Title

Publish spatial data on the web

Short description

A number of data sets has references to locations, often in the form of cities, rivers, administrative areas etc. To link those data sets to geospatial entities, a European reference data set with those elements shall be made available that allows establishing links. Without this reference data set, spatial attributes shall be provided as part of the data itself or the accompanying meta data following the guidelines of ISO 19115. Further standards that shall be considered are provided by the Open Geospatial Consortium, OGC.

Why

To allow spatial attributes in data queries and ensure standardized molding of spatial data.

Intended Outcome

Each data with a geo-spatial characteristics makes them explicit and allows discovery through geo-spatial enabled catalogs. Applying the standards developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium ensures standardized discovery and processing capabilities.

Relationship to PSI Directive

to be done

Possible Approach

Basically two options provide optimal support for geo-spatial aspects of data. Either link the data set to an authoritative geospatial reference entity, which allows discovering the full data set, or even better, serve the data set using standards developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to make sure all elements can be accessed in a standardized way. All data should be described using ISO metadata standards from the 191xx series of standards to ensure reliable discovery.

How to Test?

The OGC provides compliance test suites for a number of their standards that work independently of the data set. Thus, compliance to the standards can be machine-tested.

Evidence

This approach has been proven to be valid and effective in a huge number of spatial data infrastructures world wide and builds the baseline for INSPIRE.

Tags

spatial data, data discovery, linked data, OGC

Status

stable

Related Best Practices

to be done