Dear Marco, Thanks' for pointing out the OSGeo community wiki pages potentially addressing SDI.
BTW. I took the opportunity to add some legal docs on FOSS in the EU on Case Studies. European Union February 2008, Commission Communication towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) <http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52008DC0046:EN: NOT> This Communication sets out an approach to modernise and simplify the collection, exchange and use of the data and information required for environemntal monitoring and reporting in Europe. Id defines a set of principles on the basis of which the collection, exchange and use of environmental data and information should be organised in the future. FOSS adressed directly as one of the principles information sharing and processing should be supported through common, free open-source software tools. * Summarised highlights: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seis/ January 2013, Staff Working Document <http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seis/pdf/seis_implementation_en.pdf> "EU Shared Environmental Information System - Implementation Outlook" The EU Digital Agenda for Europe initiative supports the SEIS principle aiming to generate information sharing through common, free, open source software. For example, an EU legal framework for licensing open source software now exists (ISA EUPL) and governments are increasingly keen to develop its use. Actions under the EU Digital Agenda are creating a safer and better-performing digital environment, improving access conditions and interoperability and stimulating the growth of cross-border e-Government services. The open source and open data movement offers significant opportunities for further developing the SEIS but more open-source empowered applications ensuring compatibility across Member States will be needed for managing and sharing environmental information IMO SEIS is a great opportunity and the EC staff doc on SEIS from January 2013 recognizes the importance of FOSS. There are many pages SDI can be addressed but I have nothing against a dedicated wiki and a committee addressing the issue - for me it will be easier to look in one side instead of looking throughout the wiki. Cheers: RAf DR. Rafal Wawer The Department of Soil Science Erosion Control and Land Protection The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research institute ul. Czartoryskich 8 24-100 Puławy Poland Member of the OSGeo Foundation: <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Wawer_Rafal> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Wawer_Rafal mobile: +48601516434 web: www.erozja.iung.pulawy.pl <http://www.erozja.iung.pulawy.pl/> From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Marco Lechner - FOSSGIS e.V. Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:55 AM To: Cameron Shorter Cc: OSGeo-Board; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] time for inspire committee at osgeo? Hi Cameron, I have no problems keeping the discussions about SDI on discuss-list as long as the traffic does not increase to bothering people here. I see this move as an indicator for the relevance of the SDI topic and hope it will result in a (massive) push of this topic in OSGeo (and local chapters e.g. D-A-CH aka. FOSSGIS e.V.) Marco Am 16.05.2013 05:53, schrieb Cameron Shorter: I think it great to hear people wanting to work on / solve INSPIRE / SDI type issues, but isn't that a large part of what we do as core business at OSGeo? Maybe it would be best to avoid splitting off another list, and keep conversation on osgeo-discuss Looking at Goals/Methods on the wiki: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SDI_Committee Goals * Coordinate efforts of development teams --- Yes, done under the OSGeo banner. * Help to make OSGeo software stack the best choice for SDIs implementation --- Yes, done under the OSGeo banner. Promote OSGeo software stack, as the best choice for SDIs implementation --- Yes, done under the OSGeo banner. Methods * Checklists * Tests * Reference implementations Could be done under an OSGeo banner * Relevant case studies Yes: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_Studies On 16/05/2013 5:23 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: OK, Let's call it "OSGeo SDI committee" To board: There was proposal to start new committee at OSGeo, which would be focused (as Jeff and Serena pointed out) at SDI in general. Now, INSPIRE is big issue to most OSGeo projects and this committee would take care on it, but it should be focused, as mentioned, more general. I'll start some wiki page about it and add new item to our agenda for the next meeting. Jachym Dne 15.5.2013 17:48, Jeff McKenna napsal(a): Hi Jachym, This is a great idea, and I agree is missing as a direct goal by the existing OSGeo committees. As Serena mentioned, it should be focused on SDIs in general. Would you be willing to start a wiki draft of this SDI committee? (containing goals, responsibilities, communication methods, structure [chair, members],...) You can then take that to the Board for their thoughts. Thanks for championing this for OSGeo. (I agree, INSPIRE may be EU focused but it affects all of our projects, and there could be other global directives that this committee could help guide OSGeo through). -jeff On 2013-05-15 8:17 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: Hi, I'm working on some presentation about OSGeo relationship to INSPIRE directive (some preliminary czech version of presentation, which should be presented at this years INSPIRE conference [1]) And it came to my mind, that OSGeo does not have any body, related to INSPIRE [2] While I agree, INSPIRE is mainly EU-only topic, I think, implementing INSPIRE has big market potential and software, which does not indicate support for INSPIRE is banned from to be used in public organizations in EU. I believe, also "rest of the world" can profit from changes, necessary to be implemented in EU. Therefore I would consider INSPIRE committee in OSGeo as important body, which would coordinate efforts of OSGeo projects towards INSPIRE, so that we could declare: OSGeo projects are INSPIRE ready or we are working on it. Any opinions to this? I'm personally usually against forming "yet another committee", but in this case, I do not see the topic to be covered and it really is important issue here. Jachym [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013-paper [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Board mailing list bo...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com _______________________________________________ Board mailing list bo...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FOSSGIS 2013, Die Konferenz für Open Source GIS mit OpenData und OpenStreetMap erstmals in der Schweiz! 12.-14. 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