GeoSciML GeoScienceDWG join meeting

Toulouse, France November 2019

We are at the point we need to decide what’s next

• Status report
  • Standing issues
  • Activities
• New drivers
• What’s next ?

Small report given during join GeoScienceDWG (no formal GeoSciML meeting)

• We have standing issues, almost all are minor and were pushed to eventual new version

OGC CR system

• 581 (Editorial changes in document we agreed we should keep for next version)

  • http://ogc.standardstracker.org/show_request.cgi?id=581

• 456 (Change particleGeometryDescription.shape to particleShape)

  • http://ogc.standardstracker.org/show_request.cgi?id=456

• 510 (GeoSciML interpretedage and other geochronology or isotope geochemistry limitations)

  • http://ogc.standardstracker.org/show_request.cgi?id=510

Github issues

• Missing AbstractDescription (#22)

  • https://github.com/opengeospatial/GeoSciML/issues/22

• The class 'GeologicSpecimenPreparation' is modelled as a feature or data type, but has at least one supertype of a different category. The supertype is ignored. (#21)

  • https://github.com/opengeospatial/GeoSciML/issues/21

• The property 'member' in class 'GSML' has a sequence number that is already in use for another property (collectionType) which will be overwritten. (#20)

  • https://github.com/opengeospatial/GeoSciML/issues/20

    Discussed on email

By email :

• INSPIRE borehole mappingFrame values (June)

  • http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/geosciml/2019-June/004547.html

• TimeScale lite

  • http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/geosciml/2019-April/004527.html

• Need to improve GeoSciML Lite (GML 3.2)

The latter was briefly discussed during the presentation.

There are other activities, but they don't require at this moment a change to the standard (so, no SWG issued beside encoding or parrallel activities), except for BoreholeIE (https://github.com/opengeospatial/boreholeie) BoreholeIE ER: https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=90978&version=1

Ongoing activities that are somehow related to GeoSciML

• BoreholeIE
  • Bulk of activity under OGC involving some GeoSciML members
• SELFIE / GSIP
  • RDF/JSON encoding (fall 2018 test, but no follow up)
  • WFS 3 (OGC API)
  • Linked Data
• LOOP
  • Not OGC activity, but something that can impact future activities
  • OWL modelling
  • 3D
• EPOS / INSPIRE
• OneGeology Linked Data

Now that BoreholeIE is done, need to assess what to do next (if any)

Eric will circulate email and ask community. Quick win would be to push the trivial change, with the understanding of implied consequences (many of the changes do not come from people operating GeoSciML based system). Also probe next action.

Status report on OGC portal : https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=91160

-- EricBoisvert - 19 Nov 2019