1. INSPIRE– Status & next steps
Vanda Nunes de Lima Working Group Data & Information Sharing (DIS) 10 October 2013

2. INSPIRE in a nutshell
Comprehensive data inventory (Monitoring & Reporting IR)
Facilitate data discovery through standardised discovery services & metadata (IR on Network Services & Metadata)
Data sharing (IR on Data and Service Sharing)
Facilitate data access by allowing standardised view, download and transformation (IR on Network Services)
Facilitate data use and interoperability by adopting common cross-domain models to exchange data (IR on Data Interoperability)
Inspire in non-inspire speak !

3. INSPIRE Directive & Implementing Rules
The INSPIRE Directive lays down general rules to establish an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe for the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment
INSPIRE is built on the SDIs established and operated by the Member States
JRC is the technical coordinator
Implementing Rules (IR, legal acts)
Metadata
Interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Services (discovery, view, download, transform, invoke)
Data and Service sharing (policy)
Monitoring & reporting

4. INSPIRE thematic scope
Annex I
Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Administrative units
Addresses
Cadastral parcels
Transport networks
Hydrography
Protected sites
Annex III
Statistical units
Buildings
Soil
Land use
Human health and safety
Utility and governmental services
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
Annex II
Elevation
Land cover
Ortho-imagery
Geology

5. Coordination Transparency and inclusiveness Stakeholder consultations
Support to Member States on the implementation
Extend INSPIRE to and ensure consistency of different policy domains
Promote INSPIRE in international standardisation

6. IRs vs. TG INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC
“What Member States must implement” (abstract specification)
Commission
Regulation
IRs for Metadata, Network Services
Interoperability Spatial data sets and services
legally binding
not legally binding
TG for the Implementation of Discovery Services
Implementation
Requirements &
Recommendations
TG – Data Specification on Addresses
Implementation
Requirements &
Recommendations
Technical Guidance
e.g.
“How Member States might implement it”
(implementation specification)

7. Technical Guidance (TG)

8. Technical guidelines & Implementing Rule
Rule (IR)
D2.3: Definition of Annex Themes & Scope
Conceptual Framework
D2.7: Guidelines for Encoding
Common
requirements (IR articles)
D2.6: Methodology for Specification Development
D2.9: O&M Guidelines
D2.5: Generic Conceptual Model
D2.10.x: Common data models
Common
types (Annex I)
Parts for 34 themes (Annex II)
Coordinate Ref. Systems
Geographical Grids
Protected Sites …
Elevation
Orthoimagery
Geology …
Statistical Units
Buildings …
Energy Resources
Mineral Resources
Requirements not in IR, e.g.
UML multiplicities
Encoding (e.g. GML schemas)
Portrayal styles
Annex I
Data specifications
Annex II
Data specifications
Annex III
Data specifications

9. What’s new in Annex II+III?
More elaborated approach to code lists: Registry implemented
Observations & Measurements: D2.9 Guidelines for the use of O&M (ISO 19157) and SWE-related standards
Core & extension models
New common data models & data types
networks (Annex I)
coverages
activity complexes
document & legislation references
Additions / harmonization to Annex I models
Maritime units (AU)
Geographic grid (GG)
Hydrography (HY)

10. CLs in Annex II+III data specifications
Obligation:
requirement  only specified values SHALL be used
recommendation  only specified values SHOULD be used
Governance:
INSPIRE-governed  include values in data specs
externally governed  include reference in specs, plus:
external organisation responsible for maintaining the CL
version to be used
availability: URL/citation
formats, e.g. SKOS/RDF, XML, HTML, PDF, …
specific subsets to be used
rules for encoding values (URIs, labels)
Extensibility: may other values than those specified be used in the data?

11. Key pillars of data interoperability Harmonised vocabularies
Conceptual data models
Harmonised vocabularies
Encoding
Registers
objects types, properties & relationships
cross-domain harmonization
based on a common modelling framework
managed in a common UML repository
conceptual models independent of concrete encodings
standard encoding: GML, but also possible to derive other encodings (e.g. based on RDF)
to overcome interoperability issues caused by free-text and/or multi- lingual content
allow additional terms from local vocabularies
provide unique and persistent identifiers for reference to resources
allow their consistent management and versioning
described in INSPIRE Conceptual Framework documents
D2.6:Methodology for Specification Development
D2.9: O&M Guidelines
D2.10.3: Common data models
D2.5: Generic Conceptual Model
D2.7: Guidelines for Encoding

12. Data interoperability – Status IR & TG
Regulations
Commission Regulation 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC … as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services (Annex I)
Commission Regulation amending Regulation 1089/2010 … (Code lists)
9 TG documents (data specifications)
Annex I
Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Administrative units
Addresses
Cadastral parcels
Transport networks
Hydrography
Protected sites

13. Data interoperability – Status IR & TG
Annex II+III data specification work started in April 2010
24 draft TG documents (data specifications) published
v3.0rc3 (release candidate 3): February 2013
V3.0: November 2013
Amendment of Regulation 1089/2010
Positive Opinion of INSPIRE committee: 8 April 2013
Adoption after EP scrutiny: autumn 2013
Development roadmap:
INSPIRE progress

