1. INSPIRE Status Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
Freddy Fierens
Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
JRC
OGC TC Meeting - HMA AWG meeting
Valencia, 3 December 2008
NOTES
1. PLACE, DATE AND EVENT NAME
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1.2. Do not change the size nor the position of that text box.
1.3. Replace the mock-up texts for the place (“Place”), the date (“dd Month YYYY”) and the event name (“Event Name”) with your own texts.
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2. SLIDE NUMBER
2.1. The slide number on the banner’s lower right-hand side is automatically generated.
3. SLIDES
3.1. Duplicate the first slide as needed.
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3.13. Try to keep your illustration(s) right- and top- or bottom-aligned with the main text box whenever possible.

2. Outline INSPIRE Directive (Components and structure)
Implementing Rule development
Timing and Status of the INSPIRE components

3. INSPIRE Directive
INSPIRE lays down general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe
for the purposes of Community environmental policies and
policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
INSPIRE to be based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States
INSPIRE is a distributed infrastructure.
INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data
INSPIRE does not affect existing Intellectual Property Rights
Entry into force 15 May 2007

4. INSPIRE Directive Components and Structure
Meta Data IR
Network Services IR
Data Specifications IR
Data Sharing IR
Monitoring IR
Meta Data
Guidance

5. INSPIRE Directive Components and Structure
Meta Data IR
Network Services IR
Data Specifications IR
Data Sharing IR
Monitoring IR
Discovery IR
View IR
Download IR
Transformation IR
Invoke IR
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance
Guidance

6. INSPIRE Directive Components and Structure
Meta Data IR
Network Services IR
Data Specifications IR
Data Sharing IR
Monitoring IR
34 Themes
Annex I
Annex II
Annex III
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Theme 9

7. INSPIRE Spatial Data Scope
Annex I
Annex II
Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Administrative units
Addresses
Cadastral parcels
Transport networks
Hydrography
Protected sites
Elevation
Land cover
Ortho-imagery
Geology
Harmonised spatial data specifications more stringent for Annex I and II than for Annex III

8. INSPIRE Spatial Data Scope
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
Energy Resources
Mineral resources

9. INSPIRE Directive Components and Structure
Meta Data IR
Network Services IR
Data Specifications IR
Data Sharing IR
Monitoring IR

10. Outline INSPIRE Directive (Components and structure)
Implementing Rule development
Timing and Status of the INSPIRE components

11. Implementing rules : roles
European Commission : responsible for the establishment of the Implementing Rules
DG-ENV :
overal legislative and policy co-ordinator
DG-Eurostat :
overal implementation co-ordinator
responsible for IR's on
Data and Service Sharing
Monitoring and Reporting
DG-JRC
overal technical co-ordinator
Metadata
Network Services
Data Interoperability

12. Implementing rules : roles
Stakeholders (SDIC's and LMO's)
Keep informed
Review deliverables
Propose experts
Submit reference material
Test draft specifications
Participate in drafting teams/thematic working groups
Consultation and commenting
INSPIRE Regulatory Committee
1 representative per Member State
Opinion on IR proposals ….

13. Outline INSPIRE Directive (Components and structure)
Implementing Rule development
Timing and Status of the INSPIRE components

14. INSPIRE Timing and Current Status : General
Preparatory phase ( )
Co-decision procedure
Start of preparation of Implementing Rules
Transposition phase ( )
Directive entered into force 15 May 2007
INSPIRE Committee starts its activities 26 June 2007
Continuation of preparation of Implementing Rules
Transposition into national legislation
Adoption of Implementing Rules by Comitology
Implementation phase ( )
Implementation and monitoring of measures

15. Timing detail: Metadata
Drafting Teams established in October 2005
Draft IR for Metadata published on 2nd Feb
INSPIRE Committee approved the draft IR on 14th May 2008
Translations being finalized
Formal approval
Publication in the Official Journal of the EU
Entry into force : 20 days after publication

16. Timing detail: Network Services
General issues to address:
Architecture
Technical protocol
Rights Management
Service metadata
Multilingualism
Discovery and View services
Download services
Transformation services
Services to Invoke spatial data services

17. Timing detail: Network Services
Discovery and View services
19/12/2008: Draft IR + guidance to be submitted to the Committee for adoption
Dialogue with MS to ensure smooth transition towards operation
Forum for exchange of technical information wrt the set-up of the infrastructure
WS on INSPIRE architecture with MS experts (appointed by MS contact points) in 2009
Download services
Draft IR + guidance ready for SDIC/LMO consultation
Transformation services
Services to Invoke spatial data services

18. Network services status: progress
INSPIRE services shall be Web Services (W3C) using the SOAP protocol to exchange messages, and WSDL language to describe the services -> reviewed by SDICs/LMOs
INSPIRE Services
Based on:
Discovery services
OGC Catalogue service, with the ISO Application Profile : OGC CS-W 2.0 ISO AP
View services
Web Map Service : ISO WMS 1.3
Download services
OGC Web Feature Service (ISO 19142),
OGC Web Coverage Service,
HTTP File download
Transformation services
Functions of a Web Processing Service (OGC WPS):
Coordinate transformation services
Schema transformation services
Invoke services
- Chaining services : BPEL (Business Process Execution Language form OASIS) 2

19. Timing detail: Interoperability and harmonisation of spatial data sets and services (“Data Specifications”)
Two-step approach:
until 2007: Development of conceptual framework and specification methodology (Drafting Team).
Development of data specifications for each data theme (TWG’s)
Annex I roadmap (9 themes)
14/2/2008: TWG's started the draft data specifications
15/12/2008 : Data specs v2.0 for stakeholder consultation
14/10/2008 : Testing started : 78 organisations from 22 countries participate
Drafting of IR + guidance for Committee adoption
2009: Annex II and III roadmap (25 themes)

20. Thematic Data Specification
Based on ISO 19131

21. 1 Data Specification per theme

22. Data specification: progress
The Data specification Drafting Team is responsible for the developing and maintaining the conceptual framework
Data specifications of the theme will be developed by the Thematic Working Groups composed from domain and GIS/IT experts
Specification component
Based on
Definition of the Annex Themes and Scope
INSPIRE position papers
Selected reference materials submitted by the SDICs and LMOs
Generic conceptual Model
ISO 19101, 19103, 19107, 19108, 19109, 19110, 19111, 19112, 19115, 19123, 19126, 19131, 19136, 19139, ISO/IEC 19501, OGC r3
Methodology for specification development
Methodology developed by the RISE project
Guidelines for encoding
ISO 19118, 19136, 19139
INSPIRE Generic Conceptual Model
Data specifications
ISO Materials of the INSPIRE conceptual framework. Relevant reference materials submitted by the SDICs and LMOs. 2

23. Timing detail: Data and Services Sharing
IR governing access and rights of use to spatial data sets and services for Community institutions and bodies
Now : Drafting team + EC staff discuss the draft IR
December 2008 : new draft for stakeholder consultation (2 months)

24. Timing detail: Monitoring and Reporting
MS shall monitor the implementation and use of their infrastructures and shall make the results of this monitoring accessible to the Commission and to the public on a permanent basis
Drafting team produced version, stakeholder consultation, review
Submitted for opinion to the INSPIRE committee on 19/12/2008

25. Thank you! Freddy.Fierens@jrc.it http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu