GeoS4S Module OpenGIS and Spatial Data Infrastructure

Abstract

Worldwide, a novel trend shifting paradigms towards opening - to share, access, analyse and exploit spatial information across communities and technical platforms - can be observed. This opening technically driven by leveraging service-oriented (geographic) information infrastructures which are used to create nationally and internationally connected spatial data infrastructures (SDI). To achieve this goal, efforts are beingjoined across the globe to create technical standards for managing, sharing and exchanging geo-information. Additional efforts are also put into enhancing the semantic interoperability of geo-information content using harmonized data specifications.