1. WP 4 - Revision of Natura 2000 dataflow
EXPERT GROUP ON REPORTING UNDER THE NATURE DIRECTIVES 24 November 2011, Copenhagen
WP 4 - Revision of Natura 2000 dataflow
State of work & Progress in technical implementation
Outlook, incl. links with INSPIRE
Sabine Roscher

2. Data transfer formats 1) Structure is defined in Natura 2000 software
2) The export format can be generated by
Your own application
ReportNet
3) Data upload to ReportNet:
Database (mdb) or
xml document

3. Address conform with Inspire Data Specs
Source:

4. New Address format in xml schema & database
Recommended for all new data entries
Inspire conform elements
choice
free text entry

5. Natura 2000 software releases
Available for download from the Reference Portal
Beta-release October
Beta-release November
Version December
Version ?

6. Natura 2000 software ‘Hands-on’ WS
Workshop will be held 1st December in Copenhagen
16 participants (thereof 2 still to be confirmed)
(LV,NL,EE,SI,AT,BE,FI,HU,CY, ES, MT and HR )
c) 4 MS informed, that they will not attend (UK,LU,DE,SK)

7. Overview functionalities
1) manage site records
2) import data
3) export data
4) check quality of data

8. Manage site records a) various filters on code name site type
biogeographical region
area
data site classified
species (name,group,sensit.)
habitat (type, class)
Actions on records
add
edit
duplicate
delete

9. (avoid typing error / direct link between code & name)
Edit a site
6 folders corresponding to the 6 main
sections of the SDF
user friendly navigation
e.g. easy to jump from one section to
another one
site info can be filled in progressively
(function ‘save’)
species names from selection list
(avoid typing error / direct link between code & name)

10. Export a site various warning messages to avoid missing data
validation of data against the xml schema

11. Import data 3 types of format possible (old SDF, new SDF, xml)
- easy process to import the previous SDF format…
Imported data

12. Export data 1) as XML document
European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity

13. Presentation of XML data in browser by means of stylesheet (xslt)

14. Export data 2) as MS Access database (mdb)
European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity

15. The new data base structure

16. ‘Extended species list’ with codings
Code for all species names used for both,
Natura 2000 and Article 17/12 reporting
If a species names differs from what is listed in the Annexes e.g. misspellings, old species concept, …) there is always the link to the name in the Annex (‘HD Name’)
If synonyms have been used before, they are
listed in addition to the accepted name
Same species code list will be added to the
database template

17. Overview status of INSPIRE themes with major relevance to SDF and Art
Overview status of INSPIRE themes with major relevance to SDF and Art. 17/12 reporting
The Inspire Annex III themes are inter alia on
Bio-geographical Regions
Habitats and Biotopes
Species distribution
Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units
Environmental monitoring Facilities
Data specifications (v.3.0) for these themes
to be developed until April 2012
Implementing Rules Annex II+III by end 2012/ begin 2013
The Annex I theme on Protected Sites finalised

18. Inspire guidelines Protected Sites (PS)
Inspire guidelines on PS contain elements, which
refer to the old SDF
Revision of these guidelines is needed in order
to avoid confusion
However there is no need to change the Implementing Rules for PS

19. Inspire and SDF further procedure
technical consolidation of the data transfer formats for the Natura 2000 data flow with Inspire is useful
to be investigated after the decision on the Implementing Rules for the Annex II and III themes
(expected for end of 2012)
this may not touch the content of the new SDF
Practical experience with the implementation of Inspire
(such as web feature service) should be taken into account
pros/cons of several options for a Inspire / SEIS compliant data flow could be discussed in April 2012

20. Outlook
Please use the workshop as opportunity to clarify questions related to the transfer of the data from the old to the new format
Need to further improve the validation routines / error messages and warnings
Decide whether or not there is a need for a version 2 of the software (e.g. translation of user interface, print information of selected sites)

21. Outlook
Switch from old to new format (transition phase I) should be done by 30. September 2012 the latest
Give feedback on how information based on Natura 2000 data is shown / used in the BDC and the Biodiversity information system Europe BISE