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Introduction to the CGI - aims,
activities and progress
Kristine Asch, CGI Chair
What is CGI?
CGI is …….
The Commission for the Management and
Application of Geoscience Information
• CGI is a Commission of IUGS
• CGI is the successor to COGEOINFO
What is CGI?
CGI is …….
The Commission for the Management and
Application of Geoscience Information
• CGI is a Commission of IUGS
• CGI is the successor to COGEOINFO
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
CGI is a body which is for all
interested in geology and
information
People in....
• Geological Surveys
• Universities
• Commercial companies
• Local and Central Government
• Societies and clubs
CGI COUNCIL
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Carlos Asato, Argentina
Kristine Asch, Germany (Chair)
John Broome, Canada
Sergei Cherkasov, Russia
Simon Cox, Australia
Max Fernandez, Belgium (Treasurer)
Ian Jackson, UK (Secretary General)
Anna-Karren Nguno, Namibia
François Robida, France
Dave Soller, USA
Koji Wakita, Japan
CGI MEMBERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
126 registered members in 43 countries worldwide
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.
CGI Working Groups
Interoperability Working Group (ex-gDMIC)
GeoSciML Design, Service Deployment, Testbed, Service
Arcitecture Task Group
– John Laxton, Simon Cox, Boyan Broderic, Francois
Robida (Canada, UK, Australia, France)
Multi-Lingual Thesaurus Working Group (MTG) –
Joachim Gersemann (Germany)
Regional Working Group in South East Asia
– Koji Wakita (Japan)
Regional Working Group in Russia (proposed)
Objectives of the GeoSciML working group
• develop a conceptual geoscience data model, based on on
existing data models
• implement an agreed subset of this model in an agreed
schema language
• implement an XML encoding of the model subset based on
GML (Geography Markup Language), Open Geospatial
Consortium, and XXML (Xploration and Mining ML),
CSIRO,AU
• GeoSciML: GeoScience Markup Language
• develop a testbed to illustrate the use of the data model for
interchange
• identify areas that require standardised classifications in
order to enable interchange
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