1. Workshop on the INSPIRE registry and registers
Anders Foureaux
Swedish EPA
Environmental Informations Systems Unit Research and Assessment Department

2. Registry developments and plans
Involved organisations / governance
The Swedish EPA,
National Land Survey of Sweden
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Data hosts
County Administrative Boards (21)
Scope
Different directives like INSPIRE, WFD, IED, …etc.
NSDI
Cross-sector
Content
Which registers are (planned to be) included? –Not decided yet.

3. Technical overview Technologies / software used Today, different
Software Licence
Access & re-use conditions ?
Standards used
Formats and APIs supported

4. Connecting registries
Easy to link to other registers.
RDF? Not yet.
Existing connections to other registries
One example- Search for Monoporeia
Result, a GUID based on Life Science IDentifiers (LSIDs)
Requirements for connections to the INSPIRE registry?
Exchange formats: -
Architecture: As simple as possible
Governance: Shall be done by those who has the best knowledge about the content
How should extensions be represented? -

5. Future development of INSPIRE registry
How are you using / planning to use the INSPIRE registry (software or service)?
No decisions are made yet, but hopefully
“...to ensure that all relevant code lists, terms and concepts are stored, made available and maintained at the most appropriate level;”
Applications: No decisions are made yet
Which additional features would you like to see?
Which additional content would you like to see?

6. Pointers and additional information
The registry shall act as “look-up source” for any webservice in different softwares, like FME for example. Our FME checks if the station is in the station registry or not. We want more!
europa.eu/events/co nferences/inspire_20 13/schedule/submiss ions/185.pdf