2. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Econ-GI Economic Approaches Unlocking Geographic Information in the Public Sector in Saar- Lor-Lux

3. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Global objective: Making available digital geographic data of the public sector by the development and testing of new partnerships between public administrations and private commercial companies.

4. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 48.000 km 2 8 Mio. Inhabitants Our Region of Interest : Saar-Lor-Lux

5. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Problematics GI owners are facing many problems to make their data available : GI data can be found in a lot of places, under several formats and qualities (accuracy, update, …). Acces conditions are not clear. Usage rights and licences are blurred. Data documentation, metadata services are not awared. … Consequences: Relevant GI data are difficult to find, under- exploited or not available.

6. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Target groups Owners and tenders of digital geographic data of the public sector Environmental administrations, planning authorities Land survey administrations, land registry offices Tourist offices / administrations Public supply and waste disposal corporations Public transport companies / organisations Research institutions Other public bodies and corporations which own or offer geodata Private Companies from the GI- and e-commerce branche CAD and GIS producers and dealers Commercial producers and dealers of geographic data Web-developers for e-commerce applications Other commercial internet service provider... situated in Saar-Lor-Lux

7. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 From the user’s point of view: GI data MUST be documented through Discovery METADATA. Consensus on METADATA services: –Freely Available –Easily Accessible –Fully Standardised –Understandable by everyone

8. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 From the GI owner’s Point of view (1): Metadata freely available… Public Sector GI producers MUST produce metadata and allow free online access ECON-GI propose ways to solutions and tools to encode metadata and to update and maintain them with an analysis of the economical aspects.

9. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 From the GI owner’s Point of view (2): Metadata Easily Accessible … Public Sector GI producers must get free online access to metadata, easily searchable ECON-GI propose ways to solutions and tools to put metadata bases on line and will design a GI-metadata search engine with an analysis of the economical aspects.

10. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Metadata fully standardised … From the GI owner’s Point of view (3): FGDC ISO 19115 CEN TC287 Dublin Core GDDD UDK OGC Public Sector GI producers must propose metadata that suit to the best standards. In agreement with other EC-funded GI projects, ECON-GI propose an analysis of the GI community metadata standards and will recommend a metadata common core based on IS-19115 (pre-ISO) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

11. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 ISO Minimal/Core Metadata Elements (*) Mandatory Metadata Language Code Metadata Characterset Hierarchy Level Scope Dataset Language Code Dataset Characterset Abstract Category Dataset Citation Title and Date Dataset Contact Optional Hierarchy Level Name Metadata Contact Metadata Date Metadata Standard Name Metadata Standard Version Geographic Box Coordinates Geographic Description Spatial Resolution (*)From IS 19115 - Final Draft International Standard (March 2001)

12. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Metadata understandable by everyone … From the GI owner’s Point of view (4): Public Sector GI producers must propose a metadata service that everybody can use, read and understand. ECON-GI propose an analysis of the multi-lingual aspects of the metadata services. The project will draw up recommendations for the multilingual representation of GI-metadata sets by assessing existing tools for automatic translation and alternative approaches (e.g. multilingual thesaurus) - assessing the feasibility to develop special software tools.

13. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Conceptual design GI Metadata Search Engine Public Data Owner 2 Academic Public Data Owner 1 Client Local Clearinghouse

14. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 How to feed the GI metadata base? (1) GI Metadata Search Engine Client Local Clearinghouse Case 1. The Public Data Owner encodes and maintains metadata in its own internal system (updated & standardised). Public Data Owner 1

15. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 How to feed the GI metadata base?(2) GI Metadata Search Engine Client Local Clearinghouse Case 2. The Public Data Owner needs tools to encode metadata and will maintain them internally. Econ-GI help him to find the best solution(s). Public Data Owner 2

16. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 How to feed the GI metadata base?(3) GI Metadata Search Engine Client Regional Clearinghouse Public Data Owner 3 Case 3. The Public Data Owner needs tools to encode metadata and won’t maintain them internally. Econ-GI may propose the access to and the usage of a Regional Metadata Clearinghouse.

17. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 1. Client requests a metadata entry GI Metadata Search Engine Academic Client (home language, own semantic) Local Clearinghouse Public Data Owner 1 Public Data Owner 2

18. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 2. Distributed query is passed to servers ? ? ? ? ? GI Metadata Search Engine Academic Client (using thesaurii and dictionaries) Local Clearinghouse Public Data Owner 1 Public Data Owner 2

19. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 3. Results returned as “headlines” GI Metadata Search Engine Academic Client Local Clearinghouse Public Data Owner 1 Public Data Owner 2

20. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 4. Metadata are downloaded GI Metadata Search Engine Academic Local Clearinghouse Public Data Owner 1 Public Data Owner 2

21. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Physische Geografie und Umweltforschung Project Consortium BEST (Bureau d'Etudes et de Services Techniques), Luxembourg : Administrative Co-ordinator ; Contact to institutions in Luxembourg (L) Universität des Saarlandes, Physische Geografie und Umweltforschung : Scientific Co-ordinator ; Contact to institutions in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate (D) INFOPARTNERS S.A., Belgium/Luxembourg :Technical realisation ; Contact to institutions in Wallonia (B) CETE de l'Est (Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement de l'Est) : Contact to institutions in Lorraine (F)

22. www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Econ-GI Frankfurt Book Fair 11-Oct-01 Econ-GI http://www.uni-saarland.de/projekte/econ-gi Contact us: e-mail: g.weber@mx.uni-saarland.de