European Spatial Data Infrastructure - INSPIRE and beyond

European Spatial Data
Infrastructure INSPIRE and beyond
Robert Tomas, Ph.D
European Commission
Joint Research Centre

www.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Serving society
Stimulating innovation
Supporting legislation

Outline
• INSPIRE IRs development
progress
• INSPIRE Maintenance &
implementation (MIF)
• INSPIRE and ISA Actions
• JRC led ISA actions ARE3NA,
EULF
• Answers to INGeoCloudS
Questions

InGeoCloudS 2nd Workshop: Brussels, 21 November

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INSPIRE Components
INSPIRE is a Framework Directive – 2007/2/EC
Detailed technical provisions are laid down in Implementing Rules on

• Metadata – (Reg. 1205/2008)
• Interoperability of spatial data sets and services (Reg.
1089/2010)
• Network services (discovery, view, download, transform,
invoke) (Reg. 976/2009)
• Data and Service sharing (policy) (Reg. 268/2010)
• Coordination and measures for Monitoring & Reporting (EC
Decision 2009/442)
Once adopted, Implementing Rules become European legislative acts and
national law in 28 Member States and in some EFTA countries

Entry into force 15 May 2007

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Implementation Roadmap
What

When

Metadata available for Annex I+II spatial data

Dec 2010

Discovery and view services IOC

May 2011

Discovery and View Services operational

Nov 2011

Download and Transformation Services IOC

June 2012

Download and Transformation Services operational
Access to (newly collected / all) Annex I spatial
data sets under harmonised conditions

end 2012
end 2012 / 2017

Metadata available for Annex III spatial data
Access to (newly collected / all) Annex II+III spatial
data sets under harmonised conditions

Dec 2013
Dec 2015 / 2020

http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/44

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INSPIRE Thematic – Data Scope
• Annex I

• Annex III

11. Area management/
1. Statistical units
1. Coordinate reference
restriction/regulation
systems
2. Buildings
zones & reporting units
2. Geographical grid systems
3. Soil
12. Natural risk zones
3. Geographical names
4. Land use
13. Atmospheric conditions
4. Administrative units
5. Human health and safety
14. Meteorological
21st October 2013: EC governmental the
5. Addresses October 2013: EC adopted the
21st
6. Utility and adopted
geographical features
services
6. Cadastral parcels
amendment to the Regulation 15. Oceanographic
amendment to the Regulation
7. Environmental monitoring
7. Transport networks
geographical
(1089/2010) on facilitiesinteroperability of features
(1089/2010) on the interoperability of
the
8. Hydrography
16. Sea regions
spatial data sets and services regarding regions
8. and services
spatial
9. Protected sites data sets Production and industrial regarding
17. Bio-geographical
facilities
the Annex II+III spatial data themes.
the
18. Habitats
• Annex II Annex II+III spatial data themes.and biotopes
9. Agricultural and
19. Species distribution
1. Elevation
aquaculture facilities
20. Mineral resources
2. Land cover
10.Population distribution –
21. Energy Resources
demography
3. Ortho-imagery
4. Geology

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Impl. Rules vs. Technical Guidelines
INSPIRE
INSPIRE
Directive
Directive
2007/2/EC
2007/2/EC

Directive
Directive

“What Member States
must implement”
(abstract
specification)

IRs for Metadata,
IRs for Metadata,
Network Services
Network Services
Interoperability
Interoperability
Spatial data sets
Spatial data sets
and services
and services

Commission
Commission
Regulation
Regulation

legally binding
not legally binding

“How Member States
might implement it”
(implementation
specification)

Technical
Technical
Guidance
Guidance

Study visit of INSPIRATION Project beneficiaries

e.g.

TG for the
TG for the
Implementation of
Implementation of
Discovery Services
Discovery Services

TG ––Data
TG Data
Specification on
Specification on
Addresses
Addresses

Implementation
Implementation
Requirements &
Requirements &
Recommendations
Recommendations

Implementation
Implementation
Requirements &
Requirements &
Recommendations
Recommendations

Based on the
EN ISO 19131

INSPIRE Data specifications - Content
• General/theme executive summaries, overview - description of
the data theme scope
• Application schema(s) in UML / Feature catalogue(s)

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spatial object types
attributes & attribute values
relationships between spatial objects
use of covarages, rules for unique identifiers, code lists …

Coordinate & temporal reference systems
Data quality and theme specific metadata
Delivery - Encoding rules
Simple portrayal rules for the INSPIRE View Service


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Based on the
EN ISO 19131

Data specifications – Technical Guidelines
Annexes
• Annex A (normative) – Abstract Test Suite (set of Conformance
classes (e.g. Application schema, Reference system, MD, Portrayal,
…)
• Annex B (informative) – Use cases
• Annex C (normative) – Code lists / values
• Annex D (informative) – Extensions
• … theme specific best practise, templates (e.g. use of MD Lineage)

Final Data specification – Technical
Final Data specification – Technical
Guidelines V3.0 till the end of 2013
Guidelines V3.0 till the end of 2013


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Data specification thematic extensions

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INSPIRE Annex III Themes

Study visit of INSPIRATION Project beneficiaries

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INSPIRE Data specifications
INSPIRE Data specifications
contain 138 Use cases
contain 138 Use cases

Outline
progress
• INSPIRE and ISA Actions
EULF
Questions


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INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation
Framework (MIF)
• Organisation of the MIF

1st Kick-off meeting of MIF
14.10.2013, Copenhagen

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MIG – Tasks
• Exchange of experience and good
practice related to the implementation
of the INSPIRE Directive and IRs
• Identify and give advice about the priority issues
to be addressed in the maintenance of the
INSPIRE Directive, IRs and/or TG documents
• Identify issues related to INSPIRE
implementation and advise the Commission on
how to address them
• Prepare and regularly update the rolling work
programme to be agreed by the INSPIRE
Committee and the Commission


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Pool of experts – Tasks
Ad-hoc input to discussions related to
INSPIRE implementation
• Help answering questions related to implementation
• Share implementation experiences
• Promote INSPIRE-related activities
Participate in sub-groups set up by
the MIG to address specific
maintenance or implementation tasks
• based on M&I work programme
• sub-groups to be disbanded once
task is completed
• ToR to be defined by the MIG


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The “pool of experts”
– 162 registered experts by countries


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The “pool of experts”
– 162 registered experts by technical expertise

(by 21. 11. 2013)

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Main topics (priority issues)
• Improve accessibility and readability of TGs
• Better information on frequently asked questions
• Guidelines and best practices for access control
(authentication, authorisation and accounting - AAA)
• Managing and using http URIs for INSPIRE identifiers
• Validation and conformity testing
• INSPIRE Registry and registers
• Extension of Download Service TG for observation, coverage
and tabular data
• Annex I updates
• Update of Metadata TG
• Encoding, GML
• Theme specific issues
• Support to thematic legislation (e-Reporting)

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Outline
progress
• JRC led ISA actions
ARE3NA, EULF
Questions


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INSPIRE-related activities in the ISA*
*Interoperability solutions for European Public Administrations

Programme Objectives
Efficient

… and effective
electronic
cross-border and
cross-sector
interaction between
European
public
administrations.

European public
administrations

… share and re-use
existing successful or
new
Interoperability
solutions,
common frameworks
and services
and generic tools.

Flexible and
interlinked

…IT systems allow
smooth
implementation of
Community policies
and activities.

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http://ec.europa.eu/isa
Duration?

Who?

How?

• 2010-2015

• Commission: DG DIGIT.B2
• Stakeholders: Other DGs and
Members States
• Programme based, via actions
• Revised every year
• Actions implemented by
Framework Contracts or Call
for Tenders

Cooperation structure
ISA Committee
Management committee
Work programme opinion and
strategic issues

Coordination Group
Assists COM in translating
strategy into actions and in
coordinating across actions

Working Group
Interoperability
Architecture

Working Group
Trusted Information
Exchange

Working Group
Exchange of Best
Practice

Working Group
Spatial Information
and Services

JRC Chair
First meeting 16-17/10/2013

ISA Cluster on Spatial Information and Services

1st Kick-off meeting of the ISA WORKING
GROUP on SPATIAL INFORMATION AND
SERVICES
16-17 October 2013
Interoperability
Solutions for
European public
Administrations

ISA a key enabler for Public Administrations to join forces, bring down ebarriers and overcome financial constraints

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ISA Action 1.17

A Reusable INSPIRE Reference Platform

Openness

Interoperability

Reuse

Collaboration

… sharing reusable components for INSPIRE implementation
… sharing reusable components for INSPIRE implementation
and for interoperability in cross-border/cross-sector contexts.
and for interoperability in cross-border/cross-sector contexts.