14. Implementation Roadmap
What
When
Metadata available for Annex I+II spatial data
Discovery and view services IOC
Discovery and View Services operational
Download and Transformation Services IOC
Download and Transformation Services operational
Access to (newly collected / all) Annex I spatial data sets under harmonised conditions
Metadata available for Annex III spatial data
Access to (newly collected / all) Annex II+III spatial data sets under harmonised conditions
Dec 2010
May 2011
Nov 2011
June 2012
end 2012
end 2012 / 2017
Dec 2013
around Oct 2015 / 2020

15. Download services roadmap
Diagram by Ian James, Ordnance Survey

16. Moving into the Implementation phase
Support to the implementation of the IRs, e.g.
Answering questions around INSPIRE implementation
Facilitating the discussion of issues and exchange of experiences between INSPIRE experts in existing groups
Implementation/hosting of central infrastructure components
Capacity building, development of training material etc.
Support to eReporting and other implementing measures of SEIS
Corrective maintenance to IRs and TGs, e.g.
Corrigenda to the MD Regulation and M&R Decision
Corrections and bug fixes in TG documents or schemas
Evolutive maintenance of the Irs and TGs, e.g.
Taking into account requirements emerging from environmental legislation or developments in technology / standardisation

17. The INSPIRE MIF- Maintenance and implementation framework
Organisation
Main pillar: Permanent Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Maintenance & Implementation (MIG)
1 member (plus back-up) proposed by MS
Main task: cross-cutting issues, e.g. architecture, registers; agree on Work program,..
Kick-off meeting 14 October 2013
In addition: Ad-hoc sub-groups for specific tasks
Members from a “pool of experts” (proposed by SDICs/LMOs)
Tasks: Specific (time-limited) maintenance/implementation tasks
There could also be a role in the MIF for European (or global) umbrella organisations
To facilitate the organization of thematic networks relevant for implementation of INSPIRE Themes
Mobilization of expert resources is key to success  use existing substantial pool of expert knowledge

18. The INSPIRE MIF Procedures Schedule Regularly updated work programme
Important to collect, filter and prioritise (with MS) change requests and requests for implementation support
discussed with the Member States
Issues can be addressed by
EC INSPIRE team
workshop with relevant experts
ad-hoc sub-group
other stakeholders, e.g. European/global umbrella organisations
Schedule
Further details after the Kick-off meeting (14/10/2013)

19. Collaboration with thematic areas
Best use of investment
Support the implementation of SEIS
MARINE Strategic Framework Directive, in particular WG DIKE: to identify where and how INSPIRE relates to its implementing measures, including reporting.
=> next step: to prepare a pilot
Floods Directive WG: close contact during the development process; need to preparing a demonstrative pilot on using INSPIRE
WFD & GWD: participation at several meetings of different WG to introduce INSPIRE framework, the WFD spatial object types in INSPIRE (Presentation available but needs update), GW and INSPIRE Geology,….

20. Data interoperability – standards stack
MSFD reporting
WFD reporting
GMES services
ITS … HB SR HY OF EL
AC/MF OI TN …
Generic conceptual model
OGC standards
Domain standards
ISO 19100

21. Data interoperability – standards stack
MSFD reporting
INSPIRE extensions & applications
WFD reporting
GMES services
ITS … HB
INSPIRE SR HY OF EL
AC/MF OI TN …
Generic conceptual model
OGC standards
Domain standards
ISO 19100

22. INSPIRE core and extension models

23. INSPIRE core and extension models
Starting point for discussion

24. INSPIRE extensions: Governance
Thematic communities, standardisation bodies and/or DGs

25. INSPIRE extensions & maintenance
Thematic communities, standardisation bodies, DGs and INSPIRE MIF*
* MIF = Maintenance and implementation framework

26. Area Management, Restriction and Regulation Zones
All zones that are established in accordance with specific legislative requirements to deliver specific environmental objectives, e.g.
protect and improve environmental quality
protect plant, animal and human health
control development and spatial planning, etc.
related to any environmental media (e.g. water, soil, biota)
The zone types identified during the DS development are defined in the code list ZoneTypeCode
The code list can be extended to allow capturing additional zone types

27. Reporting units
Many INSPIRE spatial object types can play the role of a reporting unit  no specific application schema
Often Management, Restriction or Regulation Zone (as defined within the AM theme)
e.g. Air Quality Management Zones are used as reporting units for indicators of exceedence of limit or threshold values
But also spatial objects defined in other INSPIRE themes
e.g. administrative units, statistical units, environmental monitoring facilities, watercourses, …
Identification of INSPIRE spatial objects used as reporting units in Annex F of the AM data specification
Reference from reporting data can be
by creating an INSPIRE-based data model for reporting
through reference to INSPIRE id
through reference to thematic id (which then should be unique and persistent)

28. Reporting units Requirements and recommendation
Spatial objects that are used for providing a spatial reference for the data reported under environmental reporting obligations SHALL be defined and made available according to the requirements of their respective INSPIRE spatial data theme.
Where environmental reporting data uses a spatial object within the scope of INSPIRE to provide a spatial reference, the reporting data SHALL include a reference to these INSPIRE spatial objects.
INSPIRE spatial objects that perform the role of "Reporting Unit" SHOULD have an inspireID so that reporting data can be referenced to the spatial object.

29. Thank you … Questions? More information
INSPIRE web site:
INSPIRE Geoportal: