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Institutional Barriers to the Irish Spatial Data Exchange Project

The presentation by John Evans at the Coastal Atlases Workshop on July 26, 2006, addresses the challenges of the Irish Spatial Data Exchange (ISDE). It highlights the importance of a data discovery service with multiple access points, the barriers to inter-agency collaboration, and the myriad issues including funding, standards, and infrastructure. The ISDE aims to streamline marine data access through agreed standards and reduced duplication of efforts, despite the existing institutional constraints. Key questions regarding control and agency influence guide the discussion.

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Institutional Barriers to the Irish Spatial Data Exchange Project

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  1. Institutional Barriers to theIrish Spatial Data ExchangeProject John Evans, Coastal Atlases Workshop, 26th July 2006 (26 Slides)

  2. “If you don’t know where you are, a map won’t help” - Watts Humphrey (But a signpost might)

  3. What is the ISDE? A data discovery service with multiple entry points and multiple nodes

  4. Why build the ISDE?

  5. Where can I get data on offshore mineral deposits?The Marine Institute?The Geological Survey?The Environmental Protection Agency?DCMNR?Third Level?

  6. “Lets build a portal for Marine Data Sets”!

  7. They assume you know where they are- Sometimes people say portal and mean repository- Harvesting is a costly process- Meta-data records can have multiple instances- Different levels of information quality exist across portals The Trouble with portal sites . . .

  8. Allowing people access meta-data via the routes they expect- Placing the burden of maintenance on the organisation that generates the data (with exceptions)- Minimising and spreading the operational costs- Providing a mechanism so meta-data records do not need to be duplicated- Working to simple and agreed standards The ISDE aims to overcome these problems by:

  9. So what are the barriers? • The question of controlFundingStandards and InfrastructureAbility to participateTechnologies

  10. - By allowing multiple entry points the ability of a portal to generate revenue is removed- Not all organisations have the same agenda in this area (or the same mandate)- Some organisations have greater influence The Question of Control

  11. Most agencies are single mandate and budget constrained- A project like the ISDE required contributions from multiple sources – without the promise of control- There are very few sources of inter-agency funding Funding

  12. The Exception. . .

  13. - There are lots of standards!- Very few mandated for use- ISDE faced with a choice, define ourselves or wait for standards Lack of Standards

  14. - An infrastructure of sorts does exist – the PSB- Not intended for this kind of traffic! Lack of Infrastructure

  15. - Available meta-data in suitable format o Meta Data just isn’t sexy to IT Managers- A suitable infrastructure o CSW2.0 ready services Readiness of target participants

  16. - This actually is not much of an issue- What is an issue is the perception that technologies cannot inter-marry- Addressing this was a specific objective of the ISDE Competing Technologies

  17. Website Active (www.isde.ie) Search in “Beta” Release ISDE Interoperability Guidelines Published Current Status

  18. Where next? - Local Branding- Reach Integration- Data Delivery- More partners

  19. WWW.ISDE.IE Thank you John.evans@marine.ie

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