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NEFIS Work Package 3

NEFIS Work Package 3. Status Report Mid-term Meeting IUFRO, Vienna 24-25 May 2004. Work Package 3. Deliverables D2 – NEFIS/GFIS KnowledgeBase D2a- Technology Reviews D9 – Extended UML EFIS++ design, including schema for additional forest information domains WP Calendar. March 2003.

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NEFIS Work Package 3

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  1. NEFIS Work Package 3 Status Report Mid-term Meeting IUFRO, Vienna 24-25 May 2004 NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  2. Work Package 3 • Deliverables • D2 – NEFIS/GFIS KnowledgeBase • D2a-Technology Reviews • D9 – Extended UML EFIS++ design, including schema for additional forest information domains • WP Calendar March 2003 April 2005 May 2004 NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  3. WP3 • Milestones • Establishment of web presence • Design of the kb web site and information repository • Population of the KB with content – ongoing • UML meeting • KB meeting – ongoing • UML designs of extended EFIS – ongoing NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  4. UML Meeting Presentations Meeting Presentations are available at http://www.efi.fi/projects/nefis/ NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  5. Web Services Architectures Technology Review Standards in the GI Sector Done Ongoing WP3 Components Population Development User Requirements NEFIS KnowledgeBase WP3 VT Training Course NEFIS UML Design Use Cases/ Story Lines WP2 Design NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  6. The following slides are taken from the various presentations given at the WP3 meeting in Bonn. They are intended to summarise the main points raised during the meeting. • The logo of the presenting institution can be found on each slide. NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  7. HTTP SOAP SOAP WSDL WSDL RDFXMLHTML UDDI RDFXML HTML Common Language 2Op.Syst.2Hardware 2 Language 1Op.Syst.1Hardware 1 Different Platform 2 Platform 1 Web Services: Simple Specific Usage NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  8. EFIS functionality • Catalogue function; node of GFIS. • Searchable register of Forest Inf. Objects. • DC, XML, WS OK • Distributed Database (ddb) • Interoperable data access… • WS Federation, Grids, etc • …of mutually compatible and comparable data • …for processing, analysis and decision support • Agregation, • Comparision, • Modelling and Forecasting. NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  9. PROBLEM 1 • The data in national databases (i.e. Forest Inventories) are NOT consistent or compatable. • Forest area; dbh; volume-to; productivity class…. • Well known to EFICS (89, 97) which looked at : • Harmonisation • (adoption of common standards - very expensive) • Standardisation • (adjustment/scaling of data to compatibility – not easy) • CONCLUSION: Data-access interoperability is not enough, by itself. NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  10. SOLUTION • Standardisation models required to: • Convert National inventory data to a common flexible STANDARD • Convert between different National standards • Empirical Data is required. • Too expensive? • Use of Heuristic Modelling Patches in NEFIS demonstrator? (From EFICS data???) • Need a Standards Conversion Toolkit (SCTK) NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  11. PROBLEM 2 • All the national databases have different base-dates. • Hence, the national databases are base-date inconsistent. NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  12. SOLUTION? • National Inventory up-dating models are needed. • Equivalent to Inventory-based forecasting models. • Forest Inventory Forecasting Toolkit? • Not Easy!!! • Expensive! • Localised or Centralised? NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  13. PROBLEM 3 • Where do the standardisation and up-dating processes fit within the EFIS++ ddb interoperability middleware? NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  14. SOLUTION(S) • In the central EFIS ++ processing engine? • Possible. • This may be complicated, and very slow. • Possible alternative solution: Construct a centralised standardised and updated Data Warehouse of European Forest Inventories. • Re-freshed only periodically • High quality • Fast access • Easy to analyse, model and mine. NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  15. Standards in the GI Sector • Standards • ISO • OpenGIS Abstract Specifications • Spatial Catalogues and Metadata, including Z39.50, XML, ISO & FGDC • Web Mapping • Vector Features – GML • Grid Features • Coordinate Reference Systems NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  16. Overview • ISO 19116 - Positioning services • ISO 19117 - Portrayal • ISO 19118 - Encoding • ISO 19119 - Services • ISO/TR 19120 - Functional standards + new rev • ISO/TR 19121 Imagery and gridded data • ISO/TR 19122 - Qualifications and certification of personnel • ISO 19123 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions • ISO 19124 - Imagery and gridded data components • ISO 19125 - Simple feature access - SQL option • ISO 19126 - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary • ISO 19127 - Geodetic codes and parameters • ISO 19128 - Web Map Server Interface • ISO 19101 - Reference model • ISO 19102 - Overview • ISO 19103 - Conceptual schema language • ISO 19104 - Terminology • ISO 19105 - Conformance and testing • ISO 19106 - Profiles • ISO 19107 - Spatial schema • ISO 19108 - Temporal schema • ISO 19109 - Rules for application schema • ISO 19110 - Feature cataloguing methodology • ISO 19111 - Spatial referencing by coordinates • ISO 19112 - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers • ISO 19113 - Quality principles • ISO 19114 - Quality evaluation procedures • ISO 19115 - Metadata NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  17. Spatial Catalogs/Metadata • Models • OGC Topic 13 (catalog services) • ISO 19915 (metadata) • FGDC content standard • Implementation specs • OGC Web Registry Server DCIS • ISO 19915 XML definitions • OGC Catalog Services • ISO 23950 (Z39.50) NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  18. Open Source Web Mapping Systems • Web mapping system to compliment OpenGIS: • MapServer • deegree NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  19. EFICS Interest Groups EFICS – Interest Groups 1. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2. Ministry of Environment 3. State Forestry Organisations 4. Forest Industry Association or industry sector associations 5. Associations of private forest owners 6. Nature Conservation/Environmental Organisation(s) 7. The main Forest Research Organisation(s) in the country 8. Members of the EU Standing Forestry Committee Dresden University of Technology NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  20. Data Assessment & Analysis Dresden University of Technology NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  21. Aggregation of National Assessments Dresden University of Technology NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  22. Standardisation Dresden University of Technology NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  23. Locate Resource Reporting Visualisation Decision Support ResourceUser Research Toolkit Use Service Adhere to Kyoto/EU regs etc.enhance dissemination LocateStandardise Catalogue Function «extends» UML & xUML «includes» «extends» «includes» GIS, tabular… «includes» Information aggregation and synthesisProvide information input for models Provide raw and aggregated datasets NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  24. Use Case - Story Lines NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  25. NEFIS Story Lines TBFRA Use Case NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

  26. Where Now for WP3? • Progress the population of the NEFIS KB • Progress the analysis/understanding of European forest information processes, requirements and actors through Use Cases. • Progress the analysis of a European Forest Information System for Decision Support through UML. • Closer integration with WP2. NEFIS Mid-term Meeting Vienna May 2004 WP3 Summary

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