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09:00 - 09:05

Welcome and approval of the agenda 


09:05 - 09:10Actions from the previous meeting (for discussion and agreement)

DOC Minutes - 79th MIG-T meeting

09:10 - 10:10

MIWP Actions

  • Extension of the INSPIRE MIWP (2025-2026) (10')
  • Actions 1.1 and Action 2.5. HVD and INSPIRE (25')
    • HVD and INSPIRE alignment - ISO & GeoDCAT-AP Pilot
  • Action 2.3.1. Governance of artefacts (25')
    • Updates and news on INSPIRE artefacts
    • Overview and voting of TGs and schemas change proposals: #192 (TGs), #131 (schemas)
    • INSPIRE Registry content update
        • Presentation, discussion and voting of INSPIRE Registry change proposals: #28, #98, #99, #103


PRES MIWP

PRES Pilot

PRES Artefacts TGs-Schemas

PRES Artefacts INSPIRE Registry content

Poll results

10:10 - 10:20

Coffee break ☕️


10:20 - 11:20

MIWP Actions

  • Action 2.4 Central INSPIRE Components
    • Preparation for M&R 2024 (15')
    • ETF and Reference Validator (10')
      • Latest and upcoming releases
    • Re3gistry software and INSPIRE registry (10')
      • Latest and upcoming releases
      • INSPIRE registry migration to cloud
    • INSPIRE Geoportal (25')
      • Geoportal bug fixes
      • Link-checker updates
      • Harvesting environment for M&R 2025
      • Catalogue administrators registration



PRES M&R preparation

PRES Validator

PRES Re3gistry-INSPIRE Registry


PRES Geoportal



11:20 - 11:40

Topics proposed by MIG-T members

  • DE/AT call of interest for Re³gistry Requirements Clarification Group


PRES Re³gistry Group

[DOC Re³gistry Group

11:40 - 11:55

News from EC services 🇪🇺

  • ENV
    • GreenData4all and EGDDS
  • JRC
    • Science for Policy Report
    • MIG-T meetings in 2025





PRES Science for Policy Report

11:55 - 12.00

Wrap-up and next steps 🍍


15:30 - 16:00

Mulltilateral meeting Re³gistry Requirements Clarification Group



Minutes

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, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR , DE, EL, HU, IE, IT, LV, LI , LT, LU, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, ES and SE, 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 80th MIG-T meeting was approved without changes.
Actions from the previous meeting (for discussion and agreement)
  • Actions from the 79th MIG-T meeting were reviewed and their current status is reflected in the dedicated wiki page. Some actions for MIG-T members remain open.

MIWP Actions

  • Extension of the INSPIRE MIWP (2025-2026)
  • Actions 1.1 and Action 2.5. HVD and INSPIRE
    • HVD and INSPIRE alignment - ISO & GeoDCAT-AP Pilot
  • Action 2.3.1. Governance of artefacts
    • Updates and news on INSPIRE artefacts
    • Overview and voting of TGs and schemas change proposals: #192 (TGs), #131 (schemas)
    • INSPIRE Registry content update
        • Presentation, discussion and voting of INSPIRE Registry change proposals: #28, #98, #99, #103

Extension of the INSPIRE MIWP

  • The JRC introduced the INSPIRE MIWP 2025-2026, already presented at the recent 19th MIG meeting and waiting for the final endorsement by the MIG.
  • The MIWP covers the transition period until the new legal instrument will be in place. Essentially, it keeps ongoing strands of work open by keeping, merging and/or closing the actions from the current MIWP; only one new action (3.2 GreenData4All transition) is added.

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 (), including a timeline finishing by the end of February 2025. A first evaluation of participants' progress was permormed during the Second Meeting of the pilot ().
    • 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 .
  • 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 and will include changes to TGs, schemas, UML models and INSPIRE Registry content endorsed by the MIG-T and MIG after this meeting. All the change proposals discussed by the sub-group on were briefly presented; the following change proposals, approved by the sub-group, were then voted:
    • MIG-T members approved the change proposals unanimously (see the poll results). The two-week objection period for MIG members will end on .
  • MIG-T members to share feedback on change proposal #172 for TGs (action still open from the 79th MIG-T Meeting).

