1. INSPIRE: progress update
Roberto Lucchi
Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment & Sustainability
EIONET NRC Information Systems meeting, Nov 2008, Copenhagen

2. The Mission of the Joint Research Centre
… is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies.
As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union.
Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.

3. Scientific support to EU policies
GEO
SEIS
INSPIRE
GMES
Co-chair GEOSS ADC
Common Architecture
Technical Coordination
FTS Land Monitoring
GEOSS Clearinghouse
Communication
Implementing Rules
European DEM
GEO Portal
Support Soil&Forest DC
EU Portal
Data & Information
management
The intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO), formally established at the 3rd Earth Observation Summit in Feb 05, is leading a worldwide effort to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) over the next 10 years
Pilot
International SDI
Heterogeneous Mission
Accessibility (HMA)
The INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC, published in the OJ on the , will enter into force on the A MoU was signed in 2006 by the DGs of JRC, DG ENV and ESTAT establishing the collaborative framework until The JRC is responsible for the overall technical coordination of INSPIRE.
In 2005 the Environmental Policy Review Group endorsed the vision for a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) aiming to improve access to information needed for environmental policies and to reduce the administrative burden associated with reporting and monitoring.
JRC is co-responsible together with ESA for Data Procurement of FTS Land and for the production of European Satellite Mosaic. We provide technical advice for GMES Data Specifications and we are member of the review board of ESA – HMA

4. INSPIRE Directive general provision
INSPIRE 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 to be based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States.
INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data
INSPIRE does not affect existing Intellectual Property Rights
INSPIRE is a distributed infrastructure.
Directive came into force 15 May 2007

5. Collaboration JRC, Eurostat
INSPIRE Components
Collaboration JRC, Eurostat
and DG Environment
Metadata
Interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Network services (discovery, view, download, invoke)
Made available trough the European geo-portal
Data and Service sharing (policy)
Coordination and measures for Monitoring & Reporting
JRC
ESTAT
INSPIRE is a Framework Directive
Detailed technical provisions for the issues
above will be laid down in Implementing Rules
Once adopted, Implementing Rules become European legislative acts and national law in 27 Member States and in some EFTA countries

6. From Commission proposal to Community Directive implementation
Preparatory phase ( )
Co-decision procedure
Start of preparation of Implementing Rules
Transposition phase ( )
Directive entered into force 15 May 2007
INSPIRE Committee started its activities 26 June 2007
Continuation of preparation of Implementing Rules
Transposition into national legislation
Adoption of Implementing Rules by Comitology
Implementation phase ( )
Implementation and monitoring of measures

7. Objective of this presentation
INSPIRE Technical Architecture
Progress of INSPIRE Implementing Rules (
Metadata
Data spec
Network Services

8. INSPIRE Architecture: overview
“INSPIRE Technical Architecture – Overview”, cross DTs doc

9. INSPIRE MD Implementation Rules approved
INSPIRE Implementing Rules on Metadata approved by the INSPIRE Committee with unanimous decision (323 votes in total, 22 votes not represented)
Available from
Strategic approach:
Separate IRs (What to do) from Guidelines (How to do)
IRs to focus on stable elements
Guidelines to implement based on ISO standards
Allow conformance EN ISO (data) and EN (services) + interoperability with e-government through ISO 15836

10. Additional support from the Commission
INSPIRE pilots to develop MD profiles for specific policy areas (CAFE and EMF pilots)
Opportunities for funding, testing, and R&D in FP7 calls and eContent+
Collaborative work with EEA to include INSPIRE Themes in GEMET
MD Editor to test that IRs and Guidelines are technically coherent and compliant with ISO standards + INSPIRE geoportal
MD Editor as free facility for MS to create MD compliant with IRs.

