Slovak University of Technology Department of Theoretical Geodesy In-service training at the Joint Research Centre Tomáš Kliment 4/11/2010 Bratislava
Content of the presentation: Basic information about JRC General information about JRC Ispra The Institute for Environment and Sustainability Spatial Data Infrastructure unit My trainee-ship Main activities within the project where SDI unit plays an active leading role at European and International level Main activities on behalf of the DTG Free time activities My near future steps...
Basic information about JRC "The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national." JRC Vision "The JRC's vision is to be a trusted provider of science-based policy options to EU policy makers to address key challenges facing our society, underpinned by internationally-recognised research."
Basic information about JRC JRC focuses its efforts on seven thematic areas Towards an open and competitive economy Development of a low carbon society Sustainable management of natural resources Safety of food and consumer products Nuclear safety and security Security and crisis management Reference materials and measurements JRC employs around 2750 staff coming from throughout the EU Budget comprises 330 million annually coming from the EU's research budget Further income is generated through the JRC's participation in indirect actions, additional work for Commission services and contract work for third parties, such as regional authorities and industry.
Basic information about JRC Directorate-General of the European Commission Under responsibility of European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Board of Governors, Director General (Brussels), 7 Institutes - 5 locations (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) (B) The Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) (D) The Institute for Energy (IE) ( NL) The Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) (ITA) The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) (ITA) The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) (ITA) The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
General information about JRC site in Ispra A third biggest Commission site after Brussels and Luxembourg Are of 160 hectares, 36km of roads (main roads - EU Countries),140 buildings roughly 1550 staff + 200 external and 200 visitors/day
General information about JRC site in Ispra 3 Scientific Institutes, 2 Horizontal Directorate of the JRC, EC PMO IES -Environment and Sustainability IHCP - Health and Costumer Protection IPSC - Protection and Security of the Citizen ISD - Site Directorate Human Resource Unit Paymaster Office - Ispra
The Institute for Environment and Sustainability The IES Mission: "The mission of the institute for Environment and Sustainability is to provide scientific-technical support to the EU's Policies for the protection and sustainable development of the European and global environment" Scientific activities are presented according to the priorities laid down in the 7th EU Research Framework Program (2007-2013): Environment and prosperity Environment and solidarity Environment and security The global dimension
Environment and prosperity - SDI unit With DG Environment leading role in laying the foundation of INSPIRE Since the legalization of INSPIRE directive - 2007 Collaboration with MS to develop technical and organisational instruments necessary to make INSPIRE a reality Implementing rules, Technical guidelines, IOC, Testing, Achieved results IES SDI has drafted following regulations Commision regulation No 1205/2008 - Metadata Commision regulation No 976/2009 - Network services Draf Commision Regulation on the interoperability of spatial datasets and services and technical specification guidelines for themes such as Hydrography, Protected Sites, Cadastral Parcels Research activities - International Journal of SDI, INSPIRE conferences
Environment and prosperity - SDI unit Developed SDI components - INSPIRE Geoportal discovery client http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm/pageid/321
Environment and prosperity - SDI unit Developed SDI components - INSPIRE Geoportal view client http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm/pageid/341
Environment and prosperity - SDI unit Developed SDI components - INSPIRE Geoportal MD editor http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm/pageid/342
Environment and prosperity - SDI unit Developed SDI components - INSPIRE Geoportal MD validator http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm/pageid/48
Environment and prosperity - SDI unit Developed SDI components - INSPIRE multilingual MD editor http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/euosme
My trainee-ship Period of the training -from 01/10/2009 to 30/09/2010 Institute and Unit - IES/SDI Scientific advisor - Jean Dusart (IES SDI, WS, Cartography) ENABLE action of SDI - (http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/enableaction) Action Leader - Ioannis Kanellopoulos (SDI, RS,) INSPIRE Geoportal team Matthew Hardy - programmer - GH30 (Post Doc) Angelo Quaglia - programmer - external Friedy Feriens - manager - Functionary Sven Schade - GI Scientist -GH30 (Post Doc) Mineke Ribot - trainee Others...
