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COBWEB: Towards an Optimised Interoperability Framework for Citizen Science
The document presents a framework for optimizing interoperability in citizen science, emphasizing the need for accessible and scalable solutions for various stakeholders. It discusses challenges related to complex schemas and proposes modular specifications to improve data expression and integration. The status update indicates that initial tools have been developed and best practice documents are being prepared to enhance collaboration in this field.
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- 1. ® Sponsored by Hostedby Towards an OptimisedTowards an Optimised Interoperability FrameworkInteroperability Framework for Citizen Sciencefor Citizen Science 99th OGC Technical Committee Dublin, Ireland Ingo Simonis, Rob Atkinson (OGC-Europe) 21 June 2016 Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial ConsortiumCopyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 2. OGC ® AgendaAgenda • Context • Concepts •Collaboration and Resources Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 3. OGC ® StakeholdersStakeholders Copyright © 2016Open Geospatial Consortium Survey Designer Software Developer Software Deployer Data Collectors Web Service standards Software Cataloguer Funders System Architect Users System of systems
- 4. OGC ® ProblemProblem • “Citizen ScienceObservations” – interoperability thereof • What does interoperability actually mean? – And is it the same for all stakeholders? • Current best practices: – Specialise a schema (WaterML2.0) – Write a profile document for a generic standard (NetCDF-CF, Hydro profile of SOS, INSPIRE metadata profile) – These are all high burden for all stakeholders – and the machine- readable parts are not very expressive – OGC Modular Specification – more expressive but document centric • We cannot expect Citizen Scientists – or their communities of practice – to manage this – not scalable Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 5. OGC ® Problem (mechanics)Problem (mechanics) •Complex schema – whittle down to round peg, square peg. • Extensions Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 6. OGC ® We have apatternWe have a pattern • “Modular specification” • == class/interface hierarchies • Software tools handle these seamlessly. • Can we make this easily accessible to stakeholders in the interoperability chain? Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 7. OGC ® • What arethe key things we need to express better? – Nature of things • OWL, RDFS – Content – domain, range, granularity and subsetting • SKOS,RDF-QB – Aggregation of data into sets, and binding of interfaces to these • VoiD – Derivation (procedure parameters?) • PROV Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 8. OGC ® Typical Information ArchitectureTypicalInformation Architecture <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISO conceptual models XML-schema Softwareinstancesinstances Comply with and reference Validation, configuration uses imports specialises Use and/ or create Custom configuration
- 9. OGC ® Typical Information ArchitectureTypicalInformation Architecture <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISO conceptual models XML-schema Softwareinstancesinstances Comply with and reference Validation, configuration uses imports specialises Use and/ or create Custom configuration XML (or other platform) UML
- 10. OGC ® COBWEB SWE4CS: CitizenScienceCOBWEB SWE4CS: Citizen Science ProfileProfile <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISO conceptual models XML-schema Softwareinstancesinstances Comply with and reference Validation, configuration uses imports specialises Use and/ or create Custom configuration O&M GFM ISO 19103, 7, 15, 23 ISO 19103, 7, 15, 23 O&M XML COBWEB Softwareinstancesinstances Custom configuration
- 11. OGC ® COBWEB SWE4CS: CitizenScienceCOBWEB SWE4CS: Citizen Science ProfileProfile <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISO conceptual models XML-schema Softwareinstancesinstances Comply with and reference Validation, configuration uses imports specialises Use and/ or create Custom configuration WeedSurvey1 O&M4CS ISO 19103, 7, 15, 23, 56 ISO 19103, 7, 15, 23,56 weedsurvey COBWEB Softwareinstancesinstances Custom configuration
- 12. OGC ® Typical Information Architecture- IssuesTypical Information Architecture - Issues <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISO conceptual models XML-schema Softwareinstancesinstances Comply with and reference Validation, configuration uses imports specialises Use and/ or create Custom configuration general schemas: lots of config / highly specialized schemas no relationship between diff. schemas schema only: no means to define content rules
- 13. OGC ® Architecture+ (+content)Architecture+ (+content) <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISOconceptual models XML-schema instancesinstances Comply with and reference uses Use and/ or create Custom configuration Implementation profile Content description Terminology references uses Validation rules Software
- 14. OGC ® Architecture+ (+content)Architecture+ (+content) <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISOconceptual models XML-schema instancesinstances Comply with and reference uses Use and/ or create Custom configuration Implementation profile Content description Terminology references uses Validation rules Software
- 15. OGC ® Architecture++ (reusable profiles)Architecture++(reusable profiles) INSPIRE-WQ WMO-Chy WQ INSPIRE-WFS WMO-Chy SOS Hydro-Profile of SOS WMO-Chy WMS WMO-Chy Metadata INSPIRE-WFS WQ INSPIRE Service Irish WQ SOS Irish SDI Irish WQ WMS INSPIRE-WMS Final profile typically binds custodian, Technical Standards and target context.Service.implements(INSPIRE -WMS) = True Profile.getServices()
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- 17. OGC ® ““Best Practice” ArchitectureBestPractice” Architecture <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> <<ApplicationSchema>><<ApplicationSchema>> XML-schemaXML-schema ISO conceptual models XML-schema instancesinstances Comply with and reference uses Use and/ or create Custom configuration Implementation profile Content description Terminology references uses Validation rules Software Terminology reusable defines how to populate a schema software works against small number of schema patterns data products: improved discovery, many impl. options
- 18. OGC ® Rules (Reasoning) RDF-IO SKOS VOID DCAT DataCub e DJANGOAdmin UI DJANGO Custom UI (e.g. Wizards) UML- >OWL Apps Proof-of-concept ArchitectureProof-of-concept Architecture Typical content management platform W3C standards ISO/OGC standards LinkedDataAPI Open source modules for W3C standards
- 19. OGC ® StatusStatus • Initial capabilitiesdeployed… – Open source • Refining and populating with real data for COBWEB Use Cases • Development of client software to demonstrate potential • Full Proof-of-concept at Orlanda • Best Practices documents in preparation: – Multiple stakeholder view of interoperability value chain – Profile methodology – COBWEB/Citizen Science BP for O&M Copyright © 2016 Open Geospatial Consortium
- 20. OGC ® Thank you verymuch!Thank you very much! All research presented herein is supported by the European Commission through grant agreement 308513. Dr. Ingo Simonis Rob Atkinson Open Geospatial Consortium (Europe) isimonis@opengeospatial.org