MIWP Actions

  • Action 2.4 Central INSPIRE Components
    • Preparation for M&R 2024 (15')
    • ETF and Reference Validator (10')
      • Latest and upcoming releases
    • Re3gistry software and INSPIRE registry (10')
      • Latest and upcoming releases
      • INSPIRE registry migration to cloud
    • INSPIRE Geoportal (25')
      • Geoportal bug fixes
      • Link-checker updates
      • Harvesting environment for M&R 2025
      • Catalogue administrators registration

Action 2.4 Central INSPIRE Components

  • Preparation for M&R 2024
    • The JRC presented the process for running the Monitoring & Reporting 2024, including a description of the workflow, the indicators and the tools used to calculate them.
    • After the Link-Checker updates performed in November-December 2024, the GeoNetwork-based INSPIRE Geoportal will be used for evaluating the indicator on accessibility. Details on these updates were described in the INSPIRE Geoportal presentation. These updates have been tested and deployed in the Sandbox and Production harvesting consoles. Few refinements may still take place for getting more accurate results.
    • The SQL Monitoring and Reporting Tools will be use to calculate the indicators on dataset and service conformity.
    • The INSPIRE Reference Validator v.2024.3 released on and the Bulk Validation Tool v.2024.1.0 released on will be used to calculate the indicators on metadata conformity.
    • The JRC highlights the need to focus not on the numbers, but rather on improving data accessibility (especially for High-Value Datasets), and the actual usability of their infrastructures.
  • ETF and Reference Validator
    • The INSPIRE Reference Validator v.2024.3 released on is the version to be used in the Monitoring and Reporting 2024.
    • This release is the first including all tests implementing the Good Practice on data-service linking simplification; it also removes the tests for MD Technical Guidelines v.1.3 and incorporates minor changes to the UI derived from the adoption of the Europa Component Library (ECL) v4.
    • MIG-T members were also reminded/informed about recent/upcoming URL changes:
      • Staging instance: User Interface / API (as of 9 August 2024);
      • Production instance: API, still accessible through a Gateway (under finalisation, will be ready as of January 2025);
    • Statistics on the use of the INSPIRE Reference Validator obtained from the dashboard were shared with the MIG-T.
  • Re3gistry software and INSPIRE Registry 
    • Re3gistry software
      • The latest releases are v2.6.0 (June 2024) and v2.6.1 (September 2024).
      • The latest release (v2.6.1) included solutions to the issues listed here. These include changes to improve reliability and other specific improvements and bug fixes to increase robustness.
      • In 2025 and 2026, one release per year will take place. The release strategy will be accordingly adapted in January 2025.

    • INSPIRE Registry content
      • The INSPIRE Registry was migrated to the cloud in mid-November 2024, as the rest of INSPIRE components. This will provide an eased maintenance, portability and scalability.
      • The latest release of INSPIRE Registry content is v2024.2 (released at the end of July 2024); this release took place together with the release of the rest of INSPIRE artefacts.
      • The next release (v2025.1) is expected at the end of January 2025. It will include the corresponding change proposals endorsed in this meeting (details here).
  • INSPIRE Geoportal
    • The JRC shared the latest news on the INSPIRE Geoportal.
      • Moldova and EUROSTAT were added to the frontend on .
      • Regarding the backend, three updates of the GeoNetwork Link-Checker have been delivered during November and December, incoporating (i) the resolution of bugs in processing 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 the Good Practice on data-service linking simplification.
      • 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.
  • Member States explicitly referred above to provide their list of National Catalogue Administrators, including all the necessary details, thorugh the ad-hoc survey tool.

Topics proposed by MIG-T members

  • DE/AT call of interest for Re³gistry Requirements Clarification Group

Topics proposed by MIG-T members

  • DE/AT, also in agreement with some other Member States, presented a proposal to create a new working group to discuss and solve common issues and challenges faced in the context of the Re³gistry software and the maintenance of national registries.
  • The JRC welcomes the proposal and reminds about the efforts and investments made to open source the Re³gistry software so that it could become a sustainable solution over time and attract a mature community of interested stakholders.
  • A multilateral meeting will be hold in the afternoon. All Member States / countries interested in this activity may join this effort.

News from EC services 🇪🇺

  • ENV
    • GreenData4all and EGDDS
  • JRC
    • Science for Policy Report
    • MIG-T meetings in 2025

News from EC services

  • ENV
    • XXX
  • JRC
    • The JRC presented the recently published Science for policy Report titled Unlocking Green Deal Data: Innovative Approaches for Data Governance and Sharing in Europe. It includes research about several aspects of data sharing from the governance perspective (incentives and disincentives, data intermediaries, data altruism organisations, business data sharing, citizen-generated data and CARE principles) tailored to the context of environmental data.
    • The dates of the MIG-T meetings for 2025 were shared and made available in the INSPIRE Calendar:
      • 14 February
      • 27 June
      • 19 September
      • 12 December

Wrap-up and next steps 🍍


Task report

Looking good, no incomplete tasks.


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