IMPULS PROJECT ACTIVITIES, WP4 AND WP5 WORKSHOPS HELD - Federal Geodetic Administration

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IMPULS PROJECT ACTIVITIES, WP4 AND WP5 WORKSHOPS HELD

30.03.2015 09:14

The WP4 Workshop (Metadata and Quality Evaluation) was attended by the representatives of the institutions from the region participating in the project, the experts from Sweden, as well as the consultants of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. The objective of this workshop was to define the metadata profile for spatial datasets, as well as for spatial data services. The metadata represent the key element of a spatial data infrastructure development as they enable users to search spatial data, data about data in themselves, data providers, and responsible institutions. Through discussion and harmonization of the technical details and using the INSPIRE profile as the basis and helpful advice of the experts from Sweden and Croatia, the working group members defined the regional metadata profile for datasets. Harmonization of the technical guidelines for implementation of the profile is expected in the coming period, as well as defining of the templates for metadata creation and further activities to define the profile for spatial data services.

As part of the WP5 Workshop (Dissemination of Information), the experts from Sweden, together with the workshop participants, shared the information and facilitated the discussion with the aim of better understanding the rules for implementation of the INSPIRE directives and technical guidelines on metadata and network services. The participants were also trained in terms of better understanding the relationships between metadata catalogues and services.

The current statuses of the geoportals, services, and metadata of all institutions from the region were presented in the workshop and the plan on using the services of other organizations with their own services was made. Initially, those services would be related to administrative boundaries and DEM.

With the support of the Swedish experts and using the Geonetwork application, the workshop participants worked on setting the test environment for Geoportal.

At the end of the workshop, the draft regional metadata profile was presented and the plan of the future activities with timeline for their implementation was made.

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