co-funded by the
European Community
eContentplus programme
Work Package 2
User needs and data analysis
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INSPIRE and WP2
Methodology for the development of data specifications
Drafting team “Data Specifications”, 20. June 2008
Steps in the development of INSPIRE data
specifications
 Use case development (CT, TWG-1)
 Identification of user requirements
and spatial object types (TWG-2)
 As-is analysis (TWG-3)
 Gap analysis (TWG-4)
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Use cases
A goal-oriented set of interactions between actors and the
system under consideration.
 A user has a particular goal in mind
 A sequence of interactions between actors and the
system are taken
 The service satisfying the goal is delivered
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Identification of user requirements and spatial object types
(~ task 2.1)
Based on the use cases, user requirements are identified on:
 Data content
 Level of detail
 Relationships between spatial objects
 Data consistency
 Updating and temporal dimension of data
 Unique identifiers
 Metadata for evaluation
 Data quality
Result: “first-cut” data specification
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As-is analysis (~ tasks 2.2 and 2.3)
Description of the current situation with respect to the
data interoperability components.
Gap analysis (~ WP 2, final report)
Description of data interoperability issues based on the
user requierments and the as-is analysis.
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Objectives NatureSDI, WP2
„WP2 seeks to define the project context from the point of view of the
state-of-the-art of data (including data policies) and user-needs
as well as making an analysis and interpretation of the datasets
contributed to the project.“
 Provides preliminary inputs to the project upon which to
structure the technical activities
 Collects information through actual and potential target users
 Identifying current data policies and initiatives in regard to the
re-use and sharing of environmental data
 Provide input for the generalisation and systematisation work
resulting from the analysis of actual datasets
 Analyses the state of the art of data accessibility and the userneeds and provides a synthesis of the available data
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WP 2 – Responsibilities
Task lead
Task 2.1: Survey of target user
requirements
Task 2.2: Survey on data Best
Practice and data policies
Task 2.3: Data sets analysis and
systematisation
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Data Providers
Task 2.1
Available Data
Assessment of User Needs
Data Harmonisation &
Accessibility
Target User/
User Requirements
Useable for
Target Users?
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Main Actions Task 2.1
Response of
Internat. Target Users
up to 15.04.2009
Send Questionnaires
to Target Users
up to 31.01.2009
Analysing and
Structuring Results
Explorative Survey
Design of
Questionnairs
Report  Descriptive
M 10 (31.07.2009)
Identification and
Selection
of Target Users
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Detailed Activities Task 2.1
International target users
Target user categories
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European institutions
Member state administration
Nature conservation authorities
Regional and local administration
Protected areas at all levels
Commercial data providers
University and research
Education (all levels)
Environmental NGO´s
Industrial and engineering companies
Public/ citizens
PP
Identify user requirements on
 Data content
 Level of detail
 Relationships between spatial objects
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As suggested in the Inspire DT methodology
Online questionnaire
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Jan. 2010
July 2009
Jan. 2009
Nov. 2008
Timetable task 2.1
Identify criteria for user requirements
Survey on user needs in collaboration with PP
Interviews with selected target users (qualitative)
Analysing and structuring results
Writing first report
Monitoring and fine tuning
Integrating WP 2.2 and WP 2.3
Writing final report
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Best Practice
Task 2.2
Nature Conservation
Data & Accesibility
Problems
and constraints
State of the Art Survey
Intellectual Property Rights
& Third Party Rights
Data Policies
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Detailed Activities Task 2.2
 Survey on data Best Practice and data policies
 A state-of-the-art survey on using nature conservation
data and accessibility with reference also to the
problems and constraints linked to Intellectual Property
Rights and third party rights.
 Definition of a test scenario illustrating exploitation
and re-use of information on nature conservation
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Detailed Activities Task 2.2
Survey on
data Best Practice
and data policies
Test scenario for
standard access
to multi partners data
within the geoPortal
Task 2.1: Survey of target user
requirements
Task 2.3: Data sets analysis and
systematisation
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Detailed Activities Task 2.2
Test scenario for standard access to multi partners
data within the GeoPortal
 Definition of a “test scenario” illustrating the access
to multi partners data within the GeoPortal
 Selection of the datasets to be incorporated in the
scenario
in relation with 2.1 and 2.3
 Planning of the preparation phase (translating the
datasets into interoperable format) in relation with
WP3
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A glimpse at European Data Policy: Who is
responsible for biodiversity conservation ?
 National legislation: 21 member states
 Regional but with national Guidelines: 3 Member states :
 Germany (16 Bundesländer), Denmark (14 Amte), UK (4
countries)
 Regional: 4 Member states
 Austria (9 Bundesländer), Belgium (3 regions), Italy (21 regions),
Spain (17 autonomous regions)…
 Many countries in the process of decentralising
 Totally: 21 countries + at least 87 regions
Source : R. Jongman, Alterra
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Datasets
Task 2.3
Provide Information
to Partners
Status quo
Analyse Dataset State
Extract a Synthesis of
NatureSDI datasets
Systematisation
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Detailed Activities Task 2.3
 Datasets analysis and systematisation
 Analyse the state on datasets contributed by the project
partners
 to provide information to partners for their completion as
representative of the addressed field and
 to extract from them a synthesis of their content, e.g. with a
feature list able to support the work of WP3.
 Highlighting the interrelation with other INSPIRE data
themes - also in view to support the “clustering activity”
 Intellectual Property Rights - related issues will be fixed
within this task
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Contact Information Task lead WP2
Task lead
 Contact
 Gudrun Wallentin
[email protected]
www.oeaw.ac.at/giscience
 Michel Deshayes
[email protected]
www.teledetection.fr
 David R. Green
[email protected]
www.abdn.ac.uk
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