The document is a questionnaire about knowledge of and preparedness for INSPIRE, the European Union directive regarding cross-border sharing of spatial data and services. It contains questions in three parts: 1) about understanding an organization's data needs and holdings, 2) knowledge of INSPIRE, and 3) ranking components of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in order of importance. The questionnaire aims to assess knowledge of INSPIRE requirements and help determine an organization's readiness for implementation.

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Cross-border Public Sector Information (PSI)
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Implementierung der EU-Direktiven PSI-2003/98/EC & INSPIRE-2007/2/EC
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INSPIRE-Workshop <> Questionaire
This checklist is issued under a Creative Commons License (CCL) – feel free to
use, with acknowledgement to Roger A. Longhorn - and all comments and feedback
directed to Roger Longhorn at [ ral@alum.mit.edu ]
Part 1. Knowing your data and information requirements.
1. 1 Do you have a full information audit of your data holdings? (Yes/No/Don’t know)
• If ‘Yes’, when was the last information audit completed:
(< 1 year / < 2 years / < 3 years / don’t know)
• If ‘No’, do you have a partial information audit, of at least your primary data assets? (Yes/No)
1.2 How many ‘primary’ datasets do you use in your job? _________
How many are legally mandated? _______
1.3 For how many of all your datasets (number or % of total) do you have metadata (current and up-
to-date or not, regardless of the metadata standard used)? _____
1.4 For how many of all your datasets (number or % of total) do you have current and up-to-date
metadata in a recognised standard (national or international standard)? ______
1.5 Do you regularly use or need access to datasets maintained by other departments, agencies or
organisations (from public bodies or privately held)? (Yes/No/Don’t know)
1.6 Does your department/organisation have a formal, stated (published) data access, use, re-use
and/or charging policy? (Yes/No/Don’t know)
Part 2. Your knowledge of INSPIRE.
2.1 Have you ever attended any seminars, workshops or similar information activities relating to
INSPIRE? (Yes/No)
2.2 Have you ever read (or tried to read!) the INSPIRE Directive? (Yes/No)
• If ‘Yes’, did you understand what the implications of INSPIRE are/were for your
organisation? (Yes/No)
• If ‘No’, why not? (not relevant for me / waiting for instructions from others / not my job)
2.3 Do you understand the difference between an EU Directive, an EC Regulation and a Decision?
(Yes/No)
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EUROPE OF REGIONS
Cross-border Public Sector Information (PSI)
Cross-border Infrastructure of Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE)
X-PSI <> Interregionale Zusammenarbeit <> X-INSPIRE
Implementierung der EU-Direktiven PSI-2003/98/EC & INSPIRE-2007/2/EC
INNOVATION. Grenzüberschreitendes Netzwerk
2.4 Are you aware of the timetable for implementing various INSPIRE mandated actions? (Yes/No)
2.5 Are you aware that the INSPIRE Metadata implementing rules are already published as an EC
Regulation, which took effect in every EU Member State on 24 December 2008? (Yes/No)
2.6 Are you aware of the content of the INSPIRE Metadata implementing rule, i.e. exactly what
metadata is required to be created, by what date, to what standard and for what INSPIRE data themes?
(Yes/No)
2.7 Have you seen, read or participated in the development of any of the following documents
(Yes/No) ?
• INSPIRE Technical Architecture Overview (November 2007) (Yes/No)
• INSPIRE Metadata – Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008
(Yes/No)
• INSPIRE Metadata - Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
(February 2009) (Yes/No)
• Draft Commission Regulation on Network Services – Discover and View services
(November 2008) (Yes/No)
o Draft Technical Guidance Document for INSPIRE Discovery Services (June 2008)
(Yes/No)
o Draft Technical Guidance to implement INSPIRE View Services (October 2008)
(Yes/No)
• Draft Implementing Rule for Download Services (February 2009) (Yes/No)
o Draft Technical Guidance for INSPIRE Download Services (February 2009)
(Yes/No)
• Draft Implementing Rule for Transformation Services (February 2009) (Yes/No)
o Draft Technical Guidance for INSPIRE Coordinate Transformation Services
(October 2008) (Yes/No)
• Draft Commission Regulation on Access to spatial data sets and services (May 2009)
(Yes/No)
• Commission Decision of 5 June 2009 for Monitoring and Reporting (11 June 2009)
(Yes/No)
• The Draft Guidelines on Data Specifications for the 9 data themes in Annex I (all December
2008) (Yes/No)
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EUROPE OF REGIONS
Cross-border Public Sector Information (PSI)
Cross-border Infrastructure of Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE)
X-PSI <> Interregionale Zusammenarbeit <> X-INSPIRE
Implementierung der EU-Direktiven PSI-2003/98/EC & INSPIRE-2007/2/EC
INNOVATION. Grenzüberschreitendes Netzwerk
Part 3. <> SDI Best Practice
Many definitions for ‘Spatial Data Infrastructure’ exist at national and regional (transnational) levels.
The main components included in virtually all such definitions are listed below. Your assignment is to
rank the components or types of SDI activity in order of importance as seen by you !
Ignore the order in which they currently appear in the list below.
Rank these SDI components in order of importance to you.
[ ] spatial data – ‘any data that has a location tag’
[ ] metadata - so you and others can find data and use it more effectively
[ ] information services - data and network services to manage spatial data and serve it
to users
[ ] information technologies - to deliver those services
[ ] coherent and consistent data policies - acquisition, ownership, pricing, access,
sharing, dissemination, custodianship, preservation, governance, ...
[ ] enforceable agreements - relating to policies and technologies, including standards
[ ] institutional arrangements - leadership, coordination, cooperation with
other agencies and 3rd parties, means for enforcing agreements, etc.
[ ] financial issues - resource requirements, cost-benefit implications
[ ] monitoring and reporting SDI implementation - how? to whom? by whom? why?
Now - Three Quick Questions!
(1) Does your organisation or agency have a formal SDI implemented? (Yes/No)
(2) Does a national SDI exist in your country or region? (Yes/No)
If the answer to (2) above is “Yes”, does your organisational SDI meet the requirements of the
national SDI? (Yes/No/Don’t Know/Not applicable)
(3) Even if the answer to (2) above is ‘No’, do you feel that your organisation is prepared to
implement the relevant components of an SDI outlined above? (Yes/No)
Knowing you! (indicate appropriate answer)
• I work for: Central GOV ¦ Regional GOV | Local GOV ¦ Private industry | NGO | EDU
• I am a: GIS/ICT Professional ¦ Data Manager ¦ Data user with limited ICT/GIS experience
• I rate my knowledge of spatial information issues: High ¦ Average ¦ Need to know more
• I rate my knowledge of spatial information technology as:
High ¦ Average ¦ Need to know more ¦ Don’t need to be a technology specialist in my job
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