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The OneGeology project

IC GS

Ian Jackson, February 2007Ian Jackson, February 2007

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Governance, management and related issues

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Purpose of this presentation (and the next two by John and Harvey)

To …………….• introduce everyone to the issues• make sure we share the same understanding• provide raw material and options for discussion in the break-out

sessions later

Not to …………• provide the final answers and solutions

(that is what this Workshop is here to help progress!)

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Contents of this presentation• OneGeology – the context• Managing the project – who and how?• What are the timescales?• Resources – where from?• What are our strategies for nations needing assistance • Relationships with other initiatives• Who owns the data? (Intellectual Property Rights etc)• What are the risks and problems• How will we communicate the project to others …..• ….and continue to recruit additional geological surveys• Workshop results and outcomes…..

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OneGeology - the context

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IC GSSteering Group “Transparent Earth”

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Leadership, Teams Leadership, Teams and Resourcesand Resources

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Leadership, Teams Leadership, Teams and Resourcesand Resources

CGMW 5-25 proposalCGMW 5-25 proposal

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Make available to OneGeology portal (raster or convert to GeoSciML)

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Leadership, Teams Leadership, Teams and Resourcesand Resources

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Leadership, Teams Leadership, Teams and Resourcesand Resources

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Managing the projectWho and how?

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A possible management structureProject management and coordinationProject management and coordination

Geology Geology SpecificationSpecification

TeamTeam

Informatics Informatics SpecificationSpecification

TeamTeam

Assistance Assistance ProgrammeProgramme

Portal Portal & Delivery& Delivery

Design TeamDesign Team

National data National data GenerationGeneration

Regional Group ARegional Group A......

Regional Group nRegional Group n

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What are the timescales?

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A possible (simplistic) timeline

Develop specifications

Serve data to portal

Manage and coordinate project

March 2007 August 2008 August 2012

Brighton Workshop IGC Oslo IGC Australia

Build portal

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ResourcesFor what and where from?

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Resources: Funds and staff-time

Needed to:

1. generate map data for each nation2. create the specifications3. coordinate the project4. operate the portal to provide access to the data

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Potential sources of funds and staff-time

Options…….• Geological Surveys agree to fund own data generation?• some Geological Surveys agree to provide support to those who cannot generate their own

data?• a core of Geological Surveys agree to provide resources to coordinate the project and

operate the portal (BGS is prepared to be one of these)• EU provide funds to take the project forward (there is a real possibility in the

eContentplus programme)• What other sources are available……..?

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What are our strategies for nations needing technical and funding assistance?

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Strategies for assistance • Some nations will need technical and/or

resource assistance to take part• Possible solutions:

• OneGeology Help Teams to work with staff of the Survey

• Other Surveys agree to scan/convert/load data

But…….

• How will we provide the assistance?

• How are we going to fund this?

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Who owns the data?Intellectual Property Rights and

Copyright

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Who owns the data?• Simple assumption - each Geological Survey provider retains ownership of

the intellectual property of the data they contribute• But what are implications if there are different use conditions applied by

different Geological Surveys?– Will some geological Surveys wish to restrict use or charge?

• Can we develop a model (template) IPR Agreement which all can agree on?

– This is what INSPIRE will do for European spatial data

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Relationships with other initiatives

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What other related initiatives are there and how do we link to them?

• For example - INSPIRE, GEOSS, AEGOS…..– (more on these on Thursday)

• How do we get to know about those initiatives which are relevant?

• How do we achieve a constructive and worthwhile links with them that add value?

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What are the risks and problems?

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The risks and problems• Not getting the message across about what OneGeology is/is not• Diverse views of what OneGeology should be and do

– map or interoperability, simple or sophisticated• Encouraging participation• Perceived overlap/conflict with other international geoscience initiatives• Ownership and “geo-politics”• Internal national complications

– (eg which survey/institute should be the representative; priority of OneGeology against other tasks)• Range of participant capability • Where will the funds/resources come from?• Sustaining the initiative

challenges and opportunities

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How will we communicate the project to others …..?

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Communication, PR and Marketing Do we assume we want to …….

• Keep the profile of the project high?• Use all ethical and legal means to do that?• Produce scientific papers, conference

presentations, articles, press and media releases? ….and …..?

How do we best achieve this?

• Should we have one Team responsible for communication?

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How will we recruit additional Geological Surveys …..?

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Recruiting more Geological Surveys to OneGeology

• How do we continue to add more Surveys to the list of participants?

• Are there any obvious methods that we have not used to date?

• Can we use OneGeology Regional Teams and their contacts to help us to recruit more nations?

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Workshop results and outcomes

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We would like to use the Workshop to develop and AGREE a series of

resolutions

For example

1. "Geological Surveys will work together to create a distributed international geological information

system of digital data through the use of a common standard and protocol, that does not impinge on ownership or control of data, and builds upon existing national data systems."

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In summaryThe purpose of this presentation was to …..

• introduce everyone to the issues• make sure we share the same understanding• provide raw material and options for

discussion in the break-out sessions later this week