11. Interoperability and harmonization of spatial data sets and services
Development of conceptual framework and specification methodology:
DS-D 2.3 Definition of Annex Themes and Scope
DS-D 2.5 Generic Conceptual Model (GCM)
DS-D 2.6 Methodology for Specification Development
DS-D 2.7 Guidelines for Encoding
Development of data specifications (by TWG) for each data theme (Annex l, ll and lll) based on the conceptual framework

12. Data Specifications - Approach
Implementing Rules comprising data (product) specifications for 34 themes
Annex l TWG
Kick-off 14-15/2/2008
First draft September 2008
Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Administrative units
Addresses
Cadastral parcels
Transport networks
Hydrography
Protected sites … … …
Coordinate Reference Systems
Geographical Grids
Protected Sites
Elevation
Orthoimagery
Geology
Statistical Units
Buildings
Energy Resources
Mineral Resources
Annex II
Annex III
Annex I
Conceptual Framework
D2.3
Definition of Annex
Themes & Scope
D2.5
Generic Conceptual Model
D2.6
Methodology for
Specification Development
D2.7
Guidelines for Encoding 12

13. INSPIRE Network Services
NS DT maintains a living technical document:
to define in which context services have to run,
to address technical issues,
for internal use.
Dec 2007
D 3.5 Network Services Architecture: sent to SDIC/LMO
Sept 2008
Table of Comments and Resolutions: Network Services Architecture
Network Services Architecture version 3

14. INSPIRE Network Services
Discovery Service
making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata
View Service
making it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any relevant content of metadata
Download Service
enabling copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly
Transformation Service
enabling spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability
Invoke Spatial Data Service
allowing spatial data services to be invoked

15. Network Services DT progress
First draft of D3.7 Discovery and View Services IR sent to SDIC/LMO (18Dec 2007)
-> Comments and Resolutions
Discovery Service ( )
Implementing Rules
Technical Guidance
View Service ( )

16. Discovery Service TG Discovery Service Technical Guidance
INSPIRE Profile of OGC CSW ISO AP describes how to implement Discovery Service IR functionalities:
Discovery services operations
Discovery services queryables
Multilingual aspects

17. View Service TG View Service Technical Guidance
INSPIRE Profile of ISO 19128:2005(E) – Web Map Server Interface describes how to implement View Service IR functionalities
View service operations
Service metadata and layer properties in the View Service capabilities document
Capabilities extension for multilingualism
Two other OGC standards to portray geographic information are associated with the EN ISO :2005(E)
OGC Styled Layer Descriptor Profile of the Web Map Service Implementation Specification (05-078r4)
OGC Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification (05-077r4)

18. NS Milestones NS - D 3.7 Discovery and View services NS - D 3.9
Deliverables
Description
Milestone
Who
NS - D 3.7
Discovery and View services
SDIC/LMO Consultation
2007 – 12 DT
Final Draft IR
2008 – 06 CT
Adoption of IR
2008 – 11
Comitology
NS - D 3.9
Download services
2008 – 10
2009 – 03
2009 – 05
NS - D 3.10
Coordinates Transformation Services

19. Additional support from the Commission
SOAP
On request of Network Service Drafting Team the European Commission has launched a project to study in detail whether a SOAP/WSDL based approach is feasible for the INSPIRE network services.
Sept 2008
SOAP HTTP Binding Status - Survey on OGC and ORCHESTRA (
Next steps
INSPIRE SOAP Framework
SOAP Primer for Discovery and View Services

20. Additional support from the Commission
INSPIRE/SEIS pilots
EMF
Development and Prototyping of INSPIRE technical specifications for air, water, waste and biodiversity Environmental Monitoring Facilities using INSPIRE Network Services
CAFE
Development and demonstration of technical IT solutions for data exchange and reporting under the CAFE Directive using INSPIRE Network services ( )
FP7 projects
GIGAS
Promotes the coherent and interoperable development of the GMES, INSPIRE and GEOSS initiatives through their concerted adoption of standards, protocols, and open architectures
GENESIS
Provides thematic communities with a solution for setting up their own information systems that contribute to a Single Information Space for the Environment (SISE).

21. Thank you for your attention !