Utrecht Technical Workshop

Outcomes and progress to dateOneGeology Management Meeting, Nov

2-3, Ottawa

(Utrecht) Meeting objectives• « To initiate the OneGeology concept as expressed in the Brighton

accord.• To initiate a prototype OneGeology portal/web site as soon as

possible (to be completed before 31 December 2007)• To develop an action plan and allocate the tasks for all involved

partners, to meet the above objectives. »

• First OneGeology Technical Group meeting• Tim Duffy (BGS) nominated and accepted as coordinator for this

group

• 20 participants : Albania, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA, CGMW

• 30-31 may

Action listTask Owner Assisted

1. Portal, includes registry and client

BRGM BGS, TNO + USGS

2. Registry list BRGM/BGS

3. Cook Book Specification

BGS TNO, BGS, CGS, PGI, BRGM, GEUS, CGS, GeoZS, PGI, (GeoSciML team)

4. Outreach Slo. UK, FR, E, N, Cz, Bra, I, PL, J

5. Provide Web Services

All workshop attendees

6. Next Technical Meeting

1. Portal (registry and client)• Map portal

– to be available as a prototype, end december 07

• To be integrated to the OneGeology website• First list of WMS already available, to be completed• No commitment for full catalog

– Catalog not mandatory, but will be implemented– Why ? Improve portal functionalities, enable access to

services for others applications– Link to GeoSciML : Testbed 3 integrates full support of

catalog

2. registry list• To standardize the way each participant will publish its maps

(through WMS and layers)

• Metadata for WMS services– Provide URL, service name …– Proposals to be derived from ISO (in line with INSPIRE)Naming conventions to be proposed– Resources identifiers (URN : universal resource naming) just

defined (urn:ogc:servicetype:BRGM:WMS:1.0). GeoSciML proposal

– Resources Title : providername.layername.scale (to be proposed, not accepted !)

• Template to be submitted end of november, providers to set up their WMS onward

3. Cook Book• 1G level 1 WMS specification (« raster to the web »)

– including how to serve a 1G compliant WMS using opensource software Mapserver,

– first draft cookbook will be available in November 2007, – tested by technical working group members and targetted to

be published to all 1G participants in January 2008.

• In January 2008 first drafts of the next two cookbooks will appear for testing: ‘How to map to GeoSciML’ and ‘How to serve GeoSciML as a WFS’ using opensource software.

4. Outreach• 2 types of technical support for participants

– Host for them in ‘regional hubs’– Help to host themselves– All is based on the cookbook !

• This management meeting to define the organisation and priorities

• Start on 1st January 2008

5. Provide Web services • Please provide your web map services !

• Step 1. Providing existing web map services,– such as they are– as of now,– We will test them in the map client,

• Step 2. Use naming conventions - recommandations – from 1st January 2008

• Cookbook to be provided before during this period !

6. Next Technical meeting• BRGM, Orléans, 27-29 February 2008

• Coupled with a GeoSciML meeting, 25-26 February

• All technical questions to be solved in this last meeting before Oslo presentations