The minutes summarise the main conclusions and actions from the meeting. Actions are indicated by using check boxes and are tracked in the dedicated "Actions" section below.
The meeting was chaired by the EC (JRC) and attended by experts from AT, BE, BG, HR, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, EL, HU, IS, IE, IT, LV, LI, LT, LU, MT, NL, NO, PL, RO, SK, ES, SE, CH, the European Commission services (DG ENV, EUROSTAT and JRC), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and several invited experts.
Welcome and approval of the agenda
The agenda of the 79th MIG-T meeting was approved without changes.
Actions from the previous meeting (for discussion and agreement)
Actions from the 78th MIG-T meeting were reviewed and their current status is reflected in the dedicated wiki page. Several actions for MIG-T members are still open.
MIWP Actions
Action 2.5. HVD and INSPIRE
Survey outcomes and next steps
GeoDCAT-AP release - what is new?
ISO & GeoDCAT-AP metadata implementation pilot (JRC & MS)
Action 2.3.1. Governance of artefacts
Updates and news on INSPIRE artefacts
July release
App schemas
TG conversion - status update
Open GitHub issues
Action 2.4 Central INSPIRE Components
ETF and Reference Validator
Latest and upcoming releases
Re3gistry software and INSPIRE registry
July release content update
Action 2.5. HVD and INSPIRE
DG ENV updated on the status of the public consultation on the GreenData4All initiative, which was kicked-off in July 2024. The contractor in charge is working based on the results of the call for evidence. A first draft of the impact assessment should be available by October 2024. After an internal revision within the European Commission, the public consultation will be launched for 3 months, until beginning of 2025.
DG ENV also gave an update of the process towards the alignment of INSPIRE and HVDs, including a summary of the two meetings of the dedicated Ad-hoc Sub-group (hold on and ), the dedicated session in the INSPIRE Conference 2023, and the activities of the Working Group on GeoDCAT-AP kicked-off in February 2024 ().
In particular, regarding the actions to support the transformation of (geospatial) ISO to (Open Data) DCAT metadata, ENV shared the results of the dedicated questionnaire to capture the preferences of the MIG-T members with respect to HVD reporting. 17 Member States participated, with 24 answers in total. Four recommendations will be proposed based on the survey:
Register the catalogues to be harvested from each Member State.
GeoDCAT-AP 3 should allow expressing all INSPIRE metadata elements, without information loss.
Licenses need to be structured and machine-readable. Only URI based licenses and access right should be allowed.
Action 2.3.1. Governance of artefacts
The second release of the year for the INSPIRE artefacts happened on
TGs: the release (v.2024.2) included changes agreed by the MIG-T/MIG, changes deriving from the IR amandments as well as the 11 TGs that had still to be converted in AsciiDoc.
schemas: the release (v.2024.2) only included some limited, non-breaking changes.
UML models: no release happened.
Almost no comments were received by MIG-T members on change proposals #172 for TGs and #123 for schemas (about the latter, a similar change proposal #126 was opened).
MIG-T members to share their position on change proposals #172 for TGs and #123 for schemas (for future discussion).
The next release (v.2024.3) happened on and completed the tests for Part B of the data-service linking simplification GP by introducing ATS and ETS for Download Services (WFS and Atom). The release also removed tests for metadata v.1.3, as agreed during the 78th MIG-T meeting, and introduced a slightly different UI due to the upgrade to Europa Component Library (ECL) v.4.
The workshop is jointly organised by EUREF and EuroSDR and will happen on 22-23 October in Tromsø, Norway. Focus will be on improving/simplifying geospatial data sharing across borders, in particular when dealing with reference frames and the use of multiple EPSG codes at the national level (see the official website of the workshop).
The call for proposals/presentations is open until .