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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>Some life at last on planet SeaVoX!</div>
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<div>The first stage of the Sea Area thesaurus project is now done with the XML publication of an interlinked set of terms at <a href="http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C191/current"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C191/current</u></font></a>.
A formatted version of the terms (but not their linkages) may be found as the C191 list at
<a href="http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welcome.aspx">http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welcome.aspx</a></div>
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<div>The next job is to obtain suitable public domain polygon co-ordinates corresponding to the terms and arrange for them to be accessible via WFS. There are a number of potential data sources, including the 1953 S23 co-ordinates held at BODC, data served
from the VLIZ gazetteer. URLs to WFS-accessible polygons will be included as concept definitions as they become available. An interesting test of OGC interoperability might be to have these served from multiple sources!</div>
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<div>A meeting is planned at BODC around 14-15 May to identify additional sources of high resolution data for the C19 regions in the vicinity of the UK together with a set of finer-grained sub-regions for UK waters that would be added to the thesaurus.</div>
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<div>One issue for SeaDataNet colleagues on the list to consider is whether we should consider replacing C16 by C19. If so, when and how?</div>
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<div>Cheers, Roy.</div>
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