CGI Interoperability working Group

How to get involved in the implementation

and/or development of GeoSciML

Discussion

GeoSciMLGeoSciML

Implementation of GeoSciML

•OneGeology

•OneGeology Europe

•US Geoscience Information Network

•Australian National Earth Science Infrastructure program Auscope

Other Geoscience “ML’s” currently under development

• Mineral Occurences• Landslides• Geochronology• Geochemistry• Water• Hydrogeology• Earthquakes

OneGeologyUses

part of

1G-E

Use/extend?

MineralOccurences

Derived

GWML

Inherited

INSPIRE

Influence

GeoSciML

IUGS

CGI

IWG

ISO OGC

Related initiatives

•MineralOccurences

•GroundwaterML

How do the IWG work?

•The IWG works as a “Steering Group” with the work done in task groups

•Collaborative tools (Twiki)

•Telephone conferences

•F2F meetings (once a year)

Inclusive process• IUGS Mandate• “Regular” meetings

– Edinburgh, 2003– Ottawa, Perth, 2004– Ottawa, 2005– Orleans, Bruxelles, 2006– Edinburgh, Tucson,

Melbourne, 2007– Uppsala, 2008

• New participants added– GA, BRGM, SGU in 2006– GSJ & APAT in 2007

• Web collaboration tools

Twiki

Getting involved in the development of future versions of GeoSciML

•GeoSciML version 3

GeoSciML Documentation

http://www.geosciml.org

Concept definitions Task Group

GeoSciML version 2 RC3

•We want comments on GeoSciML version 2 RC3 in the period 2008-09-01 - 2008-11-01

•Send comments to: John Laxton, BGS

E-mail: jll@bgs.ac.uk

Use cases for GeoSciML version 3

Use cases for GeoSciML version 3

•1-G-E, NSF GIN and Auscope can provide some use cases

•We need use cases before the work with version 3 starts

•We need help with model design use cases

Model Design Task Group for GeoSciML version 3

•The Interoperability Working Group invites new participants to the Model Design Task Group

GeoSciML version 3

•GeoSciML v3 development activities will begin Jan 2009 (earliest)

To participate in the development process

•Contact the chair of the IWG: John Laxton, BGS

E-mail: jll@bgs.ac.uk

Questions?

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