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First Open meeting

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1.      Welcome and confirmation of agenda and timetable 2.      What is CGI – an introduction to its structure and role 3.      Report on the progress of CGI to date 4.      Election of CGI Council Officers for 2004-2008 5.      Working Group reports 6.     A proposed CGI Action Plan for 2004-2008 7.      The Global Geo-Information network – mapping the diverse groups 8.     General discussion on CGI, its role, goals and structure 9.      Developments in the global geo-information community 2 short presentations by Walter Snyder, NSF and Tim Duffy, BGS Any Other Business Finish around 12.45 ……to be followed by a glass of wine ! 1. Agenda

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CGI is ……. The Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information CGI is a Commission of IUGS CGI is the successor to COGEOINFO 2. What is CGI?

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CGI COUNCIL Kristine Asch, Germany, (Chair), Ian Jackson, UK, (Secretary General), Max Fernandez, Belgium, (Treasurer), John Broome, Canada, Simon Cox, Australia, François Robida, France, Dave Soller, USA, Koji Wakita, Japan.

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The organisational structure of CGI

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Mission “To enable the global exchange of knowledge of geoscience information and systems” Aims Provide the means for transferring knowledge on geoscience information and systems Assist international dissemination of best practice in Geoscience Information Stimulate and support initiatives which are developing standards Play a position in the international geoscience information community and represent IUGS on geoscience information matters

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3. The progress of CGI to date

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August 2004 February 2002 IUGS Executive meeting in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, decide to re-activate a “Geo-information Commission”

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August 2004 February - August 2002 IUGS Secretary General, Werner Janoschek, contacts potential interim Officers of revitalised Geo-Information Commission

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August 2004 October 2002 Kick-off meeting of re-activated Geo-Information Commission – “CGI” is born !

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August2004 October 2002 - January 2003 Interim Terms of Reference, Workplan and Statutes drafted. Potential new Council members contacted.

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August 2004 March 2003 Version 1 Web Site Launched

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August 2004 October - November 2003 Multi-lingual Thesaurus and Data Model Working Groups instigated

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August 2004 January 2004  Preparations for CGI inauguration and Open Meeting at IGC Florence

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August 2004 June 2004 Nominations for CGI Council requested

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August 2004 25 August 2004 CGI formally inaugurated and First Open Meeting !

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4. Election of CGI Council Officers for 2004-08 During the last 2 years CGI has been managed by an Interim Council appointed by the IUGS Executive CGI is now formally a Commission of the IUGS and its 10 Council Officers should ideally be nominated and elected A call for CGI membership and nominations for CGI Council was sent out to over 1500 people in June 2004 and was advertised on the CGI web site Nominations closed on 15 July 2004 All nominations have been placed on the Members section of the CGI web site

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Election of CGI Council Officers for 2004-08 8 nominations were received by the deadline There is thus no need to vote The following people are now CGI Council Officers: Kristine Asch, D, (Chair), Ian Jackson, UK, (Secretary General), Max Fernandez, B, (Treasurer), John Broome, C, Simon Cox, Au, François Robida, Fr, Dave Soller, USA, Koji Wakita, J. This means the Council needs to find 2 more Officers We will attempt to fill these positions in accordance with the CGI Statutes, ie by trying to find suitable candidates who will give CGI Council the optimum geographic representation If you feel that you would like to be a member of the Council please contact one of the people named above

Geoscience Data-Model International Collaboration (gDMIC): 

Geoscience Data-Model International Collaboration (gDMIC) Context National geoscience information management initiatives Impact of World Wide Web on expectations regarding information and service delivery Ad hoc meeting, Edinburgh 11/2003 Convenors: John Laxton (BGS), Boyan Brodaric (GSC) 15 geological survey organizations (Europe, North America, East Asia, Australia) CGI Working Group + 2 Task Groups

gDMIC Task Groups: 

gDMIC Task Groups Model and encoding Convenor: Simon Cox (CSIRO Australia) Goal: XML interchange format, compatible with Open GIS Consortium service interfaces Meetings: Ottawa, 4/2004; Perth, 12/2004 Interoperability Testbed Convenor: François Robida (BRGM) Goal: demonstrate standards-based interoperable informational services BGS & BRGM demonstrator: boreholes over WFS Coordination group John Laxton (chair), Boyan Brodaric, Kristine Asch, Simon Cox, François Robida, Dave Soller, Koji Wakita N.B. Classifications & Vocabularies activity to be coordinated with Multi-Lingual Thesaurus working group

Multi-Lingual Thesaurus: 

Multi-Lingual Thesaurus This work began in the early 1990’s It is the now the first CGI Working Group -- assess the Thesaurus and refine it, to bring it to the public as a IUGS standard resource

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  6. A proposed CGI Action Plan for 2004-2008 Map and communicate existing geoscience information bodies. Link information bodies with common needs. Facilitate relevant outreach workshops Refine multi-lingual thesaurus . Develop a framework for ratifying and promoting geoscience information standards. Promote and encourage data exchange standards.

Some initiatives in digital geological standardisation in the international geological community: 

NADM North American Data Model USGS/GSC North American INSPIRE EU-Initiative to standardise geo-data across Europe Europe Some initiatives in digital geological standardisation in the international geological community IUGS-CGI Management and Application of Geoscience Information) World-wide IGME 5000- Project Int. Geol. Map of Europe Europe FOREGS Contact Group „Digital cartography and computer modelling“ Europe GEOTERM On geological terms & term dictionaries CGMW Europe ISO TC/211 digital GI standards 19115 Metadata World-wide Many more in Asia, Russia, South America, Australia, ... OpenGIS Consortium coordinates GI interface specifications, e.g. GML World-wide GML encoding transport + storage of GI DMIC data models, geological classifications, GEoXML s worldwide

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8. CGI - its role, goals and structure An open discussion

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9. developments in the global geo-information community North America – John Broome Asia – Koji Wakita Australia – Simon Cox Europe - (Ian Jackson)

Developments in the global geoinformation community – Australian Perspective: 

Developments in the global geoinformation community – Australian Perspective Resources industry still the main economic driver Globalised industry ⇒ information & services a competitive advantage Significant data-sets owned by states Geochemistry, geophysics reports Difficult to access Exploration successes using geologic-process simulation Initialised using observational data from agencies Computationally intensive ⇒ Grid computing model Standardised models and interchange formats

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Developments in the global geo-information community Europe Geological Surveys under pressure (budget, absorption, widening agendas) and thus resources are not matching the work needed to be done Interest in geo-information is growing strongly (eg digital map databases, GIS, 3D modelling and visualisation , digital field data capture) But …..Still difficult to get importance of underlying data management recognised as a key area and skill Many new digital systems and products (but as yet few signs of the products leaving the “paper paradigm” behind……) Few, if any, European (or national) standards But….. We have INSPIRE coming !

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Developments in the global geo-information community North America North American Data Model (NADM) USA: National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) Canada: CGKN (Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network) Canada: Geoscience Data Repository (GDR)

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10.  Presentations offered by meeting attendees NSF and support for database systems for the earth sciences Walter Snyder, NSF Developing a generic GeoScience Markup Language: GeoSciML Tim Duffy, BGS

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We will put a feedback form on the CGI website so you can reflect on this meeting and let us have your comments on it …. and on CGI’s future

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http://www.bgs.ac.uk/cgi_web/

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Thank you! Please join us in a glass of wine to informally celebrate the formal start of CGI !