80th MIG-T meeting 2024-12-13

Extension of the INSPIRE MIWP

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Actions 1.1 and Action 2.5. HVD and INSPIRE

• HVD and INSPIRE alignment
  • The JRC provided a quick summary about the status of the work in the ISO & GeoDCAT-AP Pilot. The main agreements between participants where taken at the kick-off meeting (02 Oct 2024), including a timeline finishing by he end of February 2025. A first evaluation of participant's progress was permormed during the Second Meeting of the pilot (20 Nov 2024).
  • All participants started the testing of the XSLT transformation, some of them also revising the GeoDCAT-AP v3 specification. Some participants already obtained the first preliminary results, and several highlights were shared with the MIG-T audience. As part of the work, several methods and tools for running the XSLT transformation, and examples of High-Value Datasets tagging in ISO metadata, were identified.
  • Synergies with the 'DCAT-AP schema plug-in integration in GeoNetwork' working group, led by Metadata Vlaanderen (BE), were established. In particular, an active collaboration on the identification and agreement of a High-Value Datasets tagging good practice candidate in ISO metadata. A final candidate good practice was shared by the Metadata Vlaanderen representive with the MIG-T, with the aim to initiate a potential endorsement process.
  • A poll to schedule the Third Meeting of the pilot in January will be send by 20 Dec 2024.

• MIG-T to initiate the process for a potential endorsement of the High-Value Datasets tagging good practice candidate in ISO metadata.

Action 2.3.1. Governance of artefacts

• INSPIRE artefacts (Updates and news / Overview of change proposals to TGs, schemas, UML models and INSPIRE Registry content)
  
  • The next release of artefacts (v2025.1) will take place on 31 Jan 2025 and will include changes to TGs, schemas, UML models and INSPIRE Registry content endorsed by the MIG-T and MIG until this meeting. All of them were briefly presented defore proceeding with their voting:
    
    • TGs: #192
    • Schemas and UML models: #131
    • INSPIRE Registry content: #28, #98, #99,
  • MIG-T and MIG vote on the above-mentioned change proposals, approving them unanimously (see Poll results).
  • Change proposal #175 on TGs was discussed and rejected by the MIG-T Sub group 2.3.1.
  • MIG-T members were reminded to share in GitHub their position on change proposals #172 for TGs and #123 for schemas (action still open from the 79th MIG-T Meeting).

Action 2.4 Central INSPIRE Components

• Preparation for M&R 2024
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• ETF and Reference Validator
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• Re3gistry software and INSPIRE registry
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• INSPIRE Geoportal
  • The JRC shared the latest news on the INSPIRE Geoportal.
    
    • Moldova and EUROSTAT where added to the frontend on 14 Oct 2024.
    • Regarding the backend, three updates of the GeoNetwork Link-Checker have been delivered during November and December, incoporating (i) the resolution of bugs processing of the protocol field (from the Online Resource), (ii) the implementation of relaxed checks for matching INSPIRE identifiers between the service and dataset/series metadata files, and (iii) a complete implementation of Data-Service Linking Simplification good practice.
    • As a result, several issues have been resolved in the geoportal helpdesk (e.g. #173, #178, #184).
    • Several refinements of the system are still taking place to run a smooth Monitoring and Reporting 2024.
    • The details to access the Sandbox harvesting console were shared again with the Member States / Countries.
    • Few Member States were reminded to duly update their list of National Catalogue Administrators (including both the Primary and Deputy roles), as discussed in the 78 MIG-T Meeting and the 79 MIG-T Meeting. At the moment, the updated information is missing for 3 Member States (LV, PL and SI). Some Member States (BR-Geo, BE-GeoBru, BG, CY, DE, IS and SE) were reminded to clarify the role (Primary or Deputy) for their catalogue administrators. The tool for communicating the updates was explained again to the audience.

• Member States explicitly referred above to sned and provide their list of National Catalogue Administrators, including all the necessary details, thorugh the ad-hoc survey tool.