My trainee-ship Main activities on behalf of SDI unit 1. GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) components testing procedure 2. Image2000 domain SDI components update to comply with INSPIRE requirements 3. INSPIRE discovery service content management and functionality testing 4. Member states discovery services testing according to INSPIRE requirements 5. INSPIRE Discovery and View network services capabilities schemas development
GEOSS components testing procedure GEOSS - Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GEOSS components testing procedure GEOSS - Common Infrastructure - GCI
GEOSS components testing procedure GEOSS Clearinghouse - ESRI, Compusult, USGS
GEOSS components testing procedure GEO Web Portals - ESA, ESRI
Image2000 domain SDI components update to comply with INSPIRE requirements IMAGE2000 METADATA REPOSITORY UPDATE DATASETS IMAGE2000 METADATA REPOSITORY UPDATE SERVICES IMAGE2000 METADATA REPOSITORY UPDATE MOSAIC DATASETS IMAGE2000 NETWORK SERVICES CAPABILITIES UPDATE - 3 view services and 1 discovery service
IMAGE2000 METADATA REPOSITORY UPDATE
IMAGE2000 NETWORK SERVICES CAPABILITIES UPDATE 3 view services and 1 discovery service capabilities update
INSPIRE discovery service content management and functionality testing Geocatalogue http://vap-xgeodev.jrc.it:8080/geonetwork Discovery service http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/discovery/csw? service=csw&request=getcapabilities
Member states DS testing according to INSPIRE requirements Belgium, Denmark, SEA DS service operations testing GetDSMetadata - GetCapabilties Discover metadata - Get records DS quality testing Performance, Capacity and Availability Quantity and quality of metadata Validation against ISO and INSPIRE specific constraints Interoperability with INSPIRE Geoportal
Member states DS testing according to INSPIRE requirements Testing tools
INSPIRE Discovery and View network services capabilities schemas development Recent public versions of TG for DS and VS - 2.12 Provides XML schemas for GetCapabilites Defines 2 INSPIRE scenarios how to include INSPIRE MD Either within inspire_ns:extendedcapabilties element Or by reference within inspire_ns:metadataurl element Provided schemas had too many errors The schema amendment has been launched Cooperation with the members of IOC Task Force from MS Actual versions are online http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/schemas/
Main activities on behalf of the DTG Research and presentation activities: Kliment, T. Metainformation infrastructure for geospatial information. Research paper in international scientific journal - Slovak Journal of Civil engineering, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2010, In English; Paper online: http://www. svf.stuba.sk/docs/sjce/2010/2010_2/file2.pdf Fencík, R., Kliment, T., Tuchyňa, M. Current state of building spatial data infrastructure in the Slovak republic. Abstract and summary in conference proceedings GI2010, Dresden, Germany, ISSN 1801-6480, In English, Conference proceedings online Kliment, T. Discovery service testing according to INSPIRE implementing rules Abstract in conference proceedings GI2010, Dresden, Germany, ISSN 1801-6480, In English. Presentation online: http://www.epsiplatform. net/content/download/55292/761920/version/1/file/gi2010-symposiumkliment+%28inspire-md-tests%29.pdf
Main activities on behalf of the DTG Main activities on behalf of the DTD Galová, L., Kliment, T. Data harmonization a basic element of interoperability in GIS of crisis management Paper in conference proceedings, 12th International Slovakian-Czech-Polish geodetic days, 2010, Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia, In Slovak Kliment, T. Proposal and pilot realization of testing procedure for discovery service according to INSPIRE requirements. ENVIRO-I-FORUM conference about environmental informatics, 2010, Zvolen, Slovakia, ISBN 978-80 - 88850-96 0. Pages 38-42. In Slovak. Conference proceeding online:http://enviroiforum.sazp.sk/uploads/2010/06/page/prezentacie1_4/prezentacie/zbornikeif_2010.pdf Presentation online: http: //enviroiforum.sazp.sk/uploads/2009/06/page/prezentacie2009/prezentacie/kliment_prezent.ppt
Main activities on behalf of the DTG Persistent SDI Testbed for Research and Teaching in Europe (PTB) This testbed acts as a research test-bed for collaborative European research in geospatial interoperability: To aid the assessment of current standards for geospatial interoperability in terms of research compatibility, completeness, consistency and ease of use and extensibility To provide an environment for teaching standards and techniques for geospatial interoperability To provide a resource to AGILE/EuroSDR/OGC for the coordination of research requirements as well as definition, testing, validation and development of open standards PTB Phase 2 - Request for further participant metadata Who are your main contact persons, What organisations are involved, How is your contribution funded, Are there projects involved (research, etc.)? and others...
Free time activities... Basketball - I Trigliceridi- Campioni della lega provincialevarese
Free time activities Basketball - JRC inter-institutional tournament - 1st place
Free time activities Gallarate - summer tournament - 1st place
Free time activities Others - skying, hiking, partying...
My near future steps... Apply for Junior Research Position Duration - 1 year Organization - Consiglio NAzionalle delle Ricerche Working place - Verbania European project - ENVEurope Environmental quality and pressures assessment across Europe: the LTER network as an integrated and shared system for ecosystem monitoring Following steps: Tomorrow an interview in Venice at 10am Proposed starting date: the end of November or beginning od December
Thank you very much! Any questions??