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INSPIRE DIRECTIVE
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) was published in the official Journal on the 25th April 2007. The INSPIRE Directive entered into force on the 15th May 2007
INSPIRE Conference 2009
The Third INSPIRE Conference will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 15-19 June 2009, in conjunction with the Eleventh International Conference of the GSDI Association and the national conference on Dutch SDI: Results and Challenges.
The Call for Papers is now open and will close on the 1st December 2008 Headline News
December 19, 2008 Comment Submission on the draft Implementing Rule for Data Specifications
The INSPIRE Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) and INSPIRE Data Specifications Drafting Team have finalised the first draft specifications of the Spatial Data Themes referred to in Annex I of the INSPIRE Directive. Their work is now available for public view and commenting from SDICs and LMOs as draft Guidelines. The guidelines are complemented with a document describing the draft structure and content of the Implementing Rules on Interoperability of Spatial Data Sets and Services. The consultation will end on 20th February 2009. December 12, 2008 INSPIRE Data and Service Sharing Draft Implementing RuleThe INSPIRE Drafting Team on Implementing Rules for Data and Service Sharing has finalised a first draft of the Implementing Rules (D.4.9), which is now available for comments from registered SDICS and LMOs. The goal of this document is to define harmonised conditions for the access to spatial data sets and services provided from the Member States to the institutions and bodies of the Community. Each provision is followed by a commentary. The document also contains a section with guidelines. Comments on this draft are restricted to Spatial Data Interest Communities and Legally Mandated Organisations ONLY, and should be submitted by their contact person through the established way via the INSPIRE web site. The consultation will end on 13th February 2009. Based on all the comments received, the Data and Service Sharing Drafting Team will issue a new version of the Implementing Rules for submission to the European Commission which will propose a final draft to be submitted for opinion to the INSPIRE regulatory committee in 2009. October 09, 2008 INSPIRE Data Specifications testingThe call for participation for testing INSPIRE Data Specifications for Annex I data themes was very successful with over 76 organisations and communities stating their willingness to join the testing process The testing of the draft INSPIRE Data Specifications is an integral part of data specification development, and supplies important information about the technical feasibility and the cost-benefit considerations. This information will be used to shape the Implementing Rules on interoperability of spatial data sets and services, as required in Art 7(1) of the Directive. The Implementing Rules, once adopted, will become law in the EU Member States. |
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