1. MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS METADATA and XML in compliance with ISO-19115 Michèle FICHAUT, IFREMER/SISMER Gilbert MAUDIRE, IFREMER/ISI Mickaël TREGUER, IFREMER/ISI

2. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS2 GOAL See if EDMED (data base decription), Cruise Summary Report (Roscop) could be described by : XML in compliance with ISO-19115

3. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS3 APPROACH List all the needed information of an EDMED form, a CSR (ROSCOP form from ICES WEB site) Look up a standard definition in ISO-19115 for each information Define an XML tag in compliance with ISO-19115 for each information

4. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS4 Results on EDMED mapping Almost all the EDMED information has been mapped to ISO-19115 Exception 3 fields not compatible with ISO CENTER HOST optional field (Language dependant) CURRENCY DATE and REVISION DATE cannot be applied to DATA CENTRE and to CONTACT. Date can only be linked to the data base description.

5. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS5 Deliverables EXCEL file describing the mapping XML SCHEMA for EDMED Example XML file of an EDMED description Available from the MarineXML website http://ioc.unesco.org/marinexml// Already used by some Sea-Search partners

6. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS6 EDMED to ISO-19115 XML tree (10 levels of XML tags) Easy search : Each tag as its ISO- 19115 number EDMED reference EXCEL file (EDMED_ISO19115.xls)

7. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS7 XML Schema Generated from the ISO-19115 DTD using XMLSPY Original standard schema has been restricted to the tags needed by EDMED the mandatory tags of ISO (tpCat = topic Category, …)

8. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS8 XML schema Resp. of metadata Distributor Resource Date of metada creation

9. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS9 Example of XML-EDMED file ISO-8601ISO-19115 MANDATORY FIELD

10. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS10 Updating EDMED entries 257 EDMED XML files transmitted to BODC very recently Currently 226 French EDMED descriptions on the SEA-SEARCH WEB SITE 31 new entries and updates on some previous ones

11. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS11 Results on CSR mapping (1) All the information has been mapped to ISO-19115 and GML: Last version of ISO-19115 allows the description of samples and measurements and of ship information Tag provides aggregate dataset information

12. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS12 Aggregate dataset (Cruise) … (35.1) Ship name Ship ID Ship type 4 = source 10=Platform … Associated dataset (35.1) 3=Reference to master dataset 9=Operation Associated dataset (35.1) 3=Reference to master dataset 9=Operation …

13. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS13 Results on CSR mapping (2) Port of departure and return fit into Keywords : departure_place, arrival_place MARSDEN squares and Ocean areas (IHB) fit into ISO-19115 For other geographic information, GML standards has been used

14. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS14 Geographic Markup Language GML is consistent with existing OGC (OpenGIS Consortium) GML is an XML encoding for geographic information, including both the spatial and non-spatial properties of geographic features

15. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS15 Links between XML and GML files ISO-19115 XML file for a CSR … GML file Description of moorings GML file Description of the ship route … 3 XML Schemas GIF file Image of the ship route Or/and

16. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS16 Deliverables EXCEL file describing the mapping XML SCHEMA for CSR ISO-19115 XML SCHEMA for CSR GML-Moorings XML SCHEMA for CSR GML-Ship route Example of XML file of a CSR and corresponding fulfilled ROSCOP form Version 0

17. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS17 Next step Prepare the XML example file Distribute the Version 0 to all partners who volunteer to comment about it Prepare a version 1.0 for the CSR Last checks and take into account the partner’s comments available by the middle of July ?

18. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS18 Small modification of EDMED schema Compatibility between tags for EDMED and tags for CSR Mapping of CSR has had some influence on the EDMED previous schema 2 very small modifications Comment about the date format : ISO-8601 Tag added under to identify the author of the used code list : IHB in the case of EDMED Version 1.01 To be distributed

19. lfremer MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS19 CDI and ISO-19115 Common Data Index also compatible to ISO-19115 In the frame of an Internal IFREMER project, a data index has been developped Need some adjustments and improvements to be fully compatible with the Sea-Search CDI

20. MAY 25-28 2004 SEA-SEARCH MEETING CYPRUS THE END THANK YOU