1. WP4 Revision of the Dataflow - Standard Data Form -
Expert Group on Reporting under the Nature Directives
Brussels, 18 November 2009
WP4 Revision of the Dataflow - Standard Data Form -
Sabine Roscher

2. Overview revision process
The revised SDF was presented and discussed in the last meeting
Group was asked to provide final comments by first week of September
Based on the discussion and the comments received a few adoption were made

3. Adoptions to revised SDF (1/7)
Respondent (1.5)
A simple structure was introduced to make the free text more readable
Name/Organisation: _________________________________
Address: __________________________________
___________________________________________________

4. Adoptions to revised SDF (2/7)
Site indication and designation / classification dates (1.7)
A free text field for citation of national legal reference of SAC designation was introduced
Date confirmed
as SCI removed
(this date is handled by the Commission)

5. Adoptions to revised SDF (3/7)
Biogeographical Regions (2.6)
The Marine Regions were added
Marine Atlantic
Marine Black Sea
Marine Baltic Sea
Marine Mediterranean
Marine Macaronesian

6. Proposed Standard for entries on Habitat types
Annex I Habitat types
% cover in the Member State
Site assessment
Code
Cover [ha]
Quality %
A | B | C
Rel. Surf.
Repr.
Con.
Glob.
7110
2212 G
12.4 B
3150
921
1.4 M C A
1110
1700 P
20.0
A: 100 – 15 %
G = good (e.g. based on surveys), M = moderate (e.g. partial data with some extrapolation)
P = poor (e.g. rough estimation)

7. Adoptions to revised SDF (4/7)
3.2 Ecological information species
For the population units a reference was made to the standard of Article 17 reporting

8. Adoptions to revised SDF (5/7)
Site Protection Status
and Relation with Corine Biotope Sites (5)
The information on national designation will be available from the Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA), which results from the well established EIONET Priority dataflow or by means of Inspire.
Case study done by ETC/BD showed that 90 % same result by means of GIS overlay with CDDA data
Whether or not this would be the case for the majority of the MS is not clear

9. Adoptions to revised SDF (5/7)
Site Protection Status
and Relation with Corine Biotope Sites (5)
In near future the information on national designation could be extracted from the database on designated areas.
It might be useful to retain this field in the SDF (5.1 and 5.2) for a transition period.
The relation with the Corine Biotope Sites (5.3) can be removed from the SDF

10. Adoptions to revised SDF (6/7)
6.1 Body responsible for the site management
6.2 Management plan exists (yes, no, link)
6.3 Necessary conservation measures (6.3)
A free textfield to explain how is dealt with site designation and measures
obligatory

11. Adoptions to revised SDF (7/7)
Inspire ID
Definition: External object identifier of the site.
Description: An external object identifier is a unique object identifier published by the responsible body, which may be used by external applications to reference the spatial object. The identifier is an identifier of the spatial object, not an identifier of the real-world phenomenon.

12. Terminology SDF – Art. 17
Note on Conservation status in SDF and Article 17 report provided by BE
Suggestions to change explanatory notes (not SDF)
ETCs conclusion:
SDF describes site as it is
Prospects is looking forward,
This aspect should be indicated by using pressures / threats
(and free text field)
No need to make serious changes to the explanatory notes of the SDF

13. Outlook Explanatory notes to be finalised
Decision until the end of the year (WP)
Realistic timeline for transition phase
Adoption of data structure, transfer of data into new structure, XML for upload

14. Thank you
for your attention

15. SDF / CDDA comparison of designation
Example DE:
73 % designation code and
percentage cover the same
17 % designation code the same result
but cover missing in the SDF
CDDA would be improvement
90 % same result my means of
GIS overlay with CDDA data
8 % discrepancy, either SDF or GIS
overlay correct
2 % designation in not in CDDA data