• Introduction
• Technical analysis
• Issues and recommendations
• European SIF

Datasets Naming

Summary

“Differences in terminology for data products degrade interoperability. INSPIRE data theme activities are most comprehensive and can serve in part as a basis for data harmonization activities across initiatives. The Geoland-2 data product descriptions are precise for their specific area and could be a model of how to characterize datasets.”

Classification

Category	Cross-Initiative Scenario
Identifier	ISSUE-CIS-001
Type of recommended activity	Further Investigation about the subject.
Organisations addressed	Possible future involvement of working groups of INSPIRE, GEOSS and GMES

Additional information

Context	Different communities of practice name data sets in different ways, resulting in the same data having different names in each of the initiatives.
Rationale	To effectively use datasets from across multiple initiatives the user must be able to understand how products may be of valuable even though they may have an unfamiliar name.
Dependencies
Further background information	Technology Watch Report - Cross-Initiative Scenario [PDF] Comparative analysis report (version 2) [PDF] Comparative Analysis Report (version 2) - Annex Recommendations [PDF]
Main discussion points
Roadmap	Develop coordination with user communities across the different initiatives. Also consider semantic mapping technologies.