Examples of what has been done
• Creation of ARE3NA community on JoinUp to share and organise
assets and in INSPIRE Forum
• Populating ARE3NA inventories (+ plans to share outputs via
JoinUp)
• Creation and publication of a reusable Re3gistry and INSPIRE
Registry as an operational service instance (plus user feedback for
development)*
• Designing and developing a prototype open source platform for
processing, integrating and visualizing volunteered/crowd-sourced
data
• Updated INSPIRE metadata guidelines (just published)
• Contributing to other ISA actions to help reuse of components
*http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry

ARE3NA main goals 2014
• A study and open source testbed for Authentication,
Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) to data and
services
• Common methodology for publishing INSPIRE as linked
data and study for the governance of persistent identifiers
for location in Europe (with EULF)
• Open Source reference implementation of the sensor
observation service standard compliant with INSPIRE
download services
• PLUS Identify more existing components and address more
missing items (in INSPIRE and with other interoperability
activities) through the ARE3NA ‘Survey’ (deadline 30
Nov ‘13)

tinyurl.com/are3na1

ISA Action 2.13
European Union Location Framework
Policy
Domains

Focus Areas

Deliverables

EULF
Strategic
Vision
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EULF Study Extension WP
2014

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v1

EULF
Roadmap
v1

Output is series of reports
(“Blueprint”) including
•Vision
•Concrete proposals for alignment
of strategies and policies, and
governance
•Case studies and best practices
•Methodologies for sharing and
re-use of spatial data
•Promotion of standards
•Guidelines (e.g.,procurement)
•Training
•Pilots

EULF Strategic Vision V0
• Sets the strategic direction of
what the EULF will achieve in
the next few years
• identifies the relevant
stakeholders within ISA,
INSPIRE, other EU institutions,
Member States, Interest
Groups and Communities, and
associated projects.

http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/documents/isa-

Delivering growth and better
services through "locationenabled government"
http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions
/02-interoperabilityarchitecture/2-13action_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions
/01-trusted-informationexchange/1-17action_en.htm

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/com
munity/are3na/description

https://
joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eulf/description
http://inspireforum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/group
s/120868/a-reusable-inspirehttp://inspire-forum.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pg/groups/228519/european-union-location
reference-platform/
#ARe3NA
https://twitter.com/EULocation
#EULF
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Summary
• INSPIRE is a process (full implementation beyond 2020)
• The legal framework has been established (last IR on SDS in
mid 2014)
• Implementation of INSPIRE is entering a new phase (the
focus is now on MSs)
• INSPIRE MIF established
• Evolution of INSPIRE (e-Reporting, Powered by INSPIRE)
• INSPIRE is integrated into wider EU ICT activities (ISA, EIF,
Open Data, Standardisation, 7th EAP)
• INSPIRE is the opportunity for EU innovation!! (smeINSPIRE)


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INGeoCloudS possible interactions with
INSPIRE/ISA/JRC
• Registering of experts for the INSPIRE MIF
• Providing reference material, best practices, identified gaps,
re-usable SW tools etc.
• to INSPIRE MIF (INSPIRE Forum, MIF Forum?)
• to ISA ARE3NA joinup platform
• Providing feedback to
• ISA ARE3NA survey for missing re-usable SW
components
• INSPIRE Directive mid term evaluation consultation
(survey from 1.1. 2014)
• update of the PSI Directive (public consultation – now!)
• Organize a joint Technical workshop at JRC – ISPRA
(Jan/Feb 2014) – Open, Big data, cloud computing..
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Outline
progress
EULF
Questions


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Answers to the INGeoCloudS questions:
1. Is fulfilling INSPIRE performance requirements a
regular issue for organisations? - In some cases
yes, but we provide almost on-line technical help
which usually helps.
2. Other known examples of cloud usage? – Yes, UK
(Ordnance Survey).
3. Our infrastructure supports sharing and mutual
usage by different data provider: is it the right
trend to go? National/Regional, Domain, European?
– Yes it is a possible scenario.

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Answers to the INGeoCoudS questions:
4. About conceptual modelling, are there at JRC some
exploratory actions (or more advanced ones) towards usage
of LinkedData / Semantic web technologies? – Yes, some
exploratory work has been done on Metadata (DCAT, EU
Open Data portal) + some on the INSPIRE data themes e.g.
road, addresses, administrative units – pilot in the framework
of the ISA CORE Location Vocabulary + the use of http URIs
is recommended (INSPIRE GCM 3.4).
5. Are there other works currently investigated about INSPIRE
(AAA, URIs, taking into account SOS... )? – yes, individually
each of these should be investigated within the Are3NA ISA
2014 work program. The AAA also with the relation to the
update of the PSI Directive… + INSPIRE Registry in RDF (mid
2014)

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry/

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INSPIRE on:

Thank you for your attention!
Robert Tomas

INSPIRE

robert.tomas@jrc.ec.europa.eu

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu

INSPIRE Forum
http://inspire-forum.ec.europa.eu

INSPIRE Geoportal
http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/

INSPIRE data specifications
Overview

Data models
http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/l
ist/datamodels


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