EuroGEOSSImplementing the GEOSS Data Sharing Action

Plan: Biodiversity

Purpose

• EuroGEOSS addresses multidisciplinary interoperability across forestry, drought, and biodiversity thematic areas.

• This short presentations demonstrates the process of committing data resources for Biodiversity to the GEOSS Data Sharing Implementation Plan

Biodiversity

• JRC

- Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA), WMS

• UNEP-WCMC– World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), WFS

• GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) – Central African Plants, GBIF– African Biota, WMS– African Biota, WFS

• GEOSS Data-CORE = documented datasets, for full and open exchange (at no more than the cost of reproduction and distribution) AND unrestricted access (attribution is not a restriction)

• GEOSS Non-Commercial = full and open exchange BUT access and use restricted to non-commercial purposes

• GEOSS Other: all other categories including access fees greater than reproduction and distribution

Verify GEOSS Data Category

Free of charge

Charge > Reproduct. +

Distrib.

User registration

Attribution

Any Other Conditions ?

Non commercial(ONLY)

Add “User registration”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “Attribution”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “geossOther”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “geossNonCommercial”to “Condition

for Access and Use”

Add “geossDataCore”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Confirm GEOSS data

CORE?

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

YesYes

Labelling the Dataset

Loading into a Catalogue

EuroGEOSS Broker is registered in GCI and supports multiple standards

www.eurogeoss.eu

EuroGEOSS Federated Services

Querying the GEOSS Data CORE

Finding Data in the GEOSS Data CORE

Preview

Search for GEOSS Non-Commercial

Finding GBIF data non-commercial use

Finding European Image2000

Download

Conclusions

• Europe is playing a key role in GEOSS

• We need to lead by example, and support the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles

• The process for doing so is not complex, and tools are available to help

• Above all WE need to make the commitment to make data sharing a reality.

Thank you from the EuroGEOSS Partners