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Utrecht Technical Workshop. Outcomes and progress to date OneGeology Management Meeting, Nov 2-3, Ottawa. (Utrecht) Meeting objectives. « To initiate the OneGeology concept as expressed in the Brighton accord.
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Utrecht Technical Workshop Outcomes and progress to date OneGeology 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
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