"Analysis of INSPIRE specifications for transport network and mapping configuration using Humboldt Tools" on FreeGIS.net's website

What are the issues and the steps that should be followed in order to transform a dataset from a Schema Owner   in one that complies with the INSPIRE Data Specification? This document shows the work that was done  within the FreeGIS.net's project  using  geospatial data related to the  Transport Network (Annex I) and tools   that were developed  within the project HUMBOLDT project http://www.esdi-humboldt.eu/home.html. All activities were carried out on a dataset of the  road network of the Province of Bolzano, the report provides a step-by-step guide applied to this example.
The work phases were  defined on the basis of a  methodology  developed during the GIS4EU *project  http://www.gis4eu.eu/ and were about :

the study of the  network specifics of the INSPIRE transport

the study of OGC GML

Analysis of the data sets provided by the Province of Bolzano for the transformation

definition of a dataset suitable to be converted according to the scheme that complies with the DS INSPIRE

study of the HALE-HUMBOLD applications , selected in order to   transform the dataset

Import of the dataset schema in HALE

Import   of the gml target INSPIRE  schema in HALE.

The report contents t are particularly useful for the project partners and for  all public authorities that intend to use  the open technologies to prepare and publish their spatial data in a format that is congruent the INSPIRE data model.
The activities undertaken by the company HydroloGIS, have  demonstrated/proved  two important things : First the feasibility of this approach and, second, how  useful it is to use experiences gained  in the  European projects concerning the SDI . FreeGIS.net is committed to actively contribute to enrich this heritage of knowledge and skills for the benefit of the European community of SDI.
*We report a very interesting document : "GIS4EU - Deliverable D-3.4 - Common Data Model: Transport Networks".

The project FreeGIS.net Project  in the Repository of European Projects concerning  the Spatial Data Infrastructure

The Technical Committee CEN / TC 287, http://www.centc287.eu/  has published an online Repository of all European Projects related to the Spatial Data Infrastructure and their results. With the Best Practice Catalogue, http://gistandards.eu/bpc/,  and the CEN / TR 15449 "Geographic information - Spatial data infrastructures - Part 2: Best practices" the CEN / TC 287 offers a  reference tool in order to get the state of  art on the interoperability of the  SDI and of the  location-based information and services. It will be possible to record the achieved  results for future activities. Moreover , the information that are provided in this repository will be used by CEN / TC 287 as input for the update and the creation of standards.
The project FreeGIs.net project  entered the requested  information in the Best Practice Catalogue of CEN / TC 287. In fact, it is believed  that  the project goals that have already been achieved (-for example, the Reference Implementation based on open protocols and formats that are compatible with INSPIRE) by  using exclusively  free software  can be more appreciated and used  by the European  SDI Community S. Moreover , FreeGIS.net will promote Best Practice Catalogue through its network.

Re-usable Inspire reference platform-RIRP: INSPIRE – ISA Project

The project RIRP - Re-usable Inspire reference platform,( which is part of the ISA's program for 2012), Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations, http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/01-trusted-information-exchange/1-17action_en.htm
aims to support the  Member States in the implementation of the INSPIRE requirements through the development of common components for a successful implementation of an SDI.
This initiative, which is part  of  the cluster of actions relating to the Trusted Information Exchange, is a project, the end of which is scheduled for the end of 2015. The activities that will be developed  will have  the following purposes:

acquisition of the inventory of the  existing platforms and tools that cover different sectors (INSPIRE Framework Directive on Water Resources, the Digital Agenda for Europe, the  open data, the Environmental Information System, SEIS):

support for existing projects or for  starting  new ones,  that are based on open source, to solve the identified problems ;

production of multilingual documentation to help the implementation of IDT / INSPIRE nodes based on relevant initiatives undertaken by  the Member States;

development of collaborative  shared platforms about: distributed registers ,"volunteer" geographical information  for INSPIRE, software and other tools.

The project SMESPIRE promotes  a survey about the  European SMEs of the Geo-ICT

SmeSpire  wants to promote  the FP7 program in order  to promote the business opportunities offered by INSPIRE to the European SMEs of the Geo-ICT, http://www.smespire.eu/ and  invites  the interested companies to participate to take part in a  survey which aims to collect information about the knowledge and skills within  the SMEs, specifically on Geographic Information and INSPIRE.
It's a very important opportunity to promote the activities of the European SMEs,  to advertise the skills and experience of each company (that by taking part in this network) comes into contact with other similar companies and expand its market in Europe. We invite you to visit the project's website and the interested SMEs to  fill out the questionnaire on the website of SmeSpire.

The Geo.Network promotes the RNDT

FreeGIS.net is moving forwards in order  to join the initiative promoted by the blog TANTO (http://blog.spaziogis.it/). This initiative aims to promote and enhance the RNDT ( National Directory of Spatial Data). We are at the very beginning  but together with all the network sites that are taking part in TANTO , we want the catalog of the national spatial data to become  part of the "tool box" of every working with geomatics , and in the future of  every Italian citizen. We are not alone, but together with:

AboutHydrology
CadGis.it
Cesare Gerbino GIS Blog
freegis-italia
GEOforUS
Geofunction
GEOmedia
Gis e Infrastrutture
Geoportale Regione Siciliana
Il muschio sugli alberi
ilSarrett
JGrass Tech Tips
Kartoblog
Map Freely
massimozotti.it
PaoloGIS
Planetek 
Sardegna Geoportale
SIT Provincia Regionale di Trapani
TANTO
Un blog di "Alternativa Geologica"