GWIE2 Breakout Session, Hydrology DWG Workshop 2012

This workshop continues the directions outlined in the successful Delft Workshop, in which it was agreed to move to a harmonized international GML schema for groundwater data. Since that Delft Workshop, significant progress has been made by INSPIRE and OGC/WMO on schemas that include groundwater elements, and the GWML1 schema has been extensively tested in N.America. In this workshop we will review these developments and chart a concrete plan toward an OGC/WMO standard.

Date and Venue

• Date: 28 June 2012
• Time: 9:00 - 15:30
• Where: Reading, U.K.
• Host: University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus
• Room: Conference Room 176 (2nd floor), Harry Pitt Building (#56 in D7 on http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/UoRMap_WhiteknightsCampus_Colour.pdf campus map)
• Amenities: projector, Wi-Fi, Skype
• Hotels: http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-5431-ibis-reading-centre/index.shtml IBIS, http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-5432-novotel-reading-centre/index.shtml Novotel, http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-7317-mercure-george-hotel-reading/index.shtml Mercure (Reading Center)
• Transportation: bus #17 from Reading Center to Three Tuns at University entrance

• For more venue details consult the HDWG Workshop 2012 page

Participants

• Boyan Brodaric (GSC, CAN) - confirmed
• Eric Boisvert (GSC, CAN) - confirmed
• David Blodgett (USGS, USA) - confirmed
• John Laxton (BGS, UK) - confirmed
• Jean Jacques Serrano (BGRM, FR) - confirmed
• Tomasz Nalecz (PGI, PL) - Skype only
• Janusz Michalak (Warsaw U, PL) - Skype only
• Robert Tomas (JRC, EU) - confirmed
• Bernhard Wagner (LFU, DE) - confirmed
• Simon Cox (CSIRO, AU) - confirmed
• Paul Sheahan (BOM, AU) - confirmed
• Irina Dornblut (WMO) - confirmed
• Rob Atkinson (CSIRO) - confirmed

Objectives

• Review state of the art
• Determine an approach and its feasibility
• Finalize proposal for HDWG/OGC (Interoperability Experiment)
• Develop a work plan for next steps
• Begin discussion of key aspects

Expected Results

• IE proposal to be submitted to HDWG and then OGC
• Work plan for next steps

Agenda

• 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Introductions
• 9:10 – 10:30 Where are we now?
  • Reports on the current state of GML-oriented groundwater schema (~15 min each):
    • GWML1 - Eric Boisvert
    • INSPIRE - Geology (groundwater) - Bernhard Wagner
    • WMO - HY_Features (groundwater) - Irina Dornblut
    • BOM - BOM Groundwater Info - Paul Sheahan
    • Discussion

• 10:30 – 11:00 Break

• 11:00 – 12:30 Where are we going?
  • Technical discussion for schema harmonization
    • what are the use-cases?
    • what are the key elements and where are they?
    • what are the overlaps and gaps?

• 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

• 13:30 – 15:00 How do we get there?
  • OGC proposal (participants, roles, responsibilities)
  • Work plan

• 15:00 – 15:30 Report to HDWG (joint with HDWG)

• 15:30 – 16:00 Break

• 16:00 – 17:00 HDWG Closing Session (joint with HDWG)

Resources

• Groundwater ML1: documentation and http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/014/jh0140093.htm paper
• INSPIRE GE: HydrogeologyCore UML model in EAP file (password required) and documentation (the same password)
• OGC GW-IE2 Draft Activity Plan Proposal: see attachments below

Action Plan

• July 6 2012---circulate 1st draft of proposal
• July 31, 2012---finalize proposal
• August 2012---submit proposal to OGC
• Sept 2012---begin GWIE2
• Sept 2013---end GWIE2

Meeting Notes

• The notes can be found here
• Presentations are available below:
  • GWML_status_(2012).ppt: GWML status
  • GWIE2_-_Australian_Groundwater_data_projects.ppt: Australian GWML related activities