This document discusses exposing INSPIRE and other geo data and metadata to the semantic web. It outlines the main objective, current status, work done so far including transforming and publishing data. The outcomes of publishing linked RDF data, metadata, and APIs are described. Benefits include combining datasets while challenges involve new ways of thinking and toolset support. The forecast includes migrating to new infrastructure, enriching data with links, and improving visualization and awareness raising activities.

1. Towards INSPIRE
environmental 5* Open Data
Martin Tuchyňa
Workshop of Open Data Project Cluster, 04.09.2015, Brussels, Belgium

2. Content
• Main objective
• Current status
• Work done so far
• Architecture
• Transformation & Publication
• Outcomes
• Benefits & Challenges
• Forecast

3. • Exposure of INSPIRE and other geo data and metadata
into the semantic Web of Data
Main objective

4. Current status

5. • Contribution to
development and use of:
New Vocabularies
• SmOD INSPIRE vocabularies
• Contaminated sites / environmental burdens vocabulary
Work done so far

6. • Transformed data for:
INSPIRE
• Protected sites
• Land Cover
• Biogeografical egions
• Species distribution
Other
• Contaminated sites /
environmental burdens
• Metadata:
• SK INSPIRE CS-W
• Metadata for OGC WxS APIs
searchable via Google
search API
Work done so far

7. • Schema
Architecture

8. Open Data publication methodology
Transformation & publication

9. Open Data Node
Transformation & publication

10. Unified views
Transformation and publication

11. Outcomes: Data
• Linkable RDF data
• GeoSparql API
• RDF Dumps
• Vizualization
• SEFARAD Demo
• Payola Demo

12. Outcomes: Metadata
• List of OGC WxS APIs
• CS-W Publication
(GeoNetwork)
• Sparql endpoint (TripleGeoCSW)
Publication

13. • Main benefits
• Possibility to combine straightforward SK linked datasets with third
party datasets (large and rich datasets, such as Geonames.org, can
be linked and additional features may be drawn from them to
frame the original data into a broader context)
• Re-use of effort made in INSPIRE compliance as well as in related
projects (GeoKnow, COMSODE)
• Main challenges
• New way of thinking (Open world assumption perception)
• Toolset support for harmonised Coordinate reference systems
• Encoding of geometries
• Availability of skilled expertise
Benefits &
Challenges

14. • Migration to SAZP Infrastructure
http://data.sazp.sk
• Data enrichment with external links:
• From SmartOpenData resources
• From other resources
• Metadata completion
• Harvesting to LENGTH
• Improved visualisation
• SmOD Front-end facilities
• Awareness rising
• Consultation/Survey
• Conferences
• Worhshops/Hackathons
Forecast
Foreseen links
• Geonames <>SK Protected sites
• EEA Natura 2000 Standard Data Flow rep
<>SK Protected sites
• Links to other SmartOpenData datasets
Potencional links
• Geonames <>SK Contaminated sites
• WISE-SoE Reporting: Lakes Water
Quality <>SK Contaminated sites

15. http://danubehack.eu
DanubeHack

16. http://smartopendata.sazp.sk/en/sazp-activities
Further info
martin.tuchyna@sazp.sk
Thank you &
questions