Geological Information System for Europe: EGDI-Scope Progress Meeting 2014
Toward a Geological Information System for Europe (GISE), the EGDI-Scope project aims to support European Commission policies on mining wastes, Water Framework Directive (WFD), INSPIRE, biodiversity, water, air, and geology. By organizing an information system instead of a data infrastructure, it provides flexibility, broader scope, and synergy between initiatives. The system could assist the EU in collecting information related to various directives and policies, becoming a reference point for geoscience information. It links with initiatives like INSPIRE, SEIS, GEOSS, and EPOS to strengthen relationships with research communities.
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EGDI-Scope towards a Geological Information System for Europe (GISE) F. Robida / S. Grellet (BRGM) EGDI-Scope, Progress meeting, London, 20-21/03/2014
a Geological Information System for Europe EC Policies: Mining Wastes, WFD, ,INSPIRE, Biodiversity Water Air Geology By analogy with existing organisations: - WISE: Water Information System for Europe, the reference towards EU Commission - Marine: a module of WISE - BISE: Biodiversity Information System for Europe - Air Could ensure better visibility / understanding from the outside world (non geological) EGDI-Scope => GISE ?
a Geological Information System for Europe EC Policies: Mining Wastes, WFD, ,INSPIRE, Biodiversity Water Geology Organising an Information System instead a Data Infrastructure: - An information system uses data infrastructures, but is not limited to - Infrastructures depict mainly hardware issues in most minds whereas we try to create synergies between initiatives and projects - Provides more flexibility in the way it is deployed - Broadens the scope, by targeting also groups involving domain experts to define data models (e.g. Mineral waste extension to INSPIRE), quality (QA, QC), add value to data - Easier to convince the European level that there is no short-term need for a data center like infrastructure that costs: the initial small-scale structure will grow while becoming the reference point
a Geological Information System for Europe EC Policies: Mining Wastes, WFD, ,INSPIRE, Biodiversity Water Air Geology The Geological Information System could support EU, collecting information relating to European directives / policies: - Mining Waste directive - Raw Material Initiative - Groundwater directive (link with WISE), It will become de-facto the reference geoscience information pipeline towards EU Commission Links with other initiatives: - INSPIRE: strongly implementing INSPIRE rules (extending when necessary) - SEIS -> SEIS Geoscience information pillar - GEOSS -> GEOSS European counter for Geological data - EPOS -> strengthening link with research communities
a Geological Information System for Europe linked with other initiatives (ex: GEOSS)
a Geological Information System for Europe linked with other initiatives (ex: GEOSS)
a Geological Information System for Europe linked with other initiatives (ex: GEOSS)
a Geological Information System for Europe EC Policies: Mining Wastes, WFD, ,INSPIRE, Biodiversity Water Air Geology The Geological Information System content => More than an infrastructure - Domain groups: define domain needs, enhance data structures, define needs for value added data, quality (QA, QC), - IT groups: coordinate best practices, help domain groups to structure their information needs, support deployment of new data collection solutions at Member States level, - IT backbone, around its central node: architecture, collection/diffusion DBs, viewer, portals, web services, Central node: - Metadata catalogue, Vocabularies repository - Services to check INSPIRE conformity (links with INSPIRE Maintenance) - Brokers, -
a Geological Information System for Europe EC Policies: Mining Wastes, WFD, ,INSPIRE, Biodiversity Water Air Geology A clearer way to position GSOs and EGS Less competition with Research Infrastructures (EPOS ) Use the political tools to solve the national obligations / subsidiarity issues If initiated and animated by EGS, could become the reference information channel for geoscience for Europe The real backbone of the European Geological Service (not limited to data infrastructure)
Is it time to promote and build stone by stone a Geological Information System for Europe ?
Thank you for your attention More information about EGDI-Scope project: http://www.egdi-scope.eu/ F.Robida, S.Grellet f.robida@brgm.fr s.grellet@brgm.fr
