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How to make the GEOSS Data CORE a realityPart 1

Max Craglia

Presented on behalf of Max by:

Alan Edwards, ECStefano Nativi, CNR

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Reminder

Full and open exchange means that data, metadata and products are made available with minimal time delay and with as few restrictions as possible, on a non-discriminatory basis, at no more than the cost of reproduction and distribution;

GEOSS Data-CORE = documented datasets, full and open exchange AND unrestricted access (attribution is not a restriction)

GEOSS Non-Commercial = full and open exchange BUT access and use restricted to non-commercial purposes

GEOSS Other: all other categories including access fees greater than reproduction and distribution

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What would a GEOSS User want to do?

• Go to a single portal• Search for data (or service) relating to a specific theme, or

SBA, and belonging to the GEOSS Data CORE,• If nothing is available in the CORE, check also in the other

GEOSS Data categories• Assess whether the resource(s) returned from the query are

relevant to the task to be carried out (this may require some translation into human readable form and native languages)

• Access the resource and use.

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What is needed by data producers and projectsDecision on which data resources you are going to commit to the

GEOSS Data CORE

Instructions on how to verify if the data you have identified indeed falls in the CORE, or in other category

Mechanism to document the data set, and include GEOSS Data category, as well as details of any relevant condition, restriction, or instruction to access and use

A mechanism to upload the metadata so that it is accessible and searchable in the GCI

Service to download the data or address relevant conditions and restrictions.

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Verify which data category

Several pieces of information are required from each provider to implement the Data Sharing Action Plan.

The items shown in red in the slides that follow would go in the metadata indicating the designated conditions of access and use.

If resources belong to a collection or dataset series, it may be enough in the first place to document the collection or series

What follows is a set of questions being finalised to help producers decide in which category they should commit their resources for GEOSS.

Instructions will be finalised in coming weeks and then tested in AIP-4

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The Flow1. Is user registration or login required to access the resource?

If YES, add “Registration Required to Access” and go to question 2.

If NO, then proceed to question 2.

 2. Is attribution to the provider of the resource required?

If YES, add “Attribution Required” and go to question 3.

If NO, go to question 3.

 3. Does the provider always offer the resource free of charge?

If YES, add “No Monetary Charge” and go to question 6.

If NO, proceed to question 4.

 4. Is the charge for access or use of the resource greater than the cost of reproduction and distribution to the user?

If YES, add “Monetary Charge” and go to question 5.

If NO, add “Monetary Charge for Reproduction & Distribution” and go to question 5.

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5. Do you agree that the cost of fulfilling a machine-to-machine service request, such as for accessing this data or resource for an automated web mapping service, is zero and thus requires no monetary exchange?

If YES, add “Access for Machine-To-Machine Services at No Monetary Charge” and go to question 6.

If NO, go to question 6.

6. Does the provider require the resource to be used for non-commercial purposes only?

If YES, add “Non-commercial Use Only” and go to question 7.

If No, go to question 8.

 7. Is every non-commercial use allowed at no monetary charge?

If YES, add “No Monetary Charge” and go to question 8.

If No, go to question 8.

 8. Are there any additional restrictions or conditions on the resource imposed by the provider regarding its access, use, or re-use by others?

If YES, add “Other or Additional Restrictions Apply” and go to 9.

If NO, proceed to 9.

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And finally….9. Resource qualifies for GEOSS Data CORE if:

Question 1 = Yes or No

Question 2 = Yes or No

Question 3 = Yes or No or skipped

Question 4 = No

Question 5 = Yes or No or skipped

Question 6 = No

Question 7 = skipped

Question 8 = No

If tests passed, go to 10

10. CONGRATULATIONS, This resource qualifies to be part of the GEOSS Data CORE. Do you confirm you want it to be designated as GEOSS Data Core?

if Yes, then designated as GEOSS Data CORE. Contributor receives code to place in their metadata so indicating for this data.

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Free of charge

Charge > Reproduct. +

Distrib.

User registration

Attribution

Any Other Conditions ?

Non commercial(ONLY)

Add “User registration”

To “Condition for

Access and Use”

Add “Attribution”

To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “geossOther”

To “Condition for

Access and Use”

Add “geossNonCommercial”

to “Condition

for Access and Use”

Add “geossDataCore”

To “Condition for

Access and Use”

Confirm GEOSS data

CORE?

YesNo

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

YesYes

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Labels for GEOSS Data Categories

They need to be language-neutral to facilitate searching across multiple languages

Current proposals:

1. geossDataCore

2. geossNonCOmmercial

3. geossOther

Where do I put this label?? in the Metadata but where?

For INSPIRE it needs to go in the mandatory field:

Conditions for Access and Use

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We have created an Open Source MD editor in 22 languages to comply with INSPIRE

http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/EUOSME/

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How to make the GEOSS Data CORE a realityPart 2

Max Craglia

Presented on behalf of Max by:

Alan Edwards, EC

Stefano Nativi, CNR

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Otherwise?

In the EuroGEOSS project we have created a broker able to search across multi-disciplinary data holdings and catalogues that use a wide range of standards and practices

For each of these we have proposed the relevant field in which to add the Data Sharing label

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Testing

We have started testing this in EuroGEOSS and more testing will take place in the framework of the AIP-4 pilots

These fields must also be searchable in the catalogues in which the metadata is stored so that the relevant records are retrieved

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For Example

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Querying through the EuroGEOSS Broker

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Querying Google-like

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Results ……

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…linked to the view and download services

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Conclusions

• The GEOSS Data CORE may become one of the more visible achievements of GEOSS

• For European public organisations and GEO Members the GEOSS Non-commercial category is also important to make visible their commitment to GEOSS whilst following national policies.

• The political agreement has been reached in Beijing last November, now we need to make it happen and monitor the implementation and use to assess the added value.

• We have started developing tools and guidelines but need to test them in a variety of settings to ensure we have a robust framework to build the CORE and support both producers and users.

• For these tasks GEO European projects have a key role to play!