Introduction to the CGI - aims, activities and progress

Kristine Asch, CGI Chair

CGI is …….

The Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information

• CGI is a Commission of IUGS

• CGI is the successor to COGEOINFO

What is CGI?

CGI is …….

The Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information

• CGI is a Commission of IUGS

• CGI is the successor to COGEOINFO

What is CGI?

Mission “To enable the global exchange of knowledge of

geoscience information and systems”

Aims• Provide the means for transferring knowledge on geoscience information and systems

• Assist international dissemination of best practice in Geoscience Information

• Stimulate and support initiatives which are developing standards

• Play a position in the international geoscience information community and represent IUGS on geoscience information matters

CGI is a body which is for all interested in geology and

informationPeople in....

• Geological Surveys

• Universities

• Commercial companies

• Local and Central Government

• Societies and clubs

CGI COUNCIL• Carlos Asato, Argentina• Kristine Asch, Germany (Chair) • John Broome, Canada• Sergei Cherkasov, Russia• Simon Cox, Australia • Max Fernandez, Belgium (Treasurer) • Ian Jackson, UK (Secretary General) • Anna-Karren Nguno, Namibia• François Robida, France• Dave Soller, USA• Koji Wakita, Japan

CGI MEMBERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

126 registered members in 43 countries worldwide

  CGI Action Plan for 2004-2008

• Map and communicate existing geoscience information bodies. • Link information bodies with common needs.• Facilitate relevant outreach workshops• Refine multi-lingual thesaurus .• Develop a framework for ratifying and promoting geoscience information standards. • Promote and encourage data exchange standards.

CGI Working Groups Interoperability Working Group (ex-gDMIC)GeoSciML Design, Service Deployment, Testbed, Service Arcitecture Task Group – John Laxton, Simon Cox, Boyan Broderic, Francois Robida (Canada, UK, Australia, France)

Multi-Lingual Thesaurus Working Group (MTG) – Joachim Gersemann (Germany)Regional Working Group in South East Asia– Koji Wakita (Japan)

Regional Working Group in Russia (proposed)

Objectives of the GeoSciML working group

• develop a conceptual geoscience data model, based on on existing data models

• implement an agreed subset of this model in an agreed schema language

• implement an XML encoding of the model subset based on GML (Geography Markup Language), Open Geospatial Consortium, and XXML (Xploration and Mining ML), CSIRO,AU

• GeoSciML: GeoScience Markup Language• develop a testbed to illustrate the use of the data model for

interchange

• identify areas that require standardised classifications in order to enable interchange

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