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The information accessible on this area of the INSPIRE site has been provided by Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisation (LMOs) via the ongoing Call for Expression of Interest for INSPIRE development.

The information includes:

Description
SDIC Title	ESBN Working Group on INSPIRE
Acronym	ESBN WG INSPIRE
Details
Mission and Objectives	The working group mission will be to contribute to the implementation of the INSPIRE guidelines within the soil community and to report specific requirements to be included in the development of INSPIRE
Mandate	The working group has been proposed by the European Soil Bureau Network Steering Group. It will have a clearly defined task for a limited period (project based) and report to the Steering Group.
Formal Mandate	International
Main Activities	The working group, representing the ESBN which consists of major organizations in the fields of soil in Europe, has been set-up in order to provide input in the definition of IRs for INSPIRE
SDIC URL	http://eusoils.jrc.it
Membership	The European Soil Bureau Network includes contributors from EU Member States + EFTA + Accession countries + all other European contributors. JRC hosts the Secretariat on behalf of the European Soil Bureau Network
Typology	Thematic
Comments
Contact information for SDIC
Contact Person	Marc Van Liedekerke
Organisation	Joint Research Centre - LMNH Unit - SOIL Action
Function	chair of the ESBN Working Group on INSPIRE
Address	TP 280, 21027 Ispra (VA)
Country	ITALY
Tel	+390332785179
Fax	+390332786394
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development
allocate experts to Drafting Teams submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies participate in the review process implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules contribute to cost/benefit analysis of the draft Implementing Rules contribute to awareness raising and training be kept informed

Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain:	International Description of geographic extent Eurasia, North Africa & Middle-East
Societal Sector	European Commission, Public Soil Institutes and Research Institutions
Specific Expertise	Metadata Data Specifications Network services Data and Service Sharing Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes	Title User Producer Coordinator Coordinate reference systems     Geographical grid systems   Geographical names     Administrative units     Hydrography     Elevation     Land cover     Orthoimagery     Geology     Soil Land use     Agricultural and aquaculture facilities     Population distribution and demography     Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units     Natural risk zones     Meteorological geographical features     Bio-geographical regions     Habitats and biotopes     Species distribution
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development	Testing of interoperability of web map services: http://eusoils.jrc.it/wms/wms.htm Use of geographical reference grids for the Ecopedological map of the Alps http://eusoils.jrc.it/projects/alpsis/MainAlpine.html
Primary Business
Environmental application domains	Monitoring soils, soil resources management, soil thematic strategy, soil erosion prevention and management

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