC KML
Sensor observation Service
Web Processing Service
3D Portrayal service ….

33. DGIWG and OGC Service Types and Profiles
from … Geospatial Interoperability Reference Architecture (GIRA)
DGIWG and OGC Service Types and Profiles
Geospaial Interoperability
Reference Architecture doc
Report – Spring 2015
/sites/default/files/GIRA.pdf

34. Understanding Catalog and Registry
Application
Serves
Stored By
Metadata
describes
Resource
FGDC
ISO ISO 19115,19119
Catalog
Uses
Mapped to
Specific Data Model
Based On
Registry
Information Model
eb-RIM
ISO
FGDC
Dublin Core

35. ArcGIS Platform Components
Core Standards
ArcGIS Platform Components
Metadata
(ISO, FGDC, …)
Portals
(AGOL, Portal)
Providing &
Consuming
Developer Solutions
(runtime, Javascript Api)
Consuming
Data (Geopackage, geoJSON, gml-JPEG 2000…)
Server
Providing
Desktop
(ArcMap & PRO)
Consuming
Portrayal Standards
Apps
Consuming
Services
(wms,wfs,wcs, wps,sos,cs-w, …)

36. ArcGIS for Inspire ArcGIS for Server
Esri REST API
WMS
WMTS
WFS
ArcGIS for Inspire
Inspire WMS
Inspire WFS
Inspire ATOM
WCS
OGC clients
(HTTP SOAP)
Inspire clients
GeoJSON
JSON clients
(HTTP REST)
WPS
ArcGIS for Server
Geoportal
Inspire CSW
KML

37. Standards Requirements – Across the platform ….. What we are hearing!
Server
Improve existing OGC support ( compliancy, update to new version, new profiles)
Desktop (ArcMap / Pro)
Consume OGC services
Geopackage support
Runtime and Apps
Javascript API
Online / Portal
Register OGC services
Consume OGC services
Create hosted OGC services
Geopackage support
Allow analyses on OGC services
Support Discovery Standards – OGC CS- W, OpenSearch, DCAT
Managing Secured OGC Services
Metadata Support across the platform
Federated searches across portals

38. Standards Support ArcGIS Online ArcGIS PRO
Support for formal Metadata (Version 3.8, July 2015)
Support for secured OGC services (Version 3.10, Nov 2015)
Major improvements in Online (version 4.2, June 2016 ) – wms, wfs
ArcGIS for Server
Improvements to wfs 2.0 support
Achieved KML Compliancy (Server 10.4)
ArcGIS PRO
Improvements to wms wmts and metadata support in PRO (PRO 1.2)
Improvements to KML support ( Pro 1.3)
ArcGIS Earth 1.1
Supports kml, wms and wmts

39. Standards Support - Roadmap
WCS support in Javascript API (prototype) Web App Builder widget to consume OGC OWS context document with embedded ogc services (prototype) Native netCDF Support in ArcMap (10.5) and PRO (10.4) Better metadata support across the stack Improvements to geopackage support
Support for Hosted wms, wmts and wfs support in Online (Q4 2016) and Portal ( Version 10.5)
Native wfs client support in PRO (Version 1.4)
WCS support in ArcMap and PRO
Support for wms, wmts ( Q Quartz runtime)
Support for geopackage, wfs , s57 in (Q Quartz runtime)

40. Procurement personnel
@ 10.4 : 16 certificates

41. Pragmatic Interoperability
SOA Vs REST
Use the Web Luke !
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Pragmatic Interoperability
…. Some GIS Standards are still playing catchup with the Web

42. Standards, Specifications, ….
geoJSON
geoRSS
Atom
Sqlite
Vector tiles
DCAT / geoDCAT -AP
CSS – Styling
RDF
No SQL
xlsform
Opensearch + geoExtension
Pragmatic Interoperability

43. Open API’s and Specifications
Shapefile (July 1998)
Geodatabase XML (June )
GeoServices REST API (Sept )
FGDB API (Jan 2011)
i3S (May 2015)
LERC (Dec 2015)
Open Data Download
Stats for April 2016
Shapefile: 3,714,978
CSV: 413,037
GeoJSON: 318,052
KML: 43,689
GeoHash: 22,033
Pragmatic Interoperability

44. The Proof of the Pudding…
@martenhogeweg

45. Group on Earth Observations
SAEOS
INPE
PANGAEA
GCMD
ArcGIS Online
GEO
SeaDataNet
EEA-SDI
EuroGEOSS
WMO WIS
IOOS
GSFC-DAAC
EnviroGRIDS
GBIF

46. Connecting GIS and Earth Observations

47. Geospatial Platform and Data.gov…
NASA
GSA
Census
Geoplatform.gov
Data.gov
FCC
DOI
DOT
NOAA
DOJ
EPA
DHHS
DHS

48. Access Geoplatform Content in ArcGIS
Connect to
Find National Geospatial Data Assets
Use in Your GIS Projects

49. OGC Testbed 12 Viewer Discovery OGC Context Document
ArcGIS, WMS, WCS, KML
WMTS, Koop FeatureServer
Discovery
OpenSearch
OGC CSW 2.0.2, 3.0.0
OGC Context Document
GeoJSON encoding

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