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SENSE 2 Project – Exploring Web Technology for Sharing Environmental Indicators
Darja Lihteneger, European Environment Agency
INSPIRE Conference 2012, 26.06.2012
Outline
• Environmental Indicators – EEA Approach
• SENSE – Shared European National State of
Environment (system): Vision and History
• SENSE-2 Project: Purpose and Objectives
• SENSE-2: Selection of the EEA Environmental Indicators
• SENSE-2: Indicator Mapping
• SENSE-2: Preparation for Technological Mapping
• Conclusions
Environmental Indicators -Overview
• Indicators are important to the work of many organisations:
• OECD • European Environment Agency (EEA) • European Commission: DG Eurostat (ESTAT)• European Commission: DG Environment (DG ENV)• National agencies & ministries
• There is a need to efficiently structure and present indicator information for each organisation & to align indicator sets between different bodies as much as possible
• Inter-organisational cooperation on streamlining of environmental indicators (for example: ESTAT, EEA, DG ENV, JRC)
EEA Environmental Indicator Pyramid
Environmental Indicators -EEA Approach
EEA 225 indicators:• Core Set of Indicators (CSI): 37 (stable, but not static, support EU policy priorities)
• Other indicator sets (specific purposes)
Environmental Indicators -EEA Approach - typology
Different types of indicators:
A - Descriptive indicators
B - Performance indicators
C - Efficiency indicators
D - Policy effectiveness indicators
E - Total welfare indicators
DPSIR Framework
Environmental Indicator -EEA Example of CSI 001
• CSI 001 : Emissions of acidifying substances
• Indicator type = B (Performance indicator)
• DPSIR framework = P (Pressure)
• Key policy question: What progress is being made in reducing emissions of
acidifying pollutants across Europe?
• + other elements (e.g.: specific policy questions, data sources, -)
SENSE: Vision
• SEIS and SENSE: coherent linking and use of national data and indicators across geographical scales
• to support SEIS compliant sharing of environmental information
Sub-national level
National level
European level
Global level
SOEAssessments
ClimateBiodiversity
...
ThematicAssessments
SENSE: History and Phases
SENSE - Phase 1 SENSE - Phase 2
(Pilot Project)
SENSE - Phase 3
Purpose and
objectives:
● To strengthen links
between SoE reporting
● To explore web technology
and linking of env.
indicators
• To improve the reporting
and inf. sharing for SOER
2015
National to Europe ● Thematic focus: SOER
2010 ‘Part C’
● Vehicle: EEA template
● Technology: RDF feeds
● EEA: Receive feed /
Country: Provide info in
specific template
● Thematic focus: indicators
mapped to selected set of
EEA indicators
● Vehicle: Generic Interface
● Technology: RDF feeds,
linked data
• TO BE ELABORTAED
• (?) Thematic focus:
i.e. selected indicators and
assessments - for SOER
2015
• INPUT: from Phase 1 and
Phase 2
Europe to National ● Not explicitly addressed ● Thematic focus: selected
set of EEA indicators
● Vehicle: Generic Interface
● Technology: RDF feeds,
linked data
● EEA: Indicator structure /
Country: building links
• TO BE ELABORATED
• (?) Thematic focus:
selected indicators and
assessments - for national
SOE
• INPUT: from Phase 2
National to National ● Not explicitly addressed ● Starting point – linked
indicators between European
and national level (semantic
and technical mapping)
• TO BE ELABORATED
• (?) Possibility for full
access to country-level
indicators and countries
benchmarking
• INPUT: from Phase 2
SENSE-2: Objectives
Objectives of the pilot project:
• To further strengthen and evaluate the IT infrastructure available for information exchange from national level to the European level, and vice versa in the context of SEIS and SOE reporting
• To provide recommendations for stable infrastructure that will support the bi-directional data and information flow
Expected outcomes:
• Demonstration of linked indicators
• Recommendations for stable infrastructure
Project duration: 1 year
• 01.03.2012 – 28.02.2013
SENSE-2: Task Force
EEA Project Team:
• 6 members + internal cross-theme cooperation
SENSE-2 Countries Participation (21 countries):
• NFP, NRC SOE, NRC EIS
Associated members (before full participation): 1
Austria Finland NorwayThe Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Belgium France Serbia Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany Slovakia United Kingdom
Bulgaria Ireland Slovenia Spain
Croatia Italy Sweden
Czech Republic Netherlands Switzerland
SENSE-2: Project Steps
Main step Description
1 Selecting the set
of indicators
• Set of indicators to focus on (proposed set of EEA
indicators)
• Map the relevant national/sub-national indicators against
their EEA counterparts
2 Structural and
technical mapping
of the indicators
(* current step)
• Structural and technical mapping of indicator attributes to be
linked (e.g. – taken as a basis: EEA conceptual schema of
indicators)
• Gaps
• Technical approaches for the implementation
3 IT/web technology
implementation
• To implement the appropriate links between indicators
(vocabularies, exporting RDF feeds, linked data)
• Exploring the linked data and semantic mapping between
the indicators
• Demonstration of indicator catalogue and querries
4 Evaluation and
recommen-
dations
• Evaluate the outcomes and viability of approaches - both at
European and national levels
SENSE-2: Identifying a Set ofEEA Indicators
• Criteria for selecting EEA indicators:
1. Indicator available in the EEA IMS
2. Indicator published in the EEA website
3. Indicator covering at least EEA-32 (preferably also West Balkan countries)
4. Indicator last updated in 2009 or later
5. National-level information available for at least one graph
6. Indicator included in the EEA core set of indicators
• 9 CSI indicators proposed
SENSE-2: Selection of an Initial Set of Indicators
Theme Code Indicator name
Air pollution
CSI 001 Emissions of acidifying substances
CSI 002 Emissions of ozone precursors
CSI 003Emissions of primary particulate matter and
secondary particulate matter precursors
Biodiversity CSI 008 Designated areas
Climate changeCSI 010 Greenhouse gas emission trends
CSI 011 Greenhouse gas emissions projections
EnergyCSI 029/
ENER 026Primary energy consumption by fuel
Fisheries CSI 033 Aquaculture production
Water CSI 018 Use of freshwater resources
SENSE-2: Indicator Mapping –Criteria for the Countries Selection
Criteria for the countries selection of indicators that match to the proposed EEA set of indicators:
1. Conceptual matching: national indicator match conceptually (exactly one, similar) to the proposed European indicators published by EEA
2. Availability on the web: National indicator is publicly available on the internet at a specific URL
3. Unique URL: each indicator URL is unique, which means several indicators cannot share same URL (for example: several indicators in a PDF report are not matching this criteria)
4. “Share friendly”: national indicator content is under a “share friendly” copyright license. It can be copied, distributed, reused by others.
SENSE-2: Indicator Mapping –Possibility for indicator mapping
• Reply from 17 countries: providing indicator mapping (national or sub-national (regional) to EEA)
• Evaluation = is mapping possible, not how exact it is!
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
CSI 001
CSI 002
CSI 003
CSI 008
CSI 010
CSI 011
CSI 029/ENER 026
CSI 033
CSI 018
SENSE-2: Indicator Mapping –Accessibility on the web
• Accessibility of national indicators on the web:
• Direct links to a structured indicator (similar to EEA)
• Web-page (of the data base, general web site, …)
• In a file (formats: pdf, spreadsheet, image)
• In a specific web application (data, maps)
• As web service (WMS)
• Not available on-line
• Desirable accessibility: an unique URL directly providing the indicator!
SENSE-2: Indicator Mapping –Direct link to national indicators
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
CSI 001
CSI 002
CSI 003
CSI 008
CSI 010
CSI 011
CSI 029/ENER 026
CSI 033
CSI 018
Number of countries providing URL as a direct link to indicator
• Reply from 17 countries
• Evaluation = is URL a direct link to indicator?
SENSE-2: Indicator Mapping –Examples of Accessibility on the Web
(1) CSI 001 : Belgium (Flanders) - direct link to indicator
(2) CSI 008 : France – web application (data and maps)
(3) CSI 008 : United Kingdom (Scotland) – web service (WMS)
(4) CSI 010 : Austria – web site and file (pdf)
(5) CSI 029/ENER
026: Germany –
file / image
SENSE-2: Preparation for Step 2Next Tasks for Technological Mapping
• To build on the basis of the outcomes of indicator mapping (best suitable indicators at national and EEA level):
• Provided by majority of countries and
• Available on web where URL is a direct link to indicator
• To identify the gaps in current indicator mapping and improve them
• To identify the indicator attributes to be linked (title, code, key messages, assessment(s), …):
• Valuable tool: conceptual schemas of indicators
• Proposal for a starting point: EEA indicator conceptual schema)
SENSE-2: Conclusions
• Indicators are important tool for providing comparable information about environment
• SENSE focuses on improved sharing of environmental information among different aggregation levels (global – sub-national) and themes with benefits to:
• Reduce also the reporting burden on the countries
• Strengthen the re-use of national systems
• SENSE-2 Project is an exploration of semantic web technology (vocabularies, linked data) for sharing indicators and input into SOER 2015
Thank You for Your Attention!
• EEA: http://www.eea.europa.eu/
• EEA Indicators: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators
• EEA Indicator CSI 001 : Emissions of acidifying substances (CSI001)
Contributors - EEA:• Roberta Pignatelli• Sheila Cryan• Søren Roug• Antonio De Marinis• Jan-Erik Petersen• Stefan Jensen