1. Management of WFD spatial data and how they will be reported Klaus Fretter Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)
Experience with "WasserBLIcK" and interesting aspects in the context of WISE
Brussels, February 2005

2. WasserBLIcK vs. WISE Goal: Meeting EU WFD reporting demands
What are the EU reporting demands?
How works MS (DE) reporting currently?
Comparison
Reporting sheets for 2005 Reporting vs.
WasserBLIcK templates
Pending issues

3. What are the EU Reporting demands?
They are specified by two documents
(1) Towards a Guidance on Reporting
Specifications for Article 3 reporting needs (machine-readable)
Schema file RBDCA.xsd for the submission of River Basin District and Competent authorities
plus common definitions: WFDCommon.xsd
(2) Reporting Sheets for 2005 Reporting, Version 5
Focussed today

4. How works MS reporting in Germany?
Platform WasserBLIcK
Used to collect and manage spatial WFD data for Germany, international RBD Elbe, Rhein and Ems
Spatial WFD data objects are defined in 23 templates and 1 WFD Codelist
Each spatial WFD dataset is described by a ISO conformant Metadata entry
BfG produces about 250 maps to serve as component of written A or B-level reports
CIS GIS Guidance ++

5. How works MS reporting (cont.)?
Written A level report is done by the BMU organised within RBD commissions (eg. IKSR, IKSE)
B level reports are written by the competent authorities of the federal states organised at Working area level (eg. IKSMS)

6. WasserBLIcK (reprise)
WebMapServer
Plugin for
Vector maps
WFD Report Container
Metadata
ISO 19115
User (Web-Browser)
uniform
ESRI® shapes
ETRS 89
Metadata
ISO 19115
WebServer
WasserBLIcK
geospatial
data
ESRI® shape
WFD DataProvider
disseminated
ESRI® shapes
at RBD level
(eg. Elbe, Rhine)
Extranet
Intranet
DBMS
Oracle9i
Java-Applications for Import and Export

7. Spatial dataset : metadata entry
Excursion: Metadata &
spatial data upload
ISO conformant profile
holding < 40 attributes eg.
responsible party
theme
data security, resource constraints
data quality
spatial reference system
1 : 1
Spatial dataset : metadata entry

8. Übergang zu Kappler, ahu
ca. 11 Folien

9. Reporting sheets vs. WasserBLIcK templates
Reporting sheets need a compliancy check towards MS reporting
here: towards WasserBLIcK templates
1. Where do the Rep. Sheets explicitly require "geographical information"?
2. Where do the Rep. Sheets analyse spatial "data"?
3. What is the base for the "summary text" information?
Are those questions answered
by the A and/or B level reports?

10. Reporting sheets - Synopsis (1/2)1. 2.
Example follows

11. Reporting sheets - Synopsis (2/2)

12. Reporting sheets issues SWB 2: Identification of surface water bodies
WasserBLIcK templates conformant
Centroid for polygons only

13. WasserBLIcK templates
First Goal: Data interoperability according to CIS GIS Guidance (++)
Second Goal: coherent way of interpreting WFD spatial data by specification of domains (WFD Codelist)
Serve as blueprints for IT systems in order to manage spatial WFD data requirements for reporting of Article 3 and Arcticle 5
Several IT instruments in Germany are built on this which need a proctecion of investment

14. Data interoperability according to CIS GIS Guidance (++)

15. Coherent way of spatial WFD data acquisition (1/2)
To be used by Data Provider
WFD Codelist
WaterBodyTypeCode
EmissionTypeCode
WasteWaterTreatment
Substances
LoadUnit
LoadDetermination
SurfaceWaterEmission 1
0 ... n
ChemicalParameter

16. Coherent way of spatial WFD data acquisition (2/2)
WFD Codelist
WaterBodyTypeCode
EmissionTypeCode
WasteWaterTreatment
Substances
LoadUnit
LoadDetermination

17. Short-term pending issues
Compliancy check:
Reporting Sheets vs. MS reporting
Rep. Sheets: Specification of machine-readable content
Specification of the (User) Interface for reporting
Short term (2005), Mid term (2010):
How will the Rep. Sheets be filled by the MS?

18. Übergang zu Kappler, ahu
2 Folien

19. Mid/long-term pending issues
Publish - find - bind scenario:
Member States
are Service Providers and publish reporting contents,
EU Commission
is Service Requestor and finds the content
(by brokerage of Service catalog or registry: knows where the requested content is published and binds the appropriate service to the request)

20. Übergang zu Usländer, Fraunhofer IITB

21. SchemaMapping
When?
What & Where?