GeoDCAT-AP: Call for public review

Dear colleagues,

I'm forwarding the call for public review of GeoDCAT-AP, a
specification developed in the framework of the EU ISA Programme to
enable the cross-domain sharing and exchange of geospatial metadata.

GeoDCAT-AP has also been contributed as a use case to the SDW WG (UC#4.42):

http://w3c.github.io/sdw/UseCases/SDWUseCasesAndRequirements.html#GeospatialExtensionsToDomainIndependentMetadataSchemas

Your reviews would be important to consolidate this specification, in
particular to address open issues in scope with the SDW WG charter -
as the representation of geometries and reference systems.

Best,

Andrea, on behalf of the GeoDCAT-AP WG



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CALL FOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF GeoDCAT-AP

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

You are kindly invited to review the working group draft of the
GeoDCAT Application Profile, an extension of the DCAT application
profile (DCAT-AP) for describing geospatial datasets, dataset series,
and services.

GeoDCAT-AP provides an RDF syntax binding for the union of metadata
elements defined in the core profile of ISO 19115:2003 and those
defined in the framework of the INSPIRE Directive.

The GeoDCAT-AP specification can be downloaded from:

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/139283#Distributions

The specification is accompanied by an XSLT script, which allows the
automated conversion of ISO 19139 metadata records into GeoDCAT-AP
format

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/CITnet/stash/projects/ODCKAN/repos/iso-19139-to-dcat-ap/

The public review period will last until 30 August 2015.

Please submit your feedback by sending comments and suggestions to the
GeoDCAT-AP mailing list:
dcat_application_profile-geo@joinup.ec.europa.eu. The feedback
received will be discussed by the GeoDCAT-AP Working Group in early
September. Final publication of application profile is foreseen for
October 2015.

The full text of the call is available from Joinup:

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/144506/

The intended use case of GeoDCAT-AP is to make spatial datasets, data
series, and services searchable on general data portals, thereby
making geospatial information better searchable across borders and
sectors. This can be achieved by the exchange of descriptions of data
sets among data portals using a common exchange format.

GeoDCAT-AP has been developed in the context of Action 1.1 – Improving
semantic interoperability in European eGovernment systems of the
European Commission’s Interoperability Solutions for European Public
Administrations (ISA) programme. The DCAT-AP is a joint initiative of
four Directorates-General of the European Commission: the Joint
Research Centre, DG DIGIT (ISA Programme), DG CONNECT and the
Publications Office of the EU.

Looking forward to receiving your feedback,

The EU ISA Programme


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Received on Monday, 13 July 2015 18:08:15 UTC