Data Specifications





Call for Expression of Interest for participation in development of INSPIRE Data Specifications for Annex II and III

The Call is addressed to the INSPIRE Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisations (LMOs). The Commission is seeking voluntary contributions of SDICs and LMOs, asking them to propose experts (domain experts, Facilitators, Editors) for the Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) and reference materials to be taken into consideration for the data specifications.

We recommend that you carefully read the following documents before responding to this call.

SDICs and LMOs can participate by logging in and completing the required forms.

Annex I Data Specifications

The INSPIRE Thematic Working Groups, the Data Specification Drafting Team, and the JRC INSPIRE Team have finalised the third version of Data Specifications published as Guidelines for the spatial data themes referred to in Annex I of the INSPIRE Directive. They will supplement the Implementing Rule for interoperability of spatial data sets and services and allow for preparation for implementation. Together with the relevant materials (GML application schemas, UML models and registries), they will support the implementation and provide a better understanding of the requirements of the Implementing Rule.

The Draft Legislation for interoperability of spatial data sets and services is currently being prepared by the European Commission for submission to the INSPIRE Committee.

The guidelines and the related supporting materials are now publicly available.

Guidelines

Other Documents

Acknowledgement

The JRC INSPIRE data specification support team would like to thank all the participants that have contributed to the data specification development process. We thank all SDICs and LMOs that have provided their user requirements, comments in the review of the technical drafts, and in testing the specifications giving valuable feedback about the technical soundness and feasibility. Special thanks to the SDICs and LMOs that have nominated and supported the work of the experts of the Thematic Working Groups and the Data Specification Drafting Team.

We also thank the members of the Data Specifications Drafting Team for the continuous support in monitoring the coherence of the data specifications and the consistency within the Generic Conceptual Model.

In particular we thank all the members of the Thematic Working Groups for the commitment and excellent work, which have lead to remarkable results in a very short period of time.