INSPIRE State of the Art

1. INSPIRE State of the Art

2. What is new • 10th of December, Regulation (EU) No 1253/2013 (the Annex II+III amendment of the Implementing Rules on interoperability of spatial data sets and services) was published in the Official Journal. • At the same time the Technical Guidelines for Annex II and III were published on the INSPIRE site • Last Legal acts unanimously voted positively • INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation Group in place • INSPIRE Registry available (INSPIRE web site)

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

4. Data specification thematic extensions INSPIRE data application schemas + +GeoSciML INSPIRE Annex III Themes INSPIRE Data specifications contain 138 Use cases + CityGML

5. Registry • Browsing and accessing register content • Multilingual content (based on IR content) • Querying an filtering facilities • delivering an unique Identifier • Open to external contributions • Representation in: • HTML, XML, Atom, JSON and {RDF/SKOS}** • future releases • additional registers (add a proper): • Feature Concept Dictionary, • Glossary • resources are maintained in ISO 19135 • [Procedures for item registration] conformant registers • http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry/

6. Registry Service described an application which identify items in a register Application Schema Register Application Schema Railway Transport Network Water Transport Network Road Transport Network … Theme Register Theme Transport Network Codelist Register Codelist Codevalue RailwayTypeValue FerryUseValue RoadSurfaceCategoryValue … Other Register ** External Sources magneticLevitation Metro Monorail Train tramway Cargo carShuttle

7. Last legal acts voted the 28th March 2014 • Draft COMMISSION REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 976/2009 as regards services allowing spatial data services to be invoked, as part of the implementing rules on network services referred to in article 11.1(e) of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE), • 2)  Draft COMMISSION REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC as regards interoperability of spatial data services, as part of the implementing rules on the interoperability of spatial data sets and services referred to in Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)

8. INSPIRE Implementation Roadmap We arehere http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/44

9. INSPIRE maintenance & implementation framework • Moving into the implementation phase • Important to preserve the investmentand the wealth of knowledge • Main principles • Maintain participatory approach • Based on implementation experience • Cross-cutting coherence Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Implementation andMaintenance (MIG) • Continuity of expertise “pool of experts”

10. The INSPIRE MIF* – Organisation • Main pillar: Permanent Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Maintenance & Implementation (MIG) • 1/2 member (plus back-up) proposed by MS • based on successful model of IOC Task Force • Main focus: cross-cutting issues, e.g. architecture, registers • In addition: Ad-hoc sub-groups for specific tasks • Members from a “pool of experts” (proposed by SDICs and LMOs) • Tasks: Specific (time-limited) maintenance and implementation tasks • There could also be a role in the MIF for European (or global) umbrella organisations * MIF = Maintenance and implementation framework

11. Overview

12. Overview

13. Overview

14. MIG Tasks • Exchange of experience and good practicerelated to the implementation of theINSPIRE 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

15. Pool of experts • Call for participation & registration at http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/mif/ • 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 bythe MIG to address specific maintenance or implementation tasks • based on M&I work programme • sub-groups to be disbanded once tasksis completed • ToR to be defined by the MIG

16. M&I Work Programme – Process • [continuous] MIG representatives propose actions (collected from national stakeholders) • [regularly, e.g. once every month] MIG representatives review newly submitted actions, propose a prioritization for them and identify urgent and minor issues (e.g. bug fixes) to addressed directly. • [once every 6 months] • Based on the identified issues, the MIG drafts an updated WP • The MIG representatives consult national stakeholders on the draft WP (for at least one month) • In a MIG meeting, a final draft WP is prepared based on the feedback received from MS. • The final draft WP is submitted to the INSPIRE Committee for discussion and adoption

17. Proposal: submitting maintenance issues

18. Proposal: submitting maintenance issues

19. Proposal: submitting maintenance issues

20. Draft M&I Work Programme (Mar 2014) • MIWP-1: Improve accessibility and readability of TG • MIWP-2: Create and maintain FAQ page • MIWP-3: Guidelines and best practices for access control • MIWP-4: Managing and using http URIs for INSPIRE identifiers • MIWP-5: Validation and conformity testing • MIWP-6: Registries and registers • MIWP-7: Extension of Download Service TG for observation, coverage and tabular data • MIWP-8: Update of Metadata TG • MIWP-9: Future directions for INSPIRE geoportal • MIWP-10: Update Annex I data specifications • MIWP-11: Simplification and clarification of GML encoding for spatial data • MIWP-12: Clarification of UML-to-GML encoding rules

21. Draft M&I Work Programme (Mar 2014) • MIWP-13: Theme specific issues on data specifications • MIWP-14: Exchange of implementation experiences in thematic domains • MIWP-15: Overview of INSPIRE coordinating structures, architectures and tools • MIWP-16: Improve usefulness and reliability of monitoring • MIWP-17: Improve data and service sharing practice and raise awareness of licencing models for spatial data sets and services • MIWP-18: XML schema maintenance • MIWP-19: Explore and improvement on the situation of controlled vocabularies in the framework of INSPIRE • MIWP-20: Improved guidelines for harmonised layer names • MIWP-21: Pilots for INSPIRE-based applications (including for e-reporting)

22. INSPIRE-related work programmes MIWP DG ENV EEA JRC MS Other DGs / ISA

23. INSPIRE-related work programmes MIWP DG ENV EEA JRC MS Other DGs / ISA INSPIRE work programme= consolidated view

24. Including tasks in the MIWP JRC WP Internal project (e.g. thematic pilot, ARE3NA study) M+I issues & recommen- dations propose for inclusion (JRC) MIWP M+I task (e.g. update TG) accept inclusion (MIG)

25. MIWP-14: thematic clusters • MIG sub-group consisting of one facilitator per thematic cluster and chaired by the EC & EEA INSPIRE team • Proposed initial thematic clusters: • GE, SO, NZ, MR, ER • LU, LC • EL, OI, GG, RS • EF, O&M • AF, PF, US • GN, AU, CP, AD, BU, TN, (HY?) • OF, SR, AC+MF, HY? • PS, AM, HB, SD, BR • SU, PD, HH • Initial clusters may be re-organised or complemented with cross-thematic working groups based on policies or application areas

26. Tasks of thematic clusters • Facilitate exchange of implementation progress, • themes • temporal/spatial resolutions; • parameters • terminology (open and empty code lists) • software and TG options (e.g. download service) used • Work towards harmonisedimplementation • Utilize the expertise to • answer specific implementation questions • address new user requirements • Sharing of relevant projects, initiatives

27. INSPIRE-related activities in the ISA* *Interoperability solutions for European Public Administrations Programme Objectives Flexible andinterlinked European publicadministrations Efficient … and effective electronic cross-border and cross-sectorinteraction between European public administrations. … share and re-use existing successful or new Interoperability solutions,common frameworks andservicesand generic tools. …IT systems allow smooth implementation of Community policies and activities. 27

28. ISA Cluster on Spatial Information and Services

29. INSPIRE Conference in Aalborg, Denmark 16 - 20 June 2014 INSPIRE for good governance Registration  is